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		<title>FAMILY LITERACY DAY 2020 &#8211; STORYTIME AND CRAFT WITH CHILDREN&#8217;S AUTHOR KATHLEEN GAUER</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a fun, creative and interactive afternoon visiting with families at my Storytime and Craft event at Toronto Public Library’s Northern Elms Branch on Saturday, January 25, 2020. After listening to me read from my latest picture book, THE WISH CARVERS, (https://www.skippingstonepress.net), the children created colourful butterfly and mouse magnets to take home. There were [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you enjoy reading The Wish Carvers?  Now, here&#8217;s a colouring page designed by the book&#8217;s illustrator, to  download, print and colour.  If you would like to submit a photo of your masterpiece to post on my Skipping Stone Press Facebook page, please have your parent or guardian send me a message.  Have fun!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Family Literacy Day 2019</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen Gauer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An amazing turnout for my Storytime and Craft morning at Dufferin/St. Clair – Toronto Public Library – on January 26, 2019. Moms, dads, grandparents and close to 20 energetic young readers braved the chilly -11 degrees C. temperature to participate in this fun, creative and interactive Family Literacy Day celebration. After reading from my picture [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easy Kindness Tree Poster Craft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here’s a simple, inexpensive fun activity to do with children after reading For No Reason and High in the Sky by Kathleen Gauer. What You Need: 4 sheets of coloured construction paper 8-1/2” x 11” (blue, red, green, and black) corrugated cardboard (peel off the first layer of a recycled box and leave surface rough [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easy Kindness Classroom Poster Craft</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have you enjoyed your copy of For No Reason by Kathleen Gauer? Here’s a simple, inexpensive and fun activity to do with children. What You Need: 3 sheets of coloured construction paper 8-1/2” x 11” (red, green, and black) B&#38;W printout of a map of the world globe, approx. 7” in diameter caption strip 2-1/2” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>For No Reason &#8211; Free Colouring Page</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen Gauer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have you enjoyed reading your copy of For No Reason? Now you can download, print and colour this For No Reason Colouring Page or design a BULLY-FREE poster for your classroom at school. Take a photo of your finished masterpiece and have a parent post a picture to Skipping Stone Press on Facebook. Have fun!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Download, print and colour this HIGH IN THE SKY Colouring Page &#62; Colouring Page Take a photo of your finished masterpiece and have your parents post a picture to Skipping Stone Press on Facebook. Have fun!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Easy Paper Plate Tire Swing Craft</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen Gauer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a super simple, inexpensive fun craft to do with children after following the imaginary adventures of the young, energetic character in HIGH IN THE SKY by Kathleen Gauer.  Ask for this title at your local library or order your own signed copy from SkippingStonePress.net. What You Need: paper plate (flexible, inexpensive variety with ripple [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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