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Book Egg is about sharing because learning is sharing your knowledge.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-23188531977576485952016-08-11T11:58:00.000-05:002016-08-11T11:58:16.337-05:00School Days, School Days..."School Days, school days, good old golden rules days."<br />
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My mother flipped on my bedroom light singing the chorus of this song every year on the first day of school. Funny thing is that I did the same thing to my kids. What a great family tradition.<br />
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Have fun singing this at your house on the first day of school and don't forget those yearly first day of school photos! <br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25401514-my-hometown">My Hometown</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13846610.Russell_Griesmer">Russell Griesmer</a><br />
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A nearly wordless tale of a boy who finds a magical newspaper that transports him through the 150 years of his town's history. The story is told through changing images and colors beginning in antique sepia tones and slowly evolving into bright colorful fall colors. I have a sneaking suspicion that the statue of the apparent town's founder may be behind the time travel newspaper. Wordless picture books are excellent tools in the classroom as they prompt rich discussion among students offering their own interpretations. <br />
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See my review of <b><i>Piper Green and the Fairy Tree</i></b> by Ellen Potter <a href="http://bookegg.blogspot.com/2015/07/piper-green-and-fairy-tree.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
I really like this new early chapter book series. Imagine riding a school boat instead of a school bus. How cool!<br />
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My YA read this week in preparation of our 2016 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/teenbookfestbythebay" target="_blank">Teen Bookfest by the Bay </a><br />
I had to postpone reading Charisma but have picked it up again. I really hope Jeanne Ryan is included in our author line up. Charisma is intriguing and thought provoking.<br />
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I am reading many more books here and there as I catalog books for my library but these are the highlights this week.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-48277518906519509252015-07-03T12:51:00.000-05:002015-07-06T09:46:59.442-05:00Piper Green and the Fairy TreeAuthor, Ellen Potter, has a new early chapter book series coming out in August 2015 based on a young girl named Piper who lives on the remote island of Peek-a-Boo where she has discovered a magical fairy tree. Below are reviews of the first two books in the series. <br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1324443937">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Piper Green lives with most of her family on a remote island called Peek-a-Boo where she has to travel to school by lobster boat with her bug eating little brother, Leo. Piper desperately misses her older brother, Eric, who is off living at school on the mainland so she has taken to wearing his old earmuffs to comfort herself. When Piper's new teacher insists she remove the earmuffs, Piper rebels by skipping school the next day. While hiding from her mom, Piper discovers two tiny kittens inside a mysterious fairy tree. Piper's luck takes a good turn when she begins to explore the magic of the fairy tree.<br />
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Piper Green and the Fairy Tree is just the right sort of book series for kids moving into early chapter books. The chapters are short which will thrill kids who like to tell everyone how quickly they are reading a book. <br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1324508359">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Piper Green continues to get herself into mischief in this absolutely charming sequel to <u>Piper Green and the Fairy Tree</u>. In <u>Too Much Good Luck</u>, Piper is having a great day with three very lucky things happening to her. While three's a charm, a fourth lucky event shifts her luck into bad and life for Piper begins to sour. Is Piper doomed to bad luck or will the fairy tree come to her rescue once again?<br />
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I really enjoyed the first Piper Green book but I loved this one even more. The characters were more fully developed and Potter provided us chances to get to know each family member a bit better. Piper is a mix of many mischievous kids I know and even when she was behaving naughty, I still understood her motives and reasoning for doing so. <br />
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I am a Picture Book Month Ambassador. Which means I get to read lots and lots of wonderful picture books and read some aloud to kids and in general have free license to shoot my mouth off about how much I love picture books and how they are great lesson starters. <br />
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When my principal put me in charge of morning announcements this year she did not realize that I had been wishing for this very thing to come true. I seize my chance to start morning book talks along with the weather report and daily reminders. The great thing is...no one got upset about my little book commercials, in fact the reverse was true. Teachers and students begin to ask me "Do you know that book you talked about this morning about counting monkeys?" or "May I borrow that book about that biography, Black Elk that you talked about this morning?" I am so glad teachers and students are getting these micro book reviews each morning. What surprises me is that I never seem to run out of ideas for presenting books for the day. I love my library and try to squeeze in as much time for cataloging new books each week as I can possibly mange. <br />
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Join us Tuesday, November 18th 12:30 CST/1:30 EST for a<i> </i>collaborative<i><b> Picture Book Month Smackdown</b></i>. The following educators will be joining us along with their picture book loving students to share favorite book titles and brief summaries. Here is the <a href="http://youtu.be/NTR-MdI0ei4" target="_blank">PBSmackdown link</a> or watch below.<br />
<b>Twitter hashtag is #pbsmkdwn </b><br />
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Andy Plemmons, school librarian in Athens, Georgia<br />
Jenny Lussier, school librarian in Durham, Connecticut<br />
Cathy Potter, school librarian in Falmouth, Maine<br />
Kathy Kaldenberg, school librarian in Solon, Iowa<br />
Shawna Ford, school librarian in Weatherford, Texas<br />
Julee Murphy, school librarian in Corpus Christi, Texas<br />
Christina Brennan, school librarian in Pennsylvania</span></span><br />
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a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store <span class="y2uxnq8sz" id="y2uxnq8sz_5">for the</span> upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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Writer B. J. Novak has created a book kids love to hear read aloud. Students from three years old to sixth grade students have begged for me to re-read this book again and again. I even enlisted the art teacher so they could hear another adult's reading performance. The book literally has no pictures but its filled with humorous text instructing the reader to read precisely what is written. Those are the rules, you must read the text exactly as it is written. </div>
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Ye-haw! I love a good fractured Texas fairy tale. Helen Ketteman is the champion of this genre in my book. She has a series of fantastic Texas themed stories. I think you would enjoy Bubba the Cowboy Prince. This book definitely requires the use of a heavy Texas accent. Happy reading!<br />
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and a little Texas magic, Miz Lurleen finds the cowboy Prince she’s
always dreamed of. With it’s western language and humor, the Texas
retelling of Cinderella will really rope in the readers.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0f7b1e; font-size: 110%;">“More humans have walked on the moon than have visited the deepest spot in the sea.” pg.1</span></i><br />
This beautifully detailed picture book begins with a view from
outer space looking down on our blue planet home and allowing us to
imagine ourselves as part of a deep sea diving team traveling down
through the deepest depths of an ocean world. Readers are introduced to
three zones of the western Pacific Ocean and the life that lives within
them. With every page turn, the background colors deepen to darker
colors just as light struggles to reach the deeper depths of each zone.
