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Book of the Month: Priscilla and the Hollyhocks

Featured Downloadable: Lola Series Activity Guide

If you are reading Autobiography of Mark Twain
...have your child read Bambino and Mr. Twain

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Charlesbridge Recommendations for March 2010


March is Women's History Month

Celebrate with these books:
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World
Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
Extraordinary Girls
Pilot Mom
Discovering Women Artists
Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President

Vinnie and Abraham

Rickshaw Girl


March is Music in Our Schools Month

Celebrate with these books:
Bach's Goldberg Variations
The Farewell Symphony
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
The Heroic Symphony
Pictures at an Exhibition
Piano Piano
The Mysteries of Beethoven’s Hair


March is Youth Art Month

Emphasize the value of art for all children with these books:
Picasso and Minou
Pippo the Fool
Metal Man
To Be an Artist
Ralph Masiello’s Ocean Drawing Book
Ralph Masiello’s Ancient Egypt Drawing Book
Ralph Masiello’s Dragon Drawing Book
Ralph Masiello’s Bug Drawing Book
Ralph Masiello’s Dinosaur Drawing Book
American Indian Art
Animals in Art
Art in Early America
Exploring Landscape Art with Children
The Artist at Work


March 11th is Johnny Appleseed Day

Learn more about this tasty fruit by reading Apples.


March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day

Learn about the luck of the Irish in Fiona’s Luck.


Pi Day is March 14th

Learn math basics with the Sir Cumference Series:
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Sir Cumference Great Knight of Angleland
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone
Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens


March 20th is the First Day of Spring

Start off the new season with these books:
Plant Secrets
Butterflies Fly
Our Seasons
Gifts
The Ugly Vegetables
The Bumblebee Queen
The Baseball Counting Book
Mouse in a Meadow
Our Seasons
Wiggle and Waggle


March 21st is National Dance Day

Read about how Cassie overcomes her fear of audiences in If The Shoe Fits.