{"id":3779,"date":"2016-10-23T01:54:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T05:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:45:09","slug":"paintbrushes-arrows-free-point-view-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=3779","title":{"rendered":"Paintbrushes &#038; Arrows by M.C. Finotti"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3779\" class=\"elementor elementor-3779\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a13208 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a13208\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd8bab5\" data-id=\"bd8bab5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ebea4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5ebea4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"450\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-Paintbrushes-and-Arrows.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29336\" alt=\"Paintbrushes &amp; Arrows by M.C. Finotti Activities\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-Paintbrushes-and-Arrows.jpg 450w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-Paintbrushes-and-Arrows-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-Paintbrushes-and-Arrows-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-Paintbrushes-and-Arrows-36x19.jpg 36w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-Paintbrushes-and-Arrows-48x25.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1f44dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1f44dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I am extremely excited to have M.C. Finotti, author of\u00a0Paintbrushes &amp; Arrows: A Story of Two Girls in St. Augustine in 1875, guest blogging today. Her book is a rare gift. Teachers will love how it weaves real people and events into a heartwarming story.\u00a0<\/p><p>Thank you, Gay Miller, for the opportunity to write a blog post on your popular TpT webpage!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99f3f95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99f3f95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7d7317\" data-id=\"a7d7317\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0abbdc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0abbdc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #18bc9c;\">M.C. Finotti\u2019s Message<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-df79529 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df79529\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0ee714\" data-id=\"e0ee714\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c8bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51c8bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_paintbrushesarrows\/bookcover.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Paintbrushes &amp; Arrows: A Story of Two Girls in St. Augustine in 1875\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fd6ae1\" data-id=\"6fd6ae1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64815eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64815eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"left\">First and foremost, I think historical fiction puts \u201cpeople\u201d back into history.\u00a0 Too often, \u201cjust plain folks\u201d are hard to find in social studies textbooks. That\u2019s why my new book, \u201cPaintbrushes and Arrows,\u201d is told in part from the point of view of Ah-kah, a real 9-year old Comanche girl who accompanied her parents and other prisoners to Fort Marion in St. Augustine in 1875.\u00a0 The U.S. Army brought her father (a warring chief) to the fort from the Oklahoma Territories because they wanted to \u201ckill the Indian but save the man.\u201d Ah-kah helps us understand what it\u2019s like to be a Native American girl in a small American town in 1875.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b51e328 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b51e328\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f3647e\" data-id=\"2f3647e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7837956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7837956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the author of two books of historical fiction, I thought it only fitting to write about why I think quality novels of historical fiction are great educational resources.<\/p><h3>Real People<\/h3><p>First and foremost, I think historical fiction puts \u201cpeople\u201d back into history.\u00a0 Too often, \u201cjust plain folks\u201d are hard to find in social studies textbooks. That\u2019s why my new book, \u201cPaintbrushes and Arrows,\u201d is told in part from the point of view of Ah-kah, a real 9-year old Comanche girl who accompanied her parents and other prisoners to Fort Marion in St. Augustine in 1875.\u00a0 The U.S. Army brought her father (a warring chief) to the fort from the Oklahoma Territories because they wanted to \u201ckill the Indian but save the man.\u201d Ah-kah helps us understand what it\u2019s like to be a Native American girl in a small American town in 1875.<\/p><h3>Issues<\/h3><p>This brings me to my second point about historical fiction:\u00a0 it introduces students to a range of issues, warts and all.\u00a0 In \u201cPaintbrushes and Arrows\u201d we learn firsthand about the effect of the Westward expansion on the Native American population and the diaspora that resulted from it.\u00a0 This story is often forgotten when we learn about all the new Midwest and Western states that joined the union in the late 1800s.<\/p><h3>Perspectives<\/h3><p>Finally, historical fiction promotes multiple perspectives.\u00a0 I told \u201cPaintbrushes and Arrows\u201d in alternating points of view.\u00a0 The companion main character to Ah-kah is a 15-year old girl, Callie, who was practically born with a paintbrush in her hand. She\u2019s recruited to teach art classes to the Native Americans at the fort.\u00a0 While this may sound paternalistic, there really was an art teacher who worked with the Native Americans at the fort. Callie\u2019s character helps readers understand what life was like for a young, white woman in America in 1875.<\/p><p>I made every effort in \u201cPaintbrushes and Arrows\u201d to follow historical records and to portray my characters \u2013 many of whom actually existed \u2013 as realistically and without stereotype as possible. Gay Miller\u2019s wonderful book unit on \u201cPaintbrushes and Arrows\u201d reflects this and more. For less than $20, you can buy a copy of my book (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paintbrushes-Arrows-Story-St-Augustine\/dp\/1561649635\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1477272477&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=paintbrushes+and+arrows\">Amazon<\/a>) and a copy of Gay\u2019s book unit (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Paintbrushes-Arrows-Novel-Study-vocabulary-comprehension-writing-skills-2779565\">Teachers Pay Teachers<\/a>), and have months of lessons that meet Common Core standards for literacy. Best of all, your students will be engaged and learn not just about history, but about life!<\/p><p>Win a free Kindle copy of my book. All you have to do is watch a book trailer of the book.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b99412b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b99412b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-98857e1\" data-id=\"98857e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3174c46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3174c46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_paintbrushesarrows\/Author77.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Paintbrushes &amp; Arrows: A Story of Two Girls in St. Augustine in 1875\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ab2ca4\" data-id=\"8ab2ca4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-151c135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"151c135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>M.C. Finotti<\/h3><p>Thank you so much for the fantastic\u00a0post!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae3585e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae3585e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa8c58a\" data-id=\"aa8c58a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc8a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"adc8a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_paintbrushesarrows\/pin1.PNG\" title=\"\" alt=\"point of view practice\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-82fc030\" data-id=\"82fc030\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-242d762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"242d762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_paintbrushesarrows\/pin2.PNG\" title=\"\" alt=\"point-of-view activities\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97fc6c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97fc6c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aade79\" data-id=\"6aade79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7880308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7880308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paintbrushes &amp; Arrows is a wonderful book for teaching both points of view and perspectives. Throughout the entire book, Finotti tells odd-numbered chapters from Ah-kah\u2019s perspective and even-number chapters from Callie\u2019s perspective. On top of this, Finotti tells Ah-kah\u2019s chapters in the third-person point of view and Callie\u2019s chapters in the first-person point of view.<\/p><p><em>Paintbrushes &amp; Arrows Book Unit<\/em>\u00a0includes several lessons on point of view. I\u2019ve included two additional free point-of-view activities to get you started on a point-of-view unit.<\/p><p>This point of view practice uses advertising slogans. Students sort familiar slogans such as \u201cI can\u2019t believe I ate the whole thing\u201d and \u201cWhen you care enough to give the very best\u201d by the point of view in which they are written.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b861a3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6b861a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_paintbrushesarrows\/pov.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-paper-plane\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get the activity.<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-805f643 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"805f643\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b966759\" data-id=\"b966759\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35e68af\" data-id=\"35e68af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e2fc6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e2fc6b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a6b6d5\" data-id=\"8a6b6d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e72bd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e72bd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"col-sm-9\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">See the product that inspired this post.<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aaa2ccb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aaa2ccb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-941fb28\" data-id=\"941fb28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992e494 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"992e494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_paintbrushesarrows\/Paintbrushes-and-Arrows-Book-Cover.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"Paintbrushes &amp; 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