The deeper the depths, the more beautifully terrifying creatures lurk
within a world hidden from human eyes. <br />
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/oceanlife.shtml" rel="nofollow">Ocean animals printables</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-sea-creatures.html" rel="nofollow">Origami sea creatures activities</a><br />
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<b>Visit <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cousteaukids.org/frm_creatureFeature.html" rel="nofollow">Cousteau Kids</a></b> for ocean adventure activities. (Cousteau Kids Online)<br />
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Autumn is my favorite time of year-not too hot, not too cold. There is
only one wee problem. I live in a area that is abundant in palm trees
and very few trees with leaves that change colors. Thank goodness for
all the wonderful picture books that let me live out my dream of
beautifully Autumn colored leaves falling into gentle crunchy piles
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Author: Jonathan Emmett<br />
Illustrator: Caroline Jayne Church<br />
Publisher: The Chicken House<br />
Publisher description: When Pip Squirrel wakes up one morning to find his home tree fallin to
pieces, he goes nuts! Scampering about frantically, he starts gathering
up leaves in colorful pawfuls.. But try as he may to stick them back on
their branches, it's hopeless: They keep coming off. It's only when his
wise, reassuring mama explains what happens in autumn that Pip begins to
understand why...all the leaves keep falling down!
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Author and Illustrator: Lois Ehlert<br />
Publisher: Harcourt Inc.<br />
Publisher description: This is the story of a sugar maple tree and the child who planted it. As
they grow up together, the child watches the tree through all the
seasons. Ehlert uses watercolor collage, leaf-shaped die cuts, and
pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this rich
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fall
has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he
drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading
west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's
quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the
wind blows.</span>
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I love the colors of Fall and these <a href="http://www.blogmemom.com/fall-activities-fall-sensory-jars/" target="_blank">Fall Sensory Jars</a> from Blogmemom look great and offer teachable learning moments, <br />
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Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love kid's hand-print art. I have dozens of my own children's hand-prints in cookbooks, favorite novels, and hanging on the walls. I don't think any art is more beautiful than watching your child develop and grow through the years. I like this example from <a href="http://www.teachkidsart.net/hand-print-art-for-pre-k-and/" target="_blank">Teach Kids Art</a><br />
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Visit the Picture Book Month <a href="http://picturebookmonth.com/" target="_blank">website </a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.beautifulmartina.com/pdf/martina_book.pdf" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to For a Martina Activity:</span> <span style="color: #cc0505; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Take a look at the "other side of the story."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0505; font-size: small;">Click on the picture <b>below</b> to learn about real <b>Cuban cockroaches.</b></span><br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-3535961018501565402014-11-02T06:00:00.000-06:002014-11-02T14:11:27.502-06:00Picture Book Month Day 2: Elephants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative </div>
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Picture Book Month Day 2 theme: Elephants<br />
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My pick for day two is a book our art teacher introduced to me. Elmer the Elephant. </div>
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Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative </div>
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that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November. </div>
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Visit the Picture Book Month <a href="http://picturebookmonth.com/" target="_blank">website </a></div>
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Picture Book Month is here again and I have been looking forward to it for a long time. This is a wonderful chance for older students to pull PBs off the shelves again and enjoy the type of books they enjoyed so much just a few years ago.<br />
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The wonderful thing about picture books is that many have become more sophisticated and in-depth in their storytelling. I loved and adored Go Dog Go by P. D. Eastman when I was a kid and now I am enjoying wonderful read alouds like You Will Be My Friend By Peter Brown. I love books that give kids a chance to offer their opinions and help them learn a valuable life lessons.<br />
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We are living in a wonderful age of picture books. There are so many talented writers and illustrators creating brilliant books. I only wish the publishing industry was experiencing more success and profitability. I can't bear to think of how many terrific books that have not been published due to lack of funding. <br />
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Here is my pick the first day. It is a book that offers so many possibilities and encouragement. <br />
Look at the daily themes here: <a href="http://picturebookmonth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/PBM-Calendar-2014-Color1.pdf" target="_blank">Picture Book Month Calendar</a><br />
Day 1 theme: Travel<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">It's Monday! What are you Reading</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">is a meme began by Sheila at <a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Book Journeys</a> as
a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store <span class="y2uxnq8sz" id="y2uxnq8sz_5">for the</span> upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">My family celebrated a big event this week. My four year old grandson, Josiah signed up for his first library card<b>.</b> Of course we had to stop and take photographs and immediately send to everyone we knew. I was so disappointed in the librarian at the public library because she just shoved some papers to his mom and didn't make any fuss about it. If it had been me, I would have rang a bell and insisted everyone stop and clap for him. This, of course, is why I am a school librarian. We love to make a big deal out of our students reading successes and encourage them through their reading struggles. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are some of the books we check out and read and some that I bought to add to my library collection this week.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1908511.The_Pigeon_Wants_a_Puppy_" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1411177849m/1908511.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1908511.The_Pigeon_Wants_a_Puppy_">The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33274.Mo_Willems">Mo Willems</a><br />The Pigeon has decided he wants and must have a puppy so after much begging, pleading, and throwing a fit, he gets a puppy but it not quite what he expected.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/515906.I_am_Invited_to_a_Party_" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="I am Invited to a Party!" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327888013m/515906.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/515906.I_am_Invited_to_a_Party_">I am Invited to a Party!</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33274.Mo_Willems">Mo Willems</a><br />Piggie is invited to a party and since Gerald knows parties he helps Piggie prepare for the best fancy, costume, pool party ever. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2466135.Traction_Man_Meets_Turbo_Dog" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320476875m/2466135.