<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323538060056573042</id><updated>2009-02-21T05:18:12.855-08:00</updated><title type='text'>dulcesmith</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dulcesmith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/323538060056573042/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dulcesmith.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Robert M. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05704085832244198832</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323538060056573042.post-8024798952892969503</id><published>2008-01-29T14:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T14:22:39.455-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"The Big Orange Splot"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;For Storytime in January, I read Daniel Pinkwater's amazing book about diversity called "The Big Orange Splot".  It's about a totally un-diverse neighborhood that reverses its course when a seagull empties a can of orange paint on the roof of one of the homeowners.  He responds by leaving the orange splot and adding many additional colors and designs while explaining his new look represents all his dreams.  The neighborhood is shocked, but one by one, all are won over to express their own individual dreams by customizing their homes, making the block a truly diverse world.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/323538060056573042-8024798952892969503?l=dulcesmith.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dulcesmith.blogspot.com/feeds/8024798952892969503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=323538060056573042&amp;postID=8024798952892969503' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/323538060056573042/posts/default/8024798952892969503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/323538060056573042/posts/default/8024798952892969503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dulcesmith.blogspot.com/2008/01/big-orange-splot.html' title='&quot;The Big Orange Splot&quot;'/><author><name>Robert M. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05704085832244198832</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08569760365250536117'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry></feed>