{"id":701,"date":"2012-03-02T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com\/?p=701"},"modified":"2012-03-02T06:04:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T14:04:00","slug":"celebrate-read-across-ca-w-some-of-our-favs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Read Across CA w\/ Some of Our Favs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opinions Are Like Belly Buttons…<\/h3>\n

…everybody has one.\u00a0That said; here are some of our opinions on what you shouldn\u2019t miss when choosing a FREE story to read this weekend! Yes, all “Webtime Stories” are FREE all weekend long in celebration of Read Across California.\u00a0What’s your cup of tea? Clever & funny? Educational? Short and sweet? Let us help you get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n

What’s more clever than a send up of the classic Poe short story \u00a0“The Tell-Tale Heart”? Author Natalie Rompella adapts the theme and tells the VERY amusing story of:<\/p>\n

\"Edgar_Allan_and_Poe_and_the_Tell_Tale_Beets\"<\/a>“Edgar, Allen and Poe and the Tell-Tale Beets”\u00a0<\/strong>Cleverly written by Natalie Rompella; colorfully illustrated by Francois Ruyer.<\/p>\n

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Here are 2 more clever stories for your consideration:<\/p>\n

\"When<\/a>\"Hot_Hands_and_the_Weirrdo_Winter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“When Pigs fly”<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 by Valerie Coulman \/ Illustrated by Roge<\/p>\n

“Hot Hands and the Weirdo Winter”<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 by Derrick Brown \/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Illustrated by Matthew Carver<\/p>\n

Want to make your storytelling experience short and sweet? Might I recommend…<\/p>\n

“Animals Are Sleeping”<\/strong> by\u00a0Suzanne Slade\"Animals-are-sleeping\"<\/a>
\nIllustrated by\u00a0<\/strong>Gary R. Phillips<\/p>\n

“Too Many Kitties”<\/strong> by Jeff Clineff \"Too_Many_Kitties\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Illustrated by Marina Movshina<\/p>\n

“What If the Moon”<\/strong> by Tracy Ahrens \u00a0 \u00a0 Illustrated by Tracy Ahrens\"What_if_the_Moon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Educational books are, more often than not, quite clever and engaging. Here are 3 winners that will keep any kid’s gray matter engaged and maturing.<\/p>\n

“Meet the Planets”<\/strong> by John McGranaghan \/ Illustrated by Laurie Allen Klein<\/p>\n

“If You Were a Parrot”<\/strong> by Katherine Rawson \/ Illustrated by Sherry Rogers<\/p>\n

“My Half Day”<\/strong>\u00a0by Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed \/ Illustrated by Karen Lee<\/p>\n

\"Educational<\/a><\/p>\n

And hey, if you’re feeling overwhelmed by too many choices, let me remind you that throughout the month of March you can buy one story and get one FREE! Perfect time to “Dog-ear” a story using the link, right on the book page. Then it will be saved to your Account for your next visit. \u00a0As easy as PIE!<\/p>\n

But don’t take our word for it. Dive into the great, big pool of stories and see for yourself.<\/p>\n

Happy storytelling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opinions Are Like Belly Buttons… …everybody has one.\u00a0That said; here are some of our opinions on what you shouldn\u2019t miss when choosing a FREE story to read this weekend! Yes, all “Webtime Stories” are FREE all weekend long in celebration of Read Across California.\u00a0What’s your cup of tea? Clever & funny? Educational? Short and sweet? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[163,164,159,59,118,165,166,161,167,168,169,170,171,172,63,173,174,175,78],"class_list":["post-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-allen-klein","tag-animals-are-sleeping","tag-books-for-kids","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-literacy","tag-dog-ears","tag-flying-pig","tag-grandparents","tag-if-you-were-a-parrot","tag-kids-technology","tag-my-half-day","tag-read-across-america","tag-read-across-ca","tag-read-across-california","tag-reading","tag-roge","tag-storytellers","tag-tell-tale-heart","tag-webcam-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}