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2466135.Traction_Man_Meets_Turbo_Dog">Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/63608.Mini_Grey">Mini Grey</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18377674-it-s-an-orange-aardvark" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="It's an Orange Aardvark!" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1385354416m/18377674.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18377674-it-s-an-orange-aardvark">It's an Orange Aardvark!</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7066001.Michael_Hall">Michael Hall</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Five carpenter ants wonder and worry what is outside their tree stump. What if it is a long tongue ant eating aardvark? There is only one way to find out. Drill a little hole and take a look see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17428659-frozen" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Frozen: A Sister More Like Me" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1414349864m/17428659.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17428659-frozen">Frozen: A Sister More Like Me</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/70506.Barbara_Jean_Hicks">Barbara Jean Hicks</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Pleasantly surprised by this title. I knew I needed a Frozen book in my library collection. There have been so many requests for one. Told in dual voice, the sisters share their admiration and affection with each other. I predict it will become the hottest check out in the library.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">...and giving Frozen some serious competition in the check out line will be this adorable title. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18769843-ninja-boy-goes-to-school" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Ninja Boy Goes to School" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387768310m/18769843.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18769843-ninja-boy-goes-to-school">Ninja Boy Goes to School</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/505695.N_D_Wilson">N.D. Wilson</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Bright, colorful, and a favorite topic-ninjas. This book is sure to be a favorite among my students. </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13260544-blue-moon" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Blue Moon (Dead City, #2)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1413166510m/13260544.jpg" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13260544-blue-moon">Blue Moon</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/428662.James_Ponti">James Ponti</a><br />
I bought Blue Moon, a sequel to a very popular Texas Bluebonnet Award
nominee title-Dead City by James Ponti. I look forward to reading it
this week and know it will be a hot check out. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;">Texas Librarian Naomi Bates posted a terrific list on her blog. Check it out:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://naomibates.blogspot.com/2014/10/great-places-to-keep-up-with-ya-titles.html" target="_blank">Great places to keep up with YA and Children's Books!</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Happy Reading!</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-36615781658361406262014-10-05T22:35:00.001-05:002014-10-05T22:36:15.080-05:00Book Fair Reads: It's Monday, What are You Reading, October 6, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">It's Monday! What are you Reading</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">is a meme began by Sheila at <a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Book Journeys</a> as
a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store <span class="y2uxnq8sz" id="y2uxnq8sz_5">for the</span> upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgae5JCY4zKnlGWpAMx1E-ZVREUdS9P_zLuMNLu1IyLXoAbWSUQkC-iz_zTorlalejoAjw3UyBP4xYjm_tVg7GVcvFKVh2k-pu0XFsKXXEKdXDk1tqnedFg1j8Sqw1yivngtiaCVFYU9h4/s1600/BookFairfullshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i6KllvKcTGc0iOggpcxjAqe1xzLKvA42PzlD2neJC5jXgKmWXdZGJK4MOnWFn7MfCPeeHwueEX0dMjhi8wjrZRSJZk8WDKUJGg7N0SL7RYctivgN_yZSXeMvF-hQMLbHOVwYKODkBSM/s1600/BookFairGreg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i6KllvKcTGc0iOggpcxjAqe1xzLKvA42PzlD2neJC5jXgKmWXdZGJK4MOnWFn7MfCPeeHwueEX0dMjhi8wjrZRSJZk8WDKUJGg7N0SL7RYctivgN_yZSXeMvF-hQMLbHOVwYKODkBSM/s1600/BookFairGreg.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived in my library and is off to a record beginning. I am usually such a worry wart about sales every year because the elementary/middle school where I serve as librarian is very small-less than 200 students. I also work with university students so I am able to host a very customized book fair featuring books from babies to young adults. This is so wonderful because I am able to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">request some very good books and goodies too. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once again Minecraft books and UV Spy Pens are my top sellers </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">but getting very strong competition from the new iMarker <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">set </span>that looks exactly like an iPhone. All good bookfair <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">organizers know that the faste<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">st way to sell a book is to book talk or read it aloud. <i>Creepy Carrots</i> by A<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;">aron Reynolds</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">flew o<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ff the shelves and sold out on day 1 along with <i>Bug</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>s in My Hair</i> by David Shannon. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Here are a few books tha</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>t I have been reading aloud this week:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821316-llama-llama-trick-or-treat" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821316-llama-llama-trick-or-treat" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821316-llama-llama-trick-or-treat" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Llama Llama Trick or Treat" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1393227400m/20821316.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821316-llama-llama-trick-or-treat">Llama Llama Trick or Treat</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/227717.Anna_Dewdney">Anna Dewdney</a><br />Short, simple rhyming board book featuring Llama Llama deciding what to be for Halloween. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am flying through it. I love <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">reading about Four through a new perspective<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-his own. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am doing so much book talking this week that the<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> books begin to blur together<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. There are so many books that I would like to stop and read but the <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">customer flow has been non-stop<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. I suppose I will have to wait until pack up day to read the rest. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">It's Monday! What are you Reading</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">is a meme began by Sheila at <a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Book Journeys</a> as
a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store <span class="y2uxnq8sz" id="y2uxnq8sz_5">for the</span> upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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We started Dot Day a little early this year, in fact, we started two weeks before Dot Day. I read The Dot to all classes and collaborated with our new art teacher. One of my favorite parts about Dot Day this year was using The Dot Song.<br />
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Make Your Mark bookmarks: <a href="http://www.fablevisionlearning.com/pdfs/dotday_bookmarks.pdf" target="_blank">Download here</a><br />
