If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Why Picture Books are so Important. Another unappreciated benefit of well-illustrated picture books is that beautifully depicted scenes .

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Real resources for the middle school reading interventionist. Writing is very much an art. Just look at our scrawled notes that we leave each other compared to the beautiful penmanship that was required years ago. It is both a visual and an emotional art. I love to hand write notes, letters, and journal entries. Writing is a very creative endeavor that requires skill, passion, and discipline.

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