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      <title>White Jade Tiger by Julie Lawson</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:26:06 -0800</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2012/1/20_White_Jade_Tiger_by_Julie_Lawson_files/PJ1B.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Media/object002_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:147px; height:110px;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“Jasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China for a year. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she explores a curious shop in Fan Tan Alley and accidentally passes through a hidden door. She finds herself in Victoria's Chinatown of the late 1880's. Mistaken for a Chinese boy, she is soon caught up in a race through the Fraser Canyon to find a tiger amulet.”&lt;br/&gt;~&lt;a href=&quot;http://books.google.com/books?id=4CYyvUvWWPIC&amp;dq=white+jade+tiger&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s&quot;&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;About the Developer...&lt;br/&gt;Kevin Amboe Elementary District Information and Media Literacy Coordinator  &lt;br/&gt;Curriculum and Instructional Services Centre&lt;br/&gt;District Education Centre&lt;br/&gt;Surrey, BC  V3V 0B7 &lt;br/&gt;Download Kevin’s extensive  &lt;a href=&quot;Entries/2012/1/20_White_Jade_Tiger_by_Julie_Lawson_files/White%20Jade%20Tiger%20by%20Julie%20Lawson.doc&quot;&gt;White Jade Tiger by Julie Lawson.doc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;New to Google Lit Trips? Download this helpful Getting Started File: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2012/1/20_White_Jade_Tiger_by_Julie_Lawson_files/GLT%20READ%20ME.pdf&quot;&gt;GLT READ ME.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Kevin’s blog: &lt;a href=&quot;http://iamliterate.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;http://iamliterate.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Kevin Amboe has taught elementary and secondary positions and now is an elementary information and media literacy (IML) coordinator. He has been focused on mentoring and supporting teachers in the district for the past 8 years with a program called Teaching and Learning in an Information Technology Environment or TLITE.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In February 2007, Kevin was selected to be one of only 50 Canadian Apple Distinguished Educators. He holds a Masters in Educational Leadership. He has served as the President and conference Chair for Computer Using Educators of British Columbia and is a frequent conference presenter.&lt;br/&gt;According to Kevin, &amp;quot;It is all about finding the right tool to motivate and engage students so they can learn to their maximum potential.  If I can support them in reaching their potential, then I have done my job&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description>
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      <title>Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:25:14 -0800</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2011/11/29_Are_We_There_Yet_by_Alison_Lester_files/AWT%20%21.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Media/object001_3.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:147px; height:110px;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Join Grace and her family on an adventurous and sometimes funny expedition around Australia. A warm, heartfelt story based on an actual journey undertaken by the much loved, award winning author and illustrator Alison Lester.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;About the Developer...Download these additional files provided by Mandie Gardiner&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Entries/2011/11/29_Are_We_There_Yet_by_Alison_Lester_files/AreWeThereYet_Rubric.pdf&quot;&gt;AreWeThereYet_Rubric.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Entries/2011/11/29_Are_We_There_Yet_by_Alison_Lester_files/GEtask.pdf&quot;&gt;GEtask.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Entries/2011/11/29_Are_We_There_Yet_by_Alison_Lester_files/passport.pdf&quot;&gt;passport.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Mandie Gardiner&lt;br/&gt;Experienced Senior Teacher&lt;br/&gt;Teacher Librarian-ICT Coordinator&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smccab.qld.edu.au/&quot;&gt;St Michael's College&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Caboolture QLD 4510&lt;br/&gt;Queensland, Australia&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I am the Teacher Librarian and ICT Coordinator at St Michael’s College Caboolture, an independent primary school an hour’s drive north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I have been teaching for 28 years and am passionate about both children’s literature and the integration of ICT across the curriculum. My dual role in the school allows me to combine these two passions into my teaching and I like to combine them wherever and whenever possible. Google Lit trips provides me with the opportunity of taking great children’s literature and extending it into the world of ICT. I have dual postgraduate qualifications in both Teacher Librarianship and ICT. I enjoy creating online activities that have both a Library and ICT focus such as this Google Lit Trip and sharing them with other like-minded teachers across the globe.&lt;br/&gt;</description>
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      <title>Pedro’s Journal by Pam Conrad</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:24:17 -0800</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2011/11/28_Pedros_Journal_by_Pam_Conrad_files/PJ1B.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Media/object002_1.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:147px; height:110px;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Imagine reading the journal of a young boy who took the trip of a lifetime. This fictional story lets you do just that. Come travel along with a young cabin boy, who just happened to keep a diary while sailing on the Santa Maria during Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the new world in 1492.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;About the Developer...&lt;br/&gt;Kathleen Ellison Teacher/Librarian&lt;br/&gt;Sakai Intermediate School&lt;br/&gt;Bainbridge, WA&lt;br/&gt;I'm so glad to be doing what I'm doing and my major goal is to continue helping my teachers create information rich lessons for their curriculum that also allow students opportunities to think critically about information sources. Along the way, I keep on hoping that I'll make it easier to teachers to learn new technology without feeling overwhelmed by their workload. &lt;br/&gt;Most of my teaching has to pack a punch within TEN MINUTES so that's what most of my lessons look like. HIGH IMPACT in the first TEN MINUTES. Independent learning follows. My students have come up to the library to do research and my goal is to influence them with a brief lesson that creates some change in their brain. I also do great trade in parent-led literature discussion groups since I am in a location that has amazing parent support.&lt;br/&gt;I write the &amp;quot;Electronic Eye&amp;quot; Column for VOYA -- Voice of Youth Advocates and write book reviews for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/SLJ/Home/index.csp&quot;&gt;School Library Journal&lt;/a&gt;. I have presented at several conferences and conventions including WLMA (Washington Library Media Association).&lt;br/&gt;I also serve on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalsourcenetwork.org/OWWCC-Home.htm&quot;&gt;Only What We Can Carry Project&lt;/a&gt; Board of Advisors.&lt;br/&gt;I invite you to visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://infoandlit.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Info &amp;amp; Lit: A Librarian’s Blog&lt;/a&gt;, where I “fearlessly forage through the information forest.”</description>