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We also learned about the art of pointillism and obliteration art. A <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/kids-zone/start-with-art/sing-along" target="_blank">virtual trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> allowed us to take a "closer look" at the works of Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. The link shown above is a DOTS DOTS DOTS sing along. <br />
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Spot the dog and a dot headed Ms. Murphy greet families to Open House night and invite them to create family dots. Thanks to Barnes and Noble for lending us Spot the dog for the evening. <br />
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Spot was the highlight of the evening. Families were excited to snap a candid photo of their children having a great time. Spot was quite the celebrity under a lightning storm of camera flashes. <br />
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We didn't forget our old friend Bot. Our Boy + Bot book by Ame Dyckman has stayed checked out every since school started but we still wanted to "Give Bot the Chicken Pox" dots again. It gave me a good time to talk to kids about a time when children used to catch chicken pox and how today's children will not have to experience chicken pox. <br />
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Well, you might have guessed by now but I haven't done a great deal of reading this week other than Dot Day reading and a lot of research on education topics.<br />
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I look forward to setting aside some time for Young Adult fiction for an upcoming Twitter chat and for our first annual Teen Book Fest by the Bay. Yesh, it's tough to stay on top of emergent reading through Young Adult reading. I read all levels since I work with kids from age 3 to university students. I find all level books fascinating. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-75848327446436521842014-09-14T23:21:00.001-05:002014-09-14T23:22:23.343-05:00It's Monday, What are you reading? September 15, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">It's Monday! What are you Reading</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">is a meme began by Sheila at <a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Book Journeys</a> as
a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store <span class="y2uxnq8sz" id="y2uxnq8sz_5">for the</span> upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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We are really focusing on book care in our library lessons because I am seeing some signs of book neglect just two weeks into book circulation. I really like using What Happened to Marion's Book because kids can relate to Marion's neglectful book care habits and can offer wise suggestions for how to better handle books while reading. <br />
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In continuing our reading and creating of dots for Dot Day, I read <b><i>Press Here</i></b> by Herve Tullet and made a humungous mistake by uttering the phrase "Viola! each time the dots changed. It was actually quite funny. Little 4 year olds would shout Viola for every little thing that happened and later in the school hallways when I would walk by "Viola!" I can just picture how they went home and tortured their parents over and over with Viola!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV5TZyv7wOf1sVhYo-PPQVqBZhAI6CjOXnophnMRRBED6Cf77G2ruaYKklTa9oovBfRYeS5VyPTCcE5YdnKrhgpFDS3IyVxX3H5KyEUQpkMYhLVrBwKprFdy-y3Uh8fsBV3jOXfam30I/s1600/CM_kittens_moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV5TZyv7wOf1sVhYo-PPQVqBZhAI6CjOXnophnMRRBED6Cf77G2ruaYKklTa9oovBfRYeS5VyPTCcE5YdnKrhgpFDS3IyVxX3H5KyEUQpkMYhLVrBwKprFdy-y3Uh8fsBV3jOXfam30I/s1600/CM_kittens_moon.jpg" height="197" width="200" /></a>Another favorite book for Dot Day is <b><i>Kitten's First Full Moon</i></b> by Kevin Henkes. The endpapers are similar to Press Here in that they are covered in dots. In the story, kitten notices a little bowl of milk up in the sky (the moon) and tried many attempts to get to that tasty looking milk. Finally after landing into a pond she sadly heads home sad and soaking wet to discover a bowl of milk on the porch waiting for her. It is so sweet. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>14 Cows for America</b></i> is one of my favorite books in our school library. I read it to library classes on Patriot Day/Sept. 11th day. Paired with glowing earth toned illustrations is a story of compassion and friendship between two countries brought together from the pain and sadness experienced on September 11, 2001. (author Carmen Agra Deedy)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am still reading<b><i> Rebel McKenzie</i></b> by Candice Ranson for my Blue<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bonnet Book Club<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and so far I really like it.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-12102493087100901072014-08-24T22:18:00.002-05:002014-08-24T22:18:57.650-05:00Wild about Back to School Books! It's Monday, What Are You Reading? August 25, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store <span class="y2uxnq8sz" id="y2uxnq8sz_5">for the</span> upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Tomorrow the school bell will ring and the kiddos will flood the building again. Tears will flow. The first day of school is difficult for both parents and children. Tomorrow will be my youngest grandson's first day of preschool. He has been ready for two years-a born student! I predict the tears will be his mother's. She is a terrific mom. I only wish I could be his school librarian. I feel great knowing he is in the capable hands of a good librarian friend of mine.<br />
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We practiced school this week by reading these perfect first week of school books. I will be sharing these with my preschoolers this week too. <br />
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Mr. Bones is our library watch dog. He likes to help me out with library lessons and he enjoys sitting with Kinder and Pre-K students who are chosen by teachers as "librarian of the week'' He is WILD about books. <br />
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These are some books I will be reading to older students as part of library orientation.<br />
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Learning to care for a library book and how to use your </div>
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Learning about book care is easy using "What Happened to Marion's Book?" </div>
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This is one of my favorite book care books because the children love Marion and can relate to Marion's many book mishaps. The teacher's guide includes band-aid bookmarks and Marion finger puppet templates. Mr. Bones shows the students all the poor damaged books that end up in the BOOK HOSPITAL. </div>
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Once again, our school will be setting up book boxes outside of the classrooms for students to read while waiting for their teachers to open up classrooms. This has been a very successful idea mostly for the younger students. All you need is a box and some fun and interesting books and kids are hooked.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's getting closer, and closer, and closer....the first day of school is just around the corner so it was time for me to pull out some of my first day of school books for some re-reads. </span></span> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17718088-chu-s-first-day-of-school" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Chu's First Day of School" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391376144m/17718088.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17718088-chu-s-first-day-of-school">Chu's First Day of School</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1221698.Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">It's Chu's first day of school and he is nervous. Will he make friends? Look at that adorable face, of course he will<span style="color: #274e13;">!</span> </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/291359.Curious_George_s_First_Day_of_School" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Curious George's First Day of School" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348379365m/291359.