title: 20 Irresistible Reading-Response Projects Based on Favorite Picture Books: Adorable Reproducible Patterns With Engaging Writing Prompts
author: Sherry Girard
description: Sherry Girard teaches staff development courses in the Anchorage, AK school district. This is her first book for Scholastic.
zlib_text: ![](images/00028.jpg)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00024.jpg)\  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00040.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00042.jpg)![](images/00014.jpg)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00001.jpg)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00021.jpg)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00041.jpg)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00037.jpg)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00033.jpg)  
  
  Thanks to my wonderful family, for all their support, love, and warmth. And an
  extra special thanks to my little cousins for being so magical and for
  boosting my imagination and spirits when I needed it most.
  
  Thanks to my fifth- and seventh-grade teachers, for reading my earliest
  writing endeavors and not burning them, and for introducing me to the idea
  that I could publish a book.
  
  Thanks to Dr. Susan Cole, Professor Charles Rafferty, and my former classmates
  at Albertus Magnus College for all of the writing workshops, and to Ms.
  Deborah Frattini and Dr. Paul Robichaud, who each introduced me to new authors
  that, to this day, influence everything I write.
  
  Thanks to the dazzling, otherwor