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Love is all around Michigan
I Love Michigan, An ABC Adventure
by Wendi Silvano and Illustrated by Joanna Czernichowska Visit familiar areas of Michigan in pictures and rhyme. Illustrations are bright and fun. Large read-aloud text.
by Sandra Magsamen
by Ed Shankman and Illustrated by Dave Frank
Bright glossy pages take you through our state with a cute alphabetical rhymes. It’s a great way to learn letters and places in Michigan. It is also a good read-aloud book.
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I Went to the Party in Kalamazoo
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Martin Public School 100th Day at Martin Public Schools!! Mrs. Jonker's kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school February 17. The day began with a fashion show where the students showed off shirts that they decorated with REMHFWV 7KH\ DOVR EXLOW ZLWK /HJRV VWDFNHG FXSV SRSSHG EDOORRQV and wrote about what they would buy with 100 dollars.
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Cookin’ Fun Irish Potato and Leek Soup 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 cups of leeks, chopped 2 stalks celery, diced 1 small onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 4 medium potatoes, coarsely chopped 4 cups vegetable stock or water 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1 1/2 cups light cream 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon, chopped In a large saucepan, heat the oil and add the leeks, celery, onion and garlic. SautÊ over medium heat for about 7 minutes, until the vegetables are soft. Stir in the vegetable stock or water, potatoes, salt, pepper and thyme; bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat for 20 to 30 minutes, until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork. Add the light cream and herbs and return to a light simmer, stirring occasionally. Remove the soup from the heat and let sit a few minutes before serving. To thicken, either mash the potatoes against the side of the pan with the back of a spoon or puree batches of the soup in a blender or food processor.
Boxty (Irish Potato Griddle Cakes) 1/2 pound raw peeled potatoes 1/2 pound cooked mashed potatoes 1/2 pound plain flour Milk (as needed, see directions) 1 egg 1 medium onion, finely chopped Salt and pepper Grate raw potatoes and combine with the cooked mashed potatoes. Add salt, pepper, onion and flour. Beat the egg and add to mixture with just enough milk to make a batter that will drop from a spoon. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a hot griddle or frying pan. Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4 minutes on each side.
Irish Potato Apple Pie Pastry: 2 cups hot mashed potatoes 1 tablespoon butter 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ginger 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour Filling: 4 cups thinly sliced apples 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon melted butter 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Rules For The Kitchen! 1. Always ask an adult if you can use the kitchen. 2. Have all the ingredients before you start. 3. Wash your hands before you touch food. 4. Wear an apron or towel to keep your clothes clean. 5. Always clean up when you are finished.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine mashed potatoes, butter, cinnamon, ginger and brown sugar. Mix well. Blend in flour. Reserve 3/4 cup for top of the pie. On a sheet of waxed paper or parchment paper, pat the remaining dough into a circle slightly larger than a 9-inch pie plate. Place a well-greased pie plate over dough. Lift and invert the dough into the pan. Remove waxed paper. Arrange apple slices on potato mixture. Sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. brown sugar. Pat remaining 3/4 cup of potato mixture onto a 9-inch circle of waxed paper. Invert over filled pie. Peel off paper, crimp and seal edges of dough around the pie. Cut a vent in the center of the pie. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Brush top with 1 teaspoon melted butter and sprinkle with granulated sugar a few minutes before removing from oven. Serve hot with whipped cream.
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The Benefits Of Camouflage
The Arctic Fox during cooler months.
The Arctic Fox during warmer months.
Camouflage (kam-uh-flahzh) is the way some animals hide or disguise themselves to blend in with their environment. Some of them use camouflage to help them remain hidden from predators and some change colors to express their moods. Camouflage is beneficial to many different animals to help them stay hidden from predators who primarily hunt using vision and not smell. Some are born with markings that are similar to leaves or stones that are present in their habitat. As their surroundings change some will change the color of their fur, like the arctic fox. It’s fur will be brown to hide in of this are harmless snakes who mimic, or act like, rattlesnakes in the trees in the warmer appearance and behavior in order to be left alone. weather and will grow Basically, animals use camouflage as a way to stay safe in their white fur to hide in the natural environment. Here are some examples: snow during the colder months. Octopus will change their color and texture quickly in order to Can you accomodate the change find the of its terrain on the ocean floor! Walking Sticks with Hawkmouth their dark bodies and Caterpillar? large joints look like twigs Can you find the Walking Stick? to escape their predators. The Nile Crocodile blends in Chameleons are lizards who change colors. They express their with the muddy brown waters. mood by turning yellow, dark blue or black if they become angry. Some animals like the zebra have a special pattern that helps them blend in with each other to confuse their predator. The zebra’s stripes prevent lions from focusing on one animal. There are also animals that use mimicry to confuse their predators. Mimicry is a form The Great White Shark, a predator of camouflage that resembles Do you see the Graybanded uses it’s color to become invisible another animal. An example under water! King Snake?
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Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She was the oldest of the two sisters in her family, and often loved to play with her younger sister Grace Murial or “Pidge”. Amelia loved to read, and grew up to write several books of her own including “20 hrs. 40 min.”, “The Fun of It”, and “The Last Flight”. She is known as the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and she left behind a great mystery when she disappeared. She set many records, stood for the equal rights amendment, and inspired many girls as a rolemodel. In December of 1920, Amelia and her father visited Frank Hawks, who was an air racing pilot. After taking a short flight, she knew flying was perfect for her and she was determined to learn how. She worked many different jobs and saved up enough to go to a flight school in 1921. Her first airplane was a secondhand yellow Kinner Airster biplane, which she fondly called “the Canary”. Amelia set her first record in that plane in 1922, as the first woman to reach an altitude of 14,000 feet. The next year she became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot’s license. Eventually she sold “the Canary” and another yellow Kinner, settling for a two passenger automobile called a Kissel “Speedster” so she could take her mother on a transcontinental trip with stops in Boston and throughout the West. She stayed in Boston tem-
porarily to continue at Columbia University for a few months and then found work as a teacher and then as a social worker in 1925. She became a local celebrity in Medford, Massachusetts after writing about aviation in the local newspaper. Amelia Earhart first flew across the Atlantic as a passenger to Wilmer Stultz, and in the project she met her eventual second husband George Putnam. After she returned to the U.S., she went on lecture tours and was dubbed the name of “Lady Lindy” as she looked like the solo flyer Charles Lindburgh. Her fame grew as she earned the Distinguished Flying Cross from Congress when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, along with solo flights from Hawaii to California and an attempt at circumnavigating the globe. This last voyage was her final flight en route from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island, her plane mysteriously disappeared in the Pacific Ocean. The United States government spent $4 million looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and intensive air and sea search in history at that time.
Did You Know? • Earhart refused to don typical flying gear—she wore a suit or dress instead of the "high-bread aviation togs," a close-fitting hat instead of a helmet, didn't put on her goggles until she taxied to the end of the field, and removed them immediately upon landing. • She developed a friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, who wanted to learn how to fly. Earhart had planned to teach her, for which the First Lady even got her student permit. • Earhart met Orville Wright at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1937, the same year she disappeared.
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The Flightless Adventures Of Princess And Pearl Aimed at young readers ages 6-10, this childrens early chapter book is “a fun, appealing story that kids will find easy to read.”- Diane Donovan, Donovan’s Literary Services. Princess and Pearl are two Gentoo penguin chicks who love splashing away their days in the ocean with their parents always close by. One day, their parents suddenly disappear and the pair sets off on an adventure to find them! Full of danger, new friends and magic, The Flightless Adventures Of Princess And Pearl is a delightful story about growing up and the importance of friendship.
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