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/291359.Curious_George_s_First_Day_of_School">Curious George's First Day of School</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6608.Margret_Rey">Margret Rey</a><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">George is worried about his first day of school and things don't go so well but since it's our sweet friend George we know by the end of the day it will be a success. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2105765.Little_Critter" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Little Critter: First Day of School" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349057122m/2105765.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2105765.Little_Critter">Little Critter: First Day of School</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/692.Mercer_Mayer">Mercer Mayer</a></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Little Critter is a bundle of nerves with so many things to take care of before he heads out to his first day of school. Clothes to pick out, lunch to pack, a backpack to pack up. A lift a flap book format.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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The first page of The Night Gardener was a fantastic book talk in itself. The setting is so well described that you can actually feel the atmosphere and that cliff hanger of a line "And they were riding to their deaths" will have kids begging to check it out. I recognize a brilliant book hook when I see it. I just hope it gives me nightmares.<br />
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Join fellow book lovers on Twitter during the #vbcbooks (Virtual Book Club) chat Monday, Aug. 11that 9 p.m. This will be a special DOUBLE book chat discussing Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (so awesome} and The Night Gardener. Johnathan Auxier will be joining the chat to answer your deepest, darkest questions.<br />
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The Three Ninja Pigs and Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen
Schwartz and illustrated by Dan Santat are companion books that are a MUST
have in any
collection. The rhyme structure is perfect, the action fun, the
reaction from kids-priceless! Corey is also the type of author that
likes to connect with teachers/librarians. Corey has generously sent me bookmarks for The Three Ninja Pigs and stickers, coloring page, teacher's guides, and
an F &G of Ninja Red Riding Hood. You can connect with Corey on
Twitter at <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" href="https://twitter.com/CoreyPBNinja" role="presentation">@CoreyPBNinja</a> or visit the <a href="http://www.coreyschwartz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Corey Rosen Schwartz blog</a> or like her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoreyPBNinja?fref=photo" target="_blank">PB Ninja</a> Facebook page. <br />
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Take a listen to this <a href="http://www.busylibrarian.com/2014/03/lets-get-busy-with-author-illustrator.html" target="_blank">Let's Get Busy podcast with Dan Santat</a>, illustrator of The Three Ninja Pigs and Ninja Red Riding Hood. Librarian Matthew Winner interviews Dan about all his amazing books. <br />
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Look at all these magnificent resources
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I love the back beat of this video for Ninja Red Riding Hood. <br />
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And look! Corey has shared a <a href="http://coreyrosenschwartz.com/Ninja_Red_Riding_Hood_files/Ninja%20Red%20Riding%20Hood%20Teacher%20Resources.pdf" target="_blank">Ninja Red Riding Hood</a> Activity Guide. <br />
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I want to be Ninja Red Riding Hood for this year's Literature Parade. I hope I can pull it off without dislocating anything.<br />
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You might also enjoy this fractured fairy tale by Corey <a href="http://www.coreyrosenschwartz.com/Goldi_Rocks_and_the_Three_Bears.html" target="_blank">Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears </a><br />
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am currently reading <i><b><span style="color: lime;">Grasshopper Jungle</span></b></i> by Andrew Smith which I got for
a bargain at Half-Price books- $4.98 with a coupon and teacher
discount. Wow, I have been blushing a lot reading it but it really
captures the teenage boy mentality well. I can so visualize this as it
becomes a movie in the next year or so. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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been a wonderful week for reading. Now I wonder what I will read next.
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a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
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others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #2187bb; text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #2187bb; text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20711688-there-s-a-mouse-hiding-in-this-book" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="There's a Mouse Hiding in This Book!" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394539790m/20711688.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20711688-there-s-a-mouse-hiding-in-this-book">There's a Mouse Hiding in This Book!</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7764889.Benjamin_Bird">Benjamin Bird</a></div>
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Referred to as a meta-fictional picture book, this interactive story features our old cartoon buddies Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse. Jerry is hiding in the book and making quite a mess for poor old Tom. Tom asks the reader for help moving through the pages of the book sometimes quickly to avoid a dog attack and other times slowly to prevent setting off mouse traps. <br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18792864-dear-wandering-wildebeest" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1400893702m/18792864.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18792864-dear-wandering-wildebeest">Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole</a><br />
by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1083084.Irene_Latham">Irene Latham</a><br />
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Wildebeest, impalas, elephants, giraffes, vultures and other African animals gather around a watering hole in this book of poetry infused with general information about the animals who co-exist, dependent on each other and the watering hole.<br />
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I became a fan of Rainbow Rowell after reading Eleanor and Park and Fangirl was just as wonderful. I can't wait to get my hands on Landline. Rowell has such a fresh and unique writing style and I appreciate the subtle humor sprinkled throughout her books. <br />
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This week I am taking a road trip to the Scholastic Reading Summit in Houston with six fellow librarians + one classroom teacher. Several months ago I registered our group and boy am I glad I did because it sold out quickly. I guess everyone heard that the amazing Donalyn Miller was going to be the keynote speaker. The sessions sound terrific and I am hoping to bump into Twitter friends while we are there. <br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/sakputnam">@sakputnam</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nctlchat?src=hash">#nctlchat</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaMilstead">@LisaMilstead</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/libraryreeder">@libraryreeder</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/StacyFord77">@StacyFord77</a> Anyone have a student reading interest survey to share? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gcsslmc?src=hash">#gcsslmc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tlchat?src=hash">#tlchat</a><br />
— Edie Crook (@EdieCrook) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdieCrook/statuses/489035747388055552">July 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/JuleeMurphy">@JuleeMurphy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sakputnam">@sakputnam</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaMilstead">@LisaMilstead</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/libraryreeder">@libraryreeder</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/StacyFord77">@StacyFord77</a> would love it if you could share :)<br />
