It’s
Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA! is a meme
hosted by Jen and Kellee at Teach.Mentor.Texts.
This week’s
favorite re-read was:
The Very
Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
- We love this cranky bear who just wants a
bit of rest. His animal friend do all
they can to cheer him up but, “All he really wants is a quiet place to sleep!” Everyone at our house has this book memorized
because it’s read so often.
What I read this week: 
An Edible Alphabet: 26 Reasons to Love the
Farm
by Carol Watterson
4 stars on
goodreads
review
coming soon
Extra Yarn
by Mac Barnett (Author) and Jon Klassen
(Illustrator)
4 stars on
goodreads
Shark vs. Train
by Chris Barton (Author)
and Tom
Lichtenheld (Illustrator)
5 stars on
goodreads
Bully
by Patricia Polacco
5 stars on
goodreads
Review
coming soon
The Humming Room
by Ellen Potter
4 stars on
goodreads
Review
coming soon
The Lions of Little Rock
by Kristen Levine
5 stars on
goodreads
I would have
given this book 6 stars if I could. It
knocked my socks off. I was so invested
in the characters that I was laughing, crying, scared, hopeful, and a bevy of
other emotions as I read this book. I
had heard this mentioned as an early contender for Newbery and I say, “Yes.
Yes. Yes.” Review coming soon.
I also posted 3 reviews:
Cindy Moo – A retelling of the classic
nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle. Reviewed here.
Harry and the Dinosaurs at the Museum –
Harry visits a Natural History Museum with his bucketful of play Dinos. Reviewed here.
How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum – An
excellent non-fiction book detailing all of the steps taken before we see a
dinosaur fossil on display at the museum.
Reviewed here.
This week I
really need to make a trip to the library.
I've made
a goal of reading at least one MG or YA book a week!
Make sure
you leave me a message in the
comments
and share what you are reading too.
I
always love suggestions! And, If you have a list,
I will be
sure to visit to see what you've included.
Great titles here! I just bought How the Dinosaur got to the Museum and am looking forward to reading it aloud over a few sessions with my class. I am with you on The Lions of Little Rock. Just convinced my local book store to order in multiple copies - they hadn't read it. It is a MUST! Just fantastic! I love historical fiction. This summer I read all of the Sara Stewart/David Small titles. Harder to find historical fiction in picture books but love The Gardener and The Friend by this duo. I am about to start the YA read Code Name Verity.
ReplyDeleteA librarian recommended "The Lions of Little Rock" so I'll have to check that out eventually. Actually, all the picture books seem to be ones I should check out. Good luck on your reading goal!
ReplyDeleteLions of Little Rock was one of my favorite summer reads - what an awesome book!
ReplyDeleteooo, can't wait to read your review of The Lions of Little Rock. It's still my favorite MG title of 2012. Really enjoyed The Humming Room and Extra Yarn as well. The Very Cranky Bear looks adorable!
ReplyDeleteCarrie - Yes, Lions of Little Rock was an excellent Historical Fiction read. Sometimes Middle Grade students can be resistant of that genre, but Lions has action, passion, friendship, and more. I am looking for it on award lists for 2012. I haven't read The Gardener or The Friend. I will have to look for those titles.
ReplyDeletethechroniclesofachildrensbookwriter I loved Lions of Little Rock and I think you might too! It was a short read because I just couldn't put it down.
ReplyDeleteTara It was one of my favorite MG reads, too! I also really loved The One and Only, Ivan and Wonder. So many great reads! (We're so lucky to be readers!)
ReplyDeleteHannahlily Lions of Little Rock - I kinda can't wait to write the review either! So good. And Lots of people have been loving Extra Yarn. I thought it was cute but it didn't capture my imagination the way that it has other people. I think I might need a second read of it! (I've been known to fall in love with a book upon 2nd or 3rd readings.)
ReplyDeleteI agree about Lions of Little Rock-it is so good, but there are many good ones as contenders this year. What a tough job for the judges! I like the idea of The Very Cranky Bear. People must love bears; there are so many books about them around. Anyway, this one looks great. And I really want to read the Polacco book, Bully. I'm sure it's great. Thanks for all!
ReplyDeleteI've heard nothing but wonderful things about The Lions of Little Rock. I really need to read that one!
ReplyDeleteBeth S. I would really recommend The Lions of Little Rock! I think it would be a great book to read with MG students.
ReplyDeleteLinda at teacherdance I started thinking about all of the great books I've read this year. Is it me or the books keep getting better and better?
ReplyDeleteI love the spread of picture books here! How nice! I have a feeling I'd fall in love with "The Very Cranky Bear" as well - I shall look for it in our libraries. I just bought a collection of Patricia Polacco's picture books during the recent Singapore Library Book Sale - but didn't come across this title - so I shall look for this one too. Extra Yarn has also been receiving a lot of love recently, so I'm definitely intrigued. :)
ReplyDeleteBully is on my TBR list (because I love all things Polacco), as is Cindy Moo after reading your review last week. "Cows" and "moons" are synonymous in my 3yo's mind.
ReplyDeleteI read Humming Room and did not love it as much as I hoped I would. Good story, but it's almost like it ended too soon. LOVED Lions of Little Rock, though. Have you read The Might Miss Malone yet? Another strong female protagonist about the same age.
We love "The Very Cranky Bear," too! I feel like it's a hard one to find though. Maybe it's because I don't have school-age kids.
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