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Kids Wings Units for 2013 Caldecotts plus I Want My Hat Back!
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You'll receive This Is Not My Hat (Winner of 2013 Caldecott Medal)
Caldecott Honor Books:
Creepy Carrots
Sleep Like a Tiger
Extra Yarn
One Cool Friend
Green

You can purchase 7 Kids Wings award-winning picture book guides for Jon Klassen's This Is Not My Hat, 2013 Caldecott Medalist, PLUS the 5 Caldecott Honor Books including One Cool Friend, Extra Yarn, Green, Creepy Carrots, and Sleep Like a Tiger. Also included is I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. Immediate downloads! Only $14.95! Sharable within your school! Click Here to Download!

Our Newest HUGE Literature Collections!
Growing Young Americans for grades 3-8! ($2.91 per unit) NOW SHIPPING!
Brain Boosting Books for grades K-3! (Cost-effective at $.94 per unit) Shipping 5/8/13
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2013-2014 Literature Guides for Grades 3-8 is now shipping!

2013-2014 Literature Guides for Award-Winning Picture Books, Grades K-3 Shipping SOON!

Kids Wings presents The Greatest Lesson Plans, Activities, Games, and Problem Solving for Award-Winning Literature available anywhere! Kids Wings Literature Guides for the 20 NEW BluebonnetSM Nominees for 2013-2014 are in production! They will be included in next year's Growing Young Americans Through Award-Winning Literature! We will post the literature guides as they are completed. We have SIX Bluebonnets and 4 Kids Wings Award books finished already!

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2013 Newbery Books:

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Newbery Medal -- ORDER NOW!
Guides for the Honor Books will follow by this fall!
Splendors and Gloom by Laura Amy Schlitz Newbery Honor
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage Newbery Honor
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin Newbery Honor

The 2013 Caldecott Books--Now Available!
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Honor Books:
Creepy Carrots! illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds
Extra Yarn by Illustrated by Jon Klassen, by Mac Barnett
One Cool Friend Illustrated by David Small, by Toni Buzzeo,
Sleep Like a Tiger, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue
Plus Bonus Unit:
I Want My Hat Back

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Great New Books!

The One and Only Ivan
Wins the 2013 Newbery Medal!
Kids Wings Literature Guide and Jeopardy-type game is available now!

Wonder
is available NOW! Don't miss this awesome novel!

Kids Wings presents The Greatest Lesson Plans, Activities, Games, and Problem Solving for Award-Winning Literature available anywhere! Kids Wings Literature Guides for the 20 NEW BluebonnetSM Nominees for 2013-2014 are in production! They will be included in next year's Growing Young Americans Through Award-Winning Literature! We will post the literature guides as they are completed. We have SIX Bluebonnets and 4 Kids Wings Award books finished already!

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The Good Old Days ... don't you just love nostalgia?

In the "good old days," standardized tests were given in October. That made sense because our average to gifted kids didn't have to be bored with practice for a test they can pass in October. We could let them FLY with real, authentic novel studies and problem solving that crossed the curriculum with authentic learning! My kids always researched their choice of topics and then spent five weeks at the end of school weaving their research results into phenomenal writing, collaborating, editing, revising, and publishing their own hand-written, self-illustrated book. We made one copy for the library collection and let the kids take home their originals.

We could concentrate our remedial efforts on the kids who were a little slower on picking up on "the code" with exciting literature-based lessons instead of practice tests! They always "aced the test" and loved to come to school.

But, "those who knew better," in all their wisdom decided that it was really about grading the teacher, so they gave us all year to get the kids ready through practice tests which, in essence, stopped the engine to let the caboose catch up. Our gifted kids learned how to be bored, but all in all, I have to admit, most of our students learned to bubble dots well.

For those of you in public education who are lucky enough to have administrators who respect kids' desire to learn, admire your enthusiasm for teaching, and inspire you to teach out of the box, we here at Kids Wings have the most fun collection of REAL literature guides with FUN activities by the super exciting teachers your children all want!

For you who are homeschoolers, don't fall for a cookie cutter curriculum that reduces your influence to making home into the schools from which you fled! Make it vibrant with the very best books at the hub of their studies!

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You love children's literature! You know its power to transform your classroom, but often it takes more time than you have to prepare great activities and games. The master teachers at Kids Wings have done the work for you! Using the most current award lists, we choose only the best books that represent strong character, compelling plots, and stories kids can't put down! We design curriculum that makes it easy, fun, and skill-building to incorporate literature into your classroom.

Why Kids Wings Literature guides? 1. You can choose from hundreds of quality instant downloads! 2. Your free site license enables you to share your Kids Wings literature guide within your school! 3. We keep our prices LOW to enable you to purchase new ones often. 4. Learning objectives are included at the top of each activity page. 5. Most include an interactive Jeopardy-type game. 6. The activities provide an integrated curriculum as the story ignites them and gives them authenticity. 7. Our Search Box at the top of our home page makes it easy to find the literature guide for the book you need. 8. Kids Wings Literature Guides for grades 3-12 are now in an easy-to-find index. We are working on preparing an index for all our K-3 picture books. 9. Our Kids Wings Literature Guides are the BEST, most current, and least expensive available anywhere! Be sure to explore our Downloads and Bookstore Collections. Our collections provide units at the least expensive prices anywhere!

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