— Edie Crook (@EdieCrook) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdieCrook/statuses/489053652657926144">July 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
This is the wonderful thing about Twitter, you can reach out across the miles and get quick answers from your professional learning network (#PLN).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Scene:</b></i> A child walks into a library, stops, and stands staring blank eyed at all the shelves filled with fantastic books while lamenting "I can't find anything to read." Pan the camera to a librarian in the shadows of the stacks clutching a knife in her heart. That is what it feels like when you have spent countless hours diligently searching high and low curating the perfect library collection. Or perhaps this soulless lament is a battle cry to the champions of all readers (yes that champion is you-parents, teachers, and librarians). Your quest is to help this woeful child discover their inner self so they may learn the secrets of selecting books to match their reading interests. <i>Sound the battle cry and fade to black.</i></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What is a Reading Interest Survey?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Questionnaires known as Reading Interest, Reading Inventory, or Reading Attitude Surveys are helpful tools to help teachers, librarians, and parents gain a sense of a child's interests, favorite things, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and how they feel about reading. This data can serve as a guide to help a reader learn to identify the types of books they might be interested in reading. The goal is to help readers become successful in identifying the right books that will motivate them without frustrating them.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fL2CrIzks4Ql3g8h3cVVp9AkYfJnkdhXwHO4-GIv7qADt9dXoji24LCqFeVObP20evvjOKLQfElgh3tGg0Zh0kagWLRLtkw4_krveOuFoPweF7Qre3pr16wyAmHxt_pz4P_yWZx8QUM/s1600/smiley-grin.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fL2CrIzks4Ql3g8h3cVVp9AkYfJnkdhXwHO4-GIv7qADt9dXoji24LCqFeVObP20evvjOKLQfElgh3tGg0Zh0kagWLRLtkw4_krveOuFoPweF7Qre3pr16wyAmHxt_pz4P_yWZx8QUM/s1600/smiley-grin.gif" /></a>The link above takes you to my Reading Interest Surveys. The first is a
set of interview questions designed so partners may take turns
interviewing each other while also getting acquainted with each other.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>What is the next step?</b></span><br />
After collecting the reader's interviews, I review each student's survey with them to get a bigger sense of what type of book will click with them. Sometimes I offer them a good book match and other times we have to keep looking for the perfect fit. I keep the interview data in a binder so that I can flip back quickly when a student gets stumped and he or she needs a refresher on their likes and dislikes. I think I will offer kiddos a chance to edit their responses mid-year as they develop and grow as readers. <br />
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<b>Interest surveys available online:</b><br />
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Interest (Professor Garfield) Survey: <a href="http://www.professorgarfield.org/parents_teachers/printables/pdfs/reading/readingsurvey.pdf">http://www.professorgarfield.org/parents_teachers/printables/pdfs/reading/readingsurvey.pdf</a>
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Clear Rapids Community Schools Reading Interest Surveys:</div>
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<a href="http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/readinginterestinventorieschoicepage.htm">http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/readinginterestinventorieschoicepage.htm</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Interest Survey A: <a href="http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/interestinventoryA.htm">http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/interestinventoryA.htm</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Interest Survey B: <a href="http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/interestinventoryB.htm">http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/interestinventoryB.htm</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Interest Survey C: <a href="http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/interestinventoryC.htm">http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/interestinventoryC.htm</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Parent Reading Questionnaire:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/parentreadingquestionnaire.htm">http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/parentreadingquestionnaire.htm</a>
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Scholastic Reading Interest Survey: <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/SB1711%20Dec_3-5_ReadingInterest_LO1.pdf">http://www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/SB1711%20Dec_3-5_ReadingInterest_LO1.pdf</a>
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Scholatic-11 Questions about Reading: <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/collateral_resources/pdf/e/11questions.pdf">http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articl/collateral_resources/pdf/e/11questions.pdf</a>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">A very basic survey from Read Write Think: <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson11/ReadingSurveyHandout.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson11/ReadingSurveyHandout.pdf </a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">General Interest Surveys that
will help librarians guide readers: Elementary student friendly with use of
visual aids:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My Way:</span></div>
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<a href="http://sartellcluster.pbworks.com/f/My+Way.pdf">http://sartellcluster.pbworks.com/f/My+Way.pdf</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This is a nice survey It's easy to complete. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If I Ran the School:</span></div>
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<a href="http://sartellcluster.pbworks.com/f/If+I+Ran+the+School+Interest+Inventory.pdf">http://sartellcluster.pbworks.com/f/If+I+Ran+the+School+Interest+Inventory.pdf</a>
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Very nice: <a href="http://www.internationalcenterfortalentdevelopment.com/uploads/9/3/2/8/9328117/starring_me.pdf">http://www.internationalcenterfortalentdevelopment.com/uploads/9/3/2/8/9328117/starring_me.pdf</a>
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Enjoyment of Reading survey-very old, but still effective use of
questions. I really like this one but would combine with a happy face or
Garfield type visual image for rating:</div>
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<a href="http://sartellcluster.pbworks.com/f/Reading+Interest-A-Lyzer.pdf">http://sartellcluster.pbworks.com/f/Reading+Interest-A-Lyzer.pdf</a>
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I hope you will find these resources helpful. If you have a reader's interest survey you would like to share, please add it in the comments section. Share the knowledge and empower us all. </div>
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a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
