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		<title>DaVinchy Chapter Books Aid In Visual Literacy, Strategy 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are real benefits to having pictures in a chapter book when it comes to helping a child become more visually literate. One aspect of visual literacy is actually the ability to visualize.  This is kind of lifted from a wonderful book called Strategies that Work byt Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis &#8211; so nods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to search for kids chapter books</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are trying to find chapter books for kids with a search engine, you may need help narrowing down your search. There are many different &#8220;keywords&#8221; or &#8220;search terms&#8221; that you can type into Google, Yahoo, Bing, or Ask to find what you are looking for. The first sort might &#8211; and I emphasize might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How kids chapter books can promote visual literacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me begin by saying that I am new to the way the academic community is using the term visual literacy. In my own mind, by creating a chapter book series that was filled with pictures, I&#8217;ve been waging a one-man crusade for visual literacy. But in the time since I&#8217;ve been on the march, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Chapter Book Heaven. Reading Chapter Books Aloud Long After Your Kids Can Read For Themselves.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cshaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fondest memories I have are spending time reading chapter books, and then long novels aloud to my kids. These were times of intense shared experience, close emotional bonding as we snuggled up on the couch or the bed together, and certainly lots of laughter and conversation.
Most parents I know stop reading aloud to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Times Top Chapter Books For Kids List: Misses The Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to kids chapter books, the New York Times book list is a bit out of touch. The realities of the literary marketplace are such that the New York Times is lumping full-fledged novels for kids into the category of chapter books. For a mom or dad looking for a good chapter book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Chapter Books: Kids Enjoy Where Adult&#8217;s Teeth May Gnash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Magic Treehouse Series is a great chapter book series that, like anything on earth, can come in for some criticism from people.  I want to say at the beginning that I love these books &#8211; and this is not about taking potshots. Because if you read the reviews on Amazon, they are really 80% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Books for Kids: Pictures Ratchet Up The Fun Factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of a chapter books for kids usually refers to the first books with chapters that kids read once they start reading on their own. The idea is that they have been learning to read from picture books &#8211; perhaps Dr. Seuss books like Green Eggs and Ham. In these picture books there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Books for Kids: An Ode To Winnie The Pooh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote that Ramona was the first chapter book I ever read. And maybe it was, if you define chapter books for kids as those that were written after the genre was established in the 60s. But as I thought about it, Winnie the Pooh was definitely the first chapter book I ever read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Books for Kids That Teach Kids to Live from Their Own Guidance Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cshaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People frequently ask me where the DaVinchy Chapter Book Series is headed. But when they ask, they almost always refer to the plot &#8211; incident and accident as Paul Simon said.
I love to plot these stories. When I was a kid I loved cliff hangers and the pure excitement of them. My favorite TV series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Great Chapter Books For Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cshaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My top 5 chapter books for kids were easy to name- although I have to say right up front that I&#8217;m predjudiced at the creator of the DaVinchy Chapter Book Series. In reality, it would be better to break out top 5 lists for early chapter books, 2nd grade chapter books and chapter books for 3rd [...]]]></description>
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