January 2012
Web Resources
Meet April Halprin Wayland
April Halprin Wayland is a farmer turned folk musician turned author. Her work has been called “dazzling,” “honest,” “heartfelt,” and “utterly fresh and winning.” Her critically acclaimed novel in poems, Girl Coming in for a Landing, her picture books, and her poetry have garnered numerous awards including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award for Children’s Poetry and the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry. April has been an instructor in the UCLA Extension’s Writers Program for over a decade. She lives with her family and a gazillion animals (including a cat named Snot) by the beach in Southern California.
Additional Resources
- Keep ’em Reading
10 Quick Crafts for the New Year - Library Lessons
New Beginnings from a Chinese Perspective - Freebies, Doodads, & Helpful Hints
Thesaurus Activity Sheet; Avid Readers’ Literacy Game - Curriculum Connections
New Year Traditions Trivia Search/Answer Key; Great Migrations Reproducible - Storytime
Rob’s All-Time Favorite Folktales to Tell - Author Extensions
Gathering History Activity Sheet - Technology
Quest for the Perfect Invention Activity Sheets - Library Lessons
Two Facts and a Phony Visual/Activity Sheet; School Play Poem Examples; Create Your Own Holiday Visuals; Extension Activities