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others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #2187bb; text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #2187bb; text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: small;">There were so many books that I wanted to read this spring but my students had first dibs on them. With #summerthrowdown in full swing, I have been able to dive into my Summer Reading Wish List.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">ARCs I have read this week:</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21441000-sleep-tight-little-bear" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Sleep Tight Little Bear" border="0" height="200" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1400841562m/21441000.jpg" width="153" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21441000-sleep-tight-little-bear">Sleep Tight Little Bear</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153061.Britta_Teckentrup">Britta Teckentrup</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">A little bear and his mother prepare for their long winter's nap of hibernation by visiting each of their friends to say good-night. I had an immediate positive feeling regarding this book. The pros were: beautiful illustration, a sweet family story introducing the concept of hibernation, and I cannot resist a bear story. The cons were: I think the bears would probably eat those very same friends they were telling good-night especially in the spring when they woke up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I also read <i>Pig and Small </i>by Alex Latimer. Great title and an interesting little book about a pig and a bug trying to make their awkward friendship work. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">My favorite book of the week:</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18509629-always-abigail" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Always, Abigail" border="0" height="200" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395516070m/18509629.jpg" width="138" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18509629-always-abigail">Always, Abigail</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6508920.Nancy_J_Cavanaugh">Nancy J. Cavanaugh</a><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/989268406">5 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Source: ARC received from Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky Kids </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I absolutely loved the story of Abigail and her terrible, horrible, no good, very bad sixth grade year. Abigail, the list maker and her two BFFs AlliCam (2 girls) have aspired to become pom pom girls since they first met in kindergarten. Disaster first strikes when Abigail is put in a different homeroom than AliCam and then her antiquated Language Arts teacher partners her up with the biggest loser in school. Ack!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Always Abigail is told through a series of lists-funny, thought provoking, and much like the lists I used to find in my own daughter's room. I think it genuinely reflects the suffering, guilt, and angst a young girl can experience in her sixth grade year. I appreciated that Abigail had a very active conscience battling her daily. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Without a doubt, I will be purchasing a hard copy of this book for my school library collection. I think it can serve my young friends well.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">I made a list of what I like about Always Abigail:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">1. Abigail is an interesting, flawed, typical sixth grade girl striving to live up to her dreams while struggling with her conscience. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">2. Ditto</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">3. Ditto</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">4. Ditto</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">5 Ditto</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">6. Ditto </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">7. Ditto</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Getting ready for #virtualbookclub chat this Monday, July 14th at 8 p.m. EST. Join us!</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I re-read <b><i>A Snicker of Magic </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222556-a-snicker-of-magic" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Snicker of Magic" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1384382716m/18222556.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222556-a-snicker-of-magic">A Snicker of Magic</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1011572.Natalie_Lloyd">Natalie Lloyd</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/897228368">5 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">A sweet,charming story about a girl named Felicity Pickle and her destiny to lay down roots in the town where her mother grew up. A wonderful story of friendship and the importance of family. Read it and feel renewed by life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This is going to be a great Twitter chat because we all loved the book so much. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Somebody on this Bus is Going to be Famous by J. B. Cheaney</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Source: ARC received from Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky Kids</span><br />
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others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#ixzz2V9OYmufl" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #2187bb; text-decoration: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> </span></span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Kellee and Ricki of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #2187bb; text-decoration: none;">Unleashing Readers</a> and have become a regular <a class="ktg6us78hf8vdu7" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; display: inline; padding: 2px;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">linked</u></a> up blog. Thanks #PLN</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> I just finished the Maze Runner as one of my #Summerthrowdown reads for July and #MustReadin2014. I have been waiting weeks on the library hold list to get my hands on a copy. I found it entertaining and irritating at the same time. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> The premise for the story was fantastic. There is a massive stone wall maze that contains an area known as "the glade" which is home to a group of teen age boys whose memories have been wiped before they arrived. Once a month a "greenie"or "greenbean" is sent up via a metal box to join the others. The boys are left to survive using the few supplies they are regularly provided and must live by their wits. Every day a group of Runners go into the maze to seek an escape. After two years the mystery of the maze has yet to be solved when Thomas shows up and then everything changes including the sudden arrival of a girl. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I like the mystery of the story but the characters were blah with the exception of Chuck and Newt. I envisioned Newt as an Aussie accented character and Chuck as the sweet gullible buddy who is bound to be killed off.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have continued on my Harry Potter Re-read challenge and am up to The Order of the Phoenix. I mostly listen to the audio version while I work. I never get tired of Harry Potter. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In my car, I am listening to Insurgent because I like Emma Galvan's voice. I can only listen to so much before I get fed up with Tris. (Yes, I do like the series but after a second read of it, Tris has become a bit full of herself always insisting on taking on all the bad guys alone}. I think now that I know the full outcome of the series, I am a bit more harsh with Tris. I was the same way with Bella Swan's lack of confidence. The girl could cook, she was smart, she was kind and a good friend. Why was she so down on herself? </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oHsaAgjoXO_qFjc8mCe3ywK3mobYxNX59yPntvo3K9u4XVBHPPitRynMn0_TxhafS6H3mLv__I4s8zH8HXh0JgUSa-Q0UahcvHHKVOof9SHg17uvwNhQ42NvadsXhX6NWsKoYSUEKc4/s1600/UncleSam.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oHsaAgjoXO_qFjc8mCe3ywK3mobYxNX59yPntvo3K9u4XVBHPPitRynMn0_TxhafS6H3mLv__I4s8zH8HXh0JgUSa-Q0UahcvHHKVOof9SHg17uvwNhQ42NvadsXhX6NWsKoYSUEKc4/s1600/UncleSam.jpg" height="200" width="165" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Teacher Carrie Gelson is calling all #MustReadin2014 readers to turn in their homework for the Quarter Quell. Oh wait, that's not right, I mean the quarterly check in to see how we are progressing in our #MustReadin2014 lists. </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Check out the link up <a href="http://thereisabookforthat.com/2014/06/30/must-read-titles-in-2014-summer-update/" target="_blank">here.</a></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHWcyWiT7WnWjGfLQfQKOeJabjBdRqAzzawxwhNvEh9RXqTE2r07S1LlUeX8hbaf7ae7wJT9KRPnww3VdlriCeqRpvmfnCtAqS0O3Q4ANto7_wtt5C-0sgvD4By76H1KOTHyTc9YWRj8/s1600/No+David+No+Homework.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>I have read 30 out of 40 books on my #MustReadin2014 List. That's not too bad but my list keeps getting longer as I continue to add books that I <b><i>must read </i></b>this year. A little competition is just the thing to get me motivated (as if any of us needed any reading motivation). </div>
