Posted by: eiela on: 23 November 2008
That Book Woman is both an account of the impact of the pack horse librarians that brought books to isolated Appalachian families, and the story of how one illiterate boy, Cal, becomes a reader. As a librarian, this book made me tear up; I loved how Cal changes from resenting his sister’s love of books [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 25 September 2008
The Day Leo Said “I Hate You!”
by Robie H. Harris • Illustrated by Molly Bang
September 2008 • Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers •
I’ve been reading this book to my kindergarten through second grade library classes this week, and it has been a definite hit. An applause-after-the-story, read-it-again-now hit. [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 11 September 2008
This week we’ve been reading Maybe a Bear Ate It! by Robie Harris with my little ones. (K & 1st). It is such a fun book, told just as much through the pictures as the minimal text. A little purple and green monster is reading HIS BOOK in bed. Then it [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 3 September 2008
She’s celebrating her 10,000th hit by giving away one of the books she’s reviewed and liked this year to somebody who comments on her blog post here by Saturday. So you might want to go check that out! She does neat reviews of books. I loved the review of The Hunger Games. It made me [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 1 September 2008
Also Posted at The Picnic Basket.
This book is a definite winner. I read it to all the second graders at my school, and it makes a great read-aloud. When Judy Moody visited the art class and called it the “Naked Lady class,” she had them rolling with laughter. The story moves quickly, and it’s full [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 19 August 2008
I read The Boy Who Cried Wolf by B.G. Hennessy to one of my classes today, since they’re studying fairy tales and fables in reading this week. Before reading we talked about how a fable is a story that’s meant to teach a lesson, and I asked them to be thinking about what lesson this [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 25 June 2008
I’ve just finished The Lightning Thief, and its sequel, Sea of Monsters, and loved them. The basic premise of the story is that the main character, Percy Jackson, discovers that not only do all the ancient Greek gods exist, but he is the son of one of them. (Telling you which one would [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 19 June 2008
Morning Edition did a story about an upcoming movie based on the American Girl series of books. I just listened to it now, and got a thrill in the middle of doing the dishes. (Mark this day on your calendar people! Thrilled while doing dishes–an historic event!) Now, I wonder what I can promise my [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 19 June 2008
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After getting the grant to order some Playaway audio books for my library, I got to do the fun part: SHOPPING! (Shopping for books with NOT MY MONEY is my favorite part of this job). Poking around Follett Titlewave, [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 10 March 2008
Kate and Jim McMullan’s picture books, I Stink! and I’m Dirty! are buckets of fun to read aloud to kids.
I Stink! is about a garbage truck; I’m Dirty! is about a backhoe loader. Both have plenty of attitude, as they tell you about what they do, with loud, raucous noises:
Garbage truck: “See those bags? I [...]