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      <title>Bonyo Bonyo by Vanita Oelschlager </title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:18:33 -0700</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2011/11/5_Bonyo_Bonyo_by_Vanita_Oelschlager_files/BB2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Media/object001_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:147px; height:110px;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bonyo Bonyo by Vanita Oelschlager, is a true story about how a Kenyan boy?s courage and determination, along with critical support from family and strangers, helped him live out his dream of becoming a physician.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;About the Developers...&lt;br/&gt;Catrina Steiner Center for Literacy&lt;br/&gt;University of Akron&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Catrina Steiner is a graduate student at The University of Akron pursuing her Master of Science degree in Elementary Education with a Focus in Literacy.  She has taught in several local public school districts as a substitute teacher and Title I Tutor.  After graduation, Catrina is looking forward to pursuing her calling as a teacher of young children.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Lori Vargo&lt;br/&gt;Center for Literacy&lt;br/&gt;University of Akron&lt;br/&gt;Lori Vargo,  Associate Director of Center for Literacy at The University of Akron, has been working in educational technology for twenty years.  She's been a computer science teacher, technology resource teacher, and Technology Coordinator. In 2003, she was selected an Apple Distinguished Educator. In her new role at the Center for Literacy she plans professional development workshops and experiences. Vargo is a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction at Akron and is a researcher in the area of online instruction.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Vanita Oelschlager&lt;br/&gt;Author and Writer in Residence&lt;br/&gt;Center for Literacy&lt;br/&gt;University of Akron&lt;br/&gt;Vanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist,&lt;br/&gt;former teacher, current caregiver, author, and poet. She is a&lt;br/&gt;graduate of Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio, where she&lt;br/&gt;currently serves as a Trustee. Vanita is also Writer In Residence&lt;br/&gt;for the Literacy Program at The University of Akron.&lt;br/&gt;Her first book, My Grampy Can't Walk, was widely praised. It's an uplifting story about the wonderful relationship between her husband Jim, who has multiple sclerosis, and their grandchildren. &lt;br/&gt;VanitaBooks donates all net profits to The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oakclinic.com/&quot;&gt;Oak Clinic&lt;/a&gt; for Multiple Sclerosis and other charities where &amp;quot;people help people help themselves.&amp;quot;&lt;br/&gt;</description>
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      <title>Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:11:16 -0700</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2011/10/15_A_Small_Dogs_Big_Life_by_Irene_Kelly_2_files/RF2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Media/object000_1.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:147px; height:110px;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Riding Freedom is a fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, drove stagecoaches, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance, and may well have been the first woman in the United States to...&lt;br/&gt;Well, you'll just have to read the book to find out all about this remarkable person!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;About the Developers...&lt;br/&gt;Mrs. Vanessa Morris, M.Ed&lt;br/&gt;Mrs. Morris has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area her whole life.   She attended Sacred Heart from kindergarten to eighth grade. She received her B.A. in 2005, and continued on to receive her Teaching Credential and Masters Degree in 2007 from Santa Clara University. &lt;br/&gt;She has been teaching 3rd grade at Sacred Heart for four years now and developed this lesson plan for Riding Freedom.  This story concludes in an area near her school so it is of great interest to her students.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Roberta Witte, MA, Special Ed&lt;br/&gt;Roberta Witte, MA, Special Ed&lt;br/&gt;Mrs. Witte is the Resource Specialist at Sacred Heart School, in Saratoga, California.   She works with students by supporting their learning strengths, in order to support their weaker areas.  She has a Masters in Special Education from Santa Clara University and has been teaching at Sacred Heart for 7 years.  Her experiences traveling as the daughter of a Navy officer, gave her a love of geography that she enthusiastically shares.  In her opinion, any opportunity to combine technology with visual information helps her students to learn.  When she was introduced to Google Lit Trips at a local CUE conference, she knew she wanted to apply this to a novel read by students at her school. &lt;br/&gt;       Mrs. Witte developed this Lit Trip so that more students could better visualize locations on the east coast and the adventures of traveling on a stagecoach during the 1800’s. The main character, Charlie Parkhurst, actually lived in an area close to her school. Many of the stagecoach routes are familiar locations to her students so it was fun for everyone to step back in time and connect the story to local spots.&lt;br/&gt;</description>
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      <title>A Small Dog’s Big Life by Irene Kelly</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:20:01 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Priscilla and the Hollyhocks&#13;written by Anne Broyles; illustrated by Anna Alter</title>
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      <title>Going Home &#13;by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Wayne Harris</title>
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      <title>Flotsam by David Wiesner</title>
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      <title>Big Anthony: His Story by Tomie DePaola</title>
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