Peter H. Reynolds

So I recommend books like that.

And then I also recommend books like The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds, which is all about appreciating the meanings of words and also how they sound.

So that's for the sort of younger set.

And then as kids get older, some of the activities I was talking about are paying attention to hybrid words.

Yeah.

I would say, so like you were talking about Peter, and I'm so excited that we're going to have him as part of the New York conference here in November, I think virtually, but he's one of our keynotes.

And I was like, wow, I get a little bit closer to actually meeting him every year.

But I think, like, regardless of what grade or age or media or skill you're teaching, I think it's that staying connected.

So when you were talking, Matt, about Beautiful Oops, and then you talked about Peter Reynolds' work, and I was like, okay, I'm getting goosebumps remembering some of the kids reactions when we read ish, um, and how some of them wanted to go.

We had this app that would read the book to them.

They could do it on their own device on their own.

International Dot Day is global.

Celebration of creativity, courage, and collaboration inspired by Peter H. Reynolds' children's book, The Dot.

So happy International Dot Day.

And it's National Felt Hat Day.

And she also wrote The Girl with Curious Questions, I think it is.

So my next book was a difficult one because I love any book by Peter Reynolds.

But this one here, When You Dream Big, I actually picked this up at our local library.

I have all of his books, but I didn't have this one.

And it made me think of a couple of things.

One, how it would lend itself to the students' DNA, also to Shelley Moore's seed packets and learning about the kids' dreams is such a powerful way to get to know them.

It also makes me think of Peter Reynolds' book where they're creating those cars going places, I think, by Peter Reynolds, where they are all given a kit and they are all to create these cars.

These two kids combine and they create an airplane for the race.