It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme began by Sheila at Book Journeys as a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what is in store for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading. I first learned about it at Teach Mentor Texts.
The sight of this truck brings smiles to everyone who sees it
and the kid in all of us shouts "Hooray, the Book Fair is here!"
It took a lot of work but I finally got my Scholastic Book Fair all set. Thank goodness I have a large space to feature books and keep my library open for the students to continue using.
Look at all these books! I was in reading heaven. I must have read one hundred books after setting up the fair.
There are so many choices-it's a Book-a-palozza!
Scholastic now offers a book fair decorating kit which included this two sided Photo Op display and also an awesome Pharaoh's head piece.
The Pre-school and picture books offered some terrific read aloud choices. The books shown here were favorites. I had the most fun reading
Count the Monkeys the kids loved helping me scare away all characters in the books. They loved the ending. That
Mac Barnett is one funny fellow.
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus brought the house down. Everyone, including parents and teachers joined in singing along during read aloud time.
Have Fun, Molly Lou Mellon is always a great read aloud choice sharing the importance of using your imagination.
The Gingerbread Bear was also a favorite with Kinder and Pre Kinder classes.
The first graders were buzzed about Fly Guy and the Frankenflly.
Charlie the Ranch Dog is an old favorite friend so we were very happy to welcome his two new adventures
Where's the Bacon? and
Charlie Goes to School which both proved to be read aloud treats. Several of our preschool, Kinder, and first graders loved "Silly Doggy!"and it has been a hot seller in the book fair.
#VirtualBookClub Read: Al Capone Does My Homework
Lucky for me that I was stuck at the Goodyear dealer (they are the nicest people) for 2 1/2 hours and I had brought along my public library copy of
Al Capone Does My Homework. I was laughing out loud and deep into the story when my car was ready. I had almost hoped they would have taken a little bit longer so I could keep on reading. Check out the description at
Penguin Kids
Join the fun over at #VirtualBookClub as we explore the mysteries on Alcatraz Island and share our favorite parts of the book and its characters.
Where: On Twitter using hashtag:
#virtualbookclub (I use Twubs.com to keep up with the discussion)
When: Monday, October 21, 2013 at 9 p.m. EST/8 p.m. CST
Who: Anyone who has read the book or would like to learn more about it. Hopefully Gennifer Choldenko will drop by for a few minutes. Most authors usually join us for part of the conversation.
Why: Folks who love children's literature often have a hard time finding other grown ups to discuss children's books. We are a group of teachers, librarians, authors, illustrators, and literacy advocates who believe in reading and discovering high quality children's literature and sharing our opinions and thoughts with each other.
On Friday, I was tickled pink to receive this package from
@PenguinKids It arrived in a beautiful, shiny purple package. I can't wait to begin reading it. I hear from so many people on Twitter that it's their favorite book this year. I am also nervous about reading it because I understand it is an emotional loaded read and with the stress of book fair and several professional presentations all within a couple of weeks time, I think it might be too much for me to handle at the moment. However, it sounds exactly like the type of book I love to read-full of well developed and lovable characters and a story that touches your heart. I like to read books that move and change me as all good books should do.
Thank you Penguin Kids, you have bestowed this book on a most grateful recipient.
FYI: October 23, 2013 is the date applications open for World Book Night 2014
I gave out John Green's Looking for Alaska last year and it was a wonderfully experience.
Learn how to become a Book Giver:
HERE
Happy reading!
Kevin Cornell lets us take a Look into the book to see some page spreads and funny pics that appears to be part monkey part Mac Barnett. 
