Picture Book Read: 47
Children's Chapter Books Read: 0
Other Books (novels/YA books/adult non-fiction): 3
I read some REALLY FABULOUS books this month! If I made a million dollars or was granted one wish, I would want to be able to buy any picture books I wanted, at any time. So many good ones to read and share with kids and friends.
The REALLY great news from this month is that I am beginning a new position as a special education teacher with kindergarten and first graders. I'm super pumped! I'm gonna flood them with books. Only good books. What's the point in sharing bad books? I'll be posting a lot about my reading plans.
In the meantime I hope you enjoy these great titles!
The author describes the things he can do with his pen. This is a great book for encouraging kids to be creative and to let their ideas be known.
This book SCREAMS to be read aloud. Mouse is trying to write a story. Frog wants to help but he's a little over-the-top. Be prepared to ham it up when you read Frog's part. He's great.
I liked another one of the author's wordless books, Flashlight, so I wanted to check this one out too. This story shows a boy doing various activities inside and outside, throughout the seasons. The die-cuts allow readers to predict what season will be next.
The tiny king lives in a world where everything around him is big-his house, his horse, his spread of food. And none of it makes him happy. A big princess comes along and things change. This was a sweet story with cool digital collage illustrations.
Pomelo doesn't just see green as green. She sees the dismal green of doubt and the muddy green that comes after the rain. She also sees the hypnotizing red of love and the surprising red of ripe tomatoes. This book could be used to help kids get more descriptive with their writing or just to appreciate all the colors around us.
The director is trying to shoot a movie about a moose but someone keeps interrupting. This would be great for readers theater. I laughed a lot.
I loved this book. I loved the author's sense of humor. It's one where you definitely need the illustrations along with the text to appreciate the story. Funny and sweet.
Each experiment includes the following information: Question, Hypothesis, What You Need, What to Do, and What Happened. Questions explored include things like "Do dogs like to be covered in glitter?" and "What is the best way to speed up a boring car ride" I found the book funny and entertaining. I could see it leading to students designing some fun experiments to write about.
They can't read books. A snail in the driveway causes too much commotion. Vanilla ice cream is too flavorful. Read this one to find out even more things that upset Mr. and Mrs. Dullard and see if the kids can survive.
This is an older book and for some reason I had never read it. Several people have talked about it but I just never picked it up. I'm so glad I finally did. I loved the story of Mr. Plumbean resisting the urge to fit in. There's a good message in here for kids and adults.
The illustrations caught my attention in this book-hand built and shot with a camera. Kids might be able to relate to the boy in the story wanting to run away and will find his advice and adventure fun.
I like finding books about books. This one includes three simple, little books written by a boy, his sister, and his little brother. They decide to put their books together into a bigger book because, "books are better when they are shared". Good message.
Bird poop saves the day.
This book was needing to be re-shelved at the library and I decided to take a peek through it while I was at the reference desk. As I read I was imagining doing something with my class with a long string...following it to some fun surprise. The source of Hugo's string cracked me up when I read it!
This was another one I accidentally found at the library. I paged through it and my finger stopped on the poem called "Farts or Burps". I'm a sucker for funny, stupid poems and this book is filled with several. There are also some about "Haters" and "Super Mom".
Happy Reading!
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