Monday, November 5, 2012

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (10)





It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA! is a meme hosted by Jen and Kellee at Teach.Mentor.Texts



 I wanted to try something new this week and use a goodreads widget to show you what I’ve read.  You will have to let me know what you think. I hope it might work as a way to display my current reads.  It was ten times easier than uploading all of the information as usual!  (Books are clickable in the widget - it takes you to the goodreads site)

As you can tell we have still been enjoying Maisy Books and read a few Halloween Books.  Our week was busy and we didn't get to read as much as usual.  The big storm did take out out power for about 24 hours, flooded our street, and rescheduled our Trick or Treat, but we survived.  Hoping all my bookish, bloggish, and twitter friends are doing ok, too.  I know a lot of you were hit hard.  Well, for Halloween my Lil Guy dressed as BOT (from Ame Dyckman's adorable Boy + Bot).  And we are now overloaded with candy!  This week we'll have to get back on track with more books, storytimes, and library visits.  :)

Also, it's Picture Book Month!  To see my ten ideas for how to celebrate you can look back at my post this week HERE



This Weeks Books

The Pirate's Eye
4 of 5 stars true
For older students. The story is intriguing, how a pirate and a 'sand fiddler' connect their lives and learn from each other. The storytelling wasn't very natural, it just lacked finesse. That being said, I did enjoy the book and woul...
The Goalie Mask
4 of 5 stars true
Perfectly blends the real life story of Jacques Plante and the story of a struggling youth hockey goalie who finds inspiration in the stories his grandfather tells about the Montreal Canadiens.
Cold Snap
4 of 5 stars true
I rather liked this winter tale. Maybe I was just in the mood for something chilly. Parts of the story were a bit forced. (Do icicles really grow longer the colder it gets?) And the characters names didn't click with me. Otherwise t...
Maisy Big, Maisy Small
3 of 5 stars true
I prefer the Maisy stories, but young Maisy fans will enjoy the colorful and fun illustrations. I rather missed Maisy's friends!
Dino-Hockey
3 of 5 stars true
Dinosaur teams (Veggies vs Meats) take to the ice in a fierce hockey battle. We liked the fun names, action, and hockey bits. Hockey kids will like this one. Others might not appreciate the over the top play action.
Pigsty - Audio
4 of 5 stars true
Pigsty is a hilarious book about a boy's room that is so messy it gets overtaken by pigs. At first it's cool, the pigs play games and don't mind the mess. But, when the pigs take over ... the boy has to decide if he can live with his r...
Prairie Evers
4 of 5 stars true
I reviewed Prairie Evers along with Prairie Thief on my blog HERE @ Teacher.Mother.Reader
Maisy Goes Camping: A Maisy First Experience Book
4 of 5 stars true
We liked this one! Maisy and the crew go camping and fill a tent with friends and fun!
Pluto Visits Earth!
3 of 5 stars true
I would have loved for this book to have featured some facts along with the humor.
Waking Dragons
3 of 5 stars true
A little booy is sent to wake the dragons before starting his own day. I kept having the feeling the dragons were symbolic, but it was never clear from the book if this was the case. Sparse rhyming text, Preschoolers might enjoy it.
The Halloween Play Board Book
1 of 5 stars true
I wanted to like it, really ... but the story went nowhere.
Just Say Boo!
4 of 5 stars true
Perfect for preschoolers. Cute illustrations too.

goodreads.com

14 comments:

  1. Love reading about the Maisy books. These were a favourite when my children were little and now I am interested again for our K buddy reading bin. This inspires me to get some new titles!

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  2. I like that list, is that a blogger widget or can I use that on my wordpress blog too?

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  3. Rocky River Teen Librarian - It's a widget from goodreads. It comes as an HTML code, and is totally customizable. It should be able to be used in wordpress too. Do you have a goodreads account? Just go to MY Books and on the left panel is a widget button. Good Luck!

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  4. I like the widget! I may need to try that. Uploading does take forever, especially since the books ARE also on my Goodreads list. Hmmm....

    So glad you're enjoying the Maisy books! We own Pigsty, too. I actually used it back in my teaching days to send a message to my students about the way we kept our classroom, too ;)

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  5. Thanks Maria. We have been loving your suggestion of reading Maisy books! :)

    I think I will keep using the goodreads widget. :)

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  6. I love those Maisy books, & so does my granddaughter! You've shared so many books to search out & I like the Goodreads widget-new to me! I looked for your review & put both prairie books on my list, just to see if I can find time for them. They do sound good! Thank you!

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  7. Oooo- I really like the widget. I had never seen it like that and it looks very neat.

    Happy reading this week! :)

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  8. Linda, I thought both Prairie books were good MG reads. Glad you navigated through to the link. Goodreads widget is a work in progress. :)

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  9. Thanks for stopping by, Kellee. Happy Reading to you too!

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  10. Oh wow, this widget is just so awesome, I'm dying of envy. Would this work in Wordpress too? I haven't updated our Goodreads site for the longest time. And Pinterest. And Shelfari. Woe is me. I need another Bloggiesta!

    Among the titles you have here, Pigsty and Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty caught my eye, but they all look luscious as per usual. And Waking Dragons!

    Now that I have checked out the Elephant and Piggie books, next in line would be Maisy! :)

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  11. The widget looks great! Your site is so visually pleasant every time I visit! I'm definitely going to keep an eye out on picture books this month.

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  12. The Goodreads widget looks great! I didn't realize this was available. I like that there were a lot of books listed and you could see how many stars they received.

    ~ Michael<><
    The Color of Sound
    @mgdobishinsky

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  13. I love the Goodreads Widget! I didn't know it was available, either.

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  14. Ooh! I do like the widget, but may stick to just the reading challenge one. Have been having a little site envy over your owl design, too!

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