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I like a reading goal and I love reading as part of a book club. I need to talk about the books I am reading and it's not always easy to find adults in my home or workplace that will read children's books. It is such a thrill to stumble across another grown up in the YA section of the library. We immediately fall into conversation sharing our favorites. I have no qualms about getting older-I like it. It is simply that in my reader's heart, I am still an adventurer in need of a great quest.<br />
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<b>The official first book in my #summerthrowdown challenge</b><br />
Yesterday, I received this book from Debbie Diesen, creator of The Pout Pout Fish. It was such a wonderful surprise and I now proclaim it as the first book I will read for #summerthrowdown. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW21GPaNtjDJ1GMdoGDb5KvEiE887LhoAzAIaLiGsqLK5RiX-Ufs-cgcddOhdXxTL3J3Dy04jH17A-pwBi-9wJxqMbQm93k0ScFibATd1uSOcIQlKEUmS91CYZatP44ygzeXY3-SfMyX4/s1600/Read+with+me.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW21GPaNtjDJ1GMdoGDb5KvEiE887LhoAzAIaLiGsqLK5RiX-Ufs-cgcddOhdXxTL3J3Dy04jH17A-pwBi-9wJxqMbQm93k0ScFibATd1uSOcIQlKEUmS91CYZatP44ygzeXY3-SfMyX4/s1600/Read+with+me.jpg" height="169" width="200" /></a>I challenged my son and my nephew to a Harry Potter Re-Read Challenge to be completed by July 31st (Harry's birthday). I have gotten too dependent on the ABC Family's movie version of H. P. series and have been missing all the great parts that were cut out from the books. I am still plugging away and up to H. P. and the Prisoner of Azkaban but my son blew through the entire series in one week. He has more time on his hands than I do. I had to use the audio book versions just to get as far as this. (I work year round). <br />
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Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier was nothing short of FANTASTIC! I am ready for the August #virtualbookclub chat. Well, I need to read The Night Gardener too. <br />
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The creepiest #mustreadin2014 since reading The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. <br />
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The most intense #MustReadin2014. I had to sit and deeply think about The Impossible Knife of Memory. I feel blessed not having to deal with such suffering. <br />
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We Were Liars had the most surprising twist #MustReadin2014 and wow-what a terrific novel. Look for the movie version in the near future. <br />
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after some MAJOR weeding of the entire school library and university teacher resource center.<br />
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mean it's real muscle man work taking weeks to get through and I am
flat out exhausted. I have given away tons (probably not an
exaggeration) of free teaching materials to university students. The
great thing is I have now doubled the size of my library. I even sweet
talked the Dean of Education (great guy) into giving me some bookcases I
desperately needed and would have taken even without permission (but I
prefer to get properly obtained permission if he is reading this).
Librarians are resource people.<br />
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Well until Carrie sends out the next homework call, you will find me reading the last 10 books on my #MustReadin2014 which will certainly have grown to 20 or more books.<br />
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Until the next quarterly check in, keep reading and let me know what you are reading. We'll chat. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722301148509372483noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636018400386592533.post-50894475818649836942014-06-30T00:01:00.000-05:002014-06-30T00:01:00.806-05:00Jinx's Fire Cover Reveal! Guest post by author Sage Blackwood #IMWAYR June 30, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Today I have a special treat in store for you. Author, Sage Blackwood, reveals to the world here, on Book Egg, the cover of her newest book-<i><span style="font-size: small;">Jinx's Fire.</span></i> Carrie Gelson first introduced me to Jinx (<a href="http://thereisabookforthat.com/book-club/jinx/" target="_blank">here</a>) and I was immediately Sage's #1 fan (according to me, but there are many kids who will disagree with my claim).</span></b><br />
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<b><i>Thanks so much to honorary Urwalder Julee Murphy for offering to host the cover reveal of Jinx's Fire! </i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yup, that's the cover of the third and final JINX book. My, how Jinx has grown. In the </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Urwald you grow up fast or not at all, but it's taken Jinx five years. In the summer of 2009 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> he
entered the world as a doodle in a notebook on my front porch. He was standing amid </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> trees, next to
a blustery-looking man who looked part troll, and they were talking to a tall, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> thin, rather cranky-
looking guy who seemed like he might be a wizard. As the drawing grew, the trees kept getting
bigger, and bigger, and bigger.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I had to find out more about this. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I kept doodling. More pictures came. There was a girl in a red hood, walking along a forest
path and being followed by... not a wolf, but a terrible werebear. There was a kind-but-serious-
looking woman pushing a wheelbarrow through a doorway. It didn't seem to be an ordinary
doorway. But always, there was the forest. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The wizard in the picture, I decided, was Simon Magus. The Simon Magus legend comes to
us only in bits and pieces, but one of the surviving bits is that the wizard gets his power from a boy
who died a violent death. (But, in the way of legends, the boy is somehow still alive.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Very well. I sat down to write. Opening scene: The wizard, Simon Magus, strangles a nine-
year-old boy, and--</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Simon folded his arms and scowled up at me from the page. "The hell I do," he said. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Sorry," I said, putting the scene aside hastily. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For both Jinx and me, the next 1000 pages or so were largely a lesson in Simon-management. Before, I'd always thought
that writers who talked about a character getting away from them were being a little pretentious. Now I know. Simon took over
any scene he was allowed to grace. Jinx had his hands full. And, I hope, became stronger because of it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> But it wasn't until book
2 was published, and some readers complained about the ending, that I realized Simon had so many friends. My apologies for the
book 2 cliffhanger. I didn't know it was one. After all, the book ended with Jinx safe and, for the most part, sound. Hopefully
things will work out, one way or another, in book 3.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Thank you Sage and Harper Collins for allowing Book Egg to reveal the newest cover in the Jinx series. It has been an honor and a thrill.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Readers, are you intrigued by Jinx and the mysterious and magical world of the Urwald? Here are some more tempting tidbits and remember, in the Urwald, don't ever step off of the path..</span></span><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>.</b></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Try out this <a href="http://files.harpercollins.com/HCChildrens/OMM/Media/Jinx_DA_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Jinx's Planting Activity </a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Official book trailer-Jinx</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Browse through the first two books <i>Jinx </i>and <i>Jinx's Magic
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