The question of the day on the Great Book Week website is What Books do you read over and over? As we packed homework for the night, The Bee told me she had to do her reading record. When I asked her what book she was reading she told me the book she’s reading at school is The Westing Game by Ellen…
Great Books Week, Day 3 Over the last year, on two separate occasions, I was able to meet the author (Maureen Wright) and illustrator (Will Hillenbrand) of my new favorite bear book: Sleep Big Bear Sleep. This rhyming book is a sweet story of a bear with a slight hearing problem; he can’t hear the whisper of old man winter who commands him to hibernate for…
I’m on a picture book kick because I need to plan for my next few storytimes I’ve been weeding and pulling books for a display Secretly I want to act Seriously, I love reading aloud to little kids, especially those who make me work for it. It’s satisfying to lure a smile from a withdrawn tight face, someone who has…
I just read online that the first week in October is Great Books Week. Total aside: I really need a calendar with bizarre holidays, notes about books, tidbits of info and the like to keep me in the know. Anywho, I thought I would review books that I LOVE doing read-alouds with. First up: Bill Grossman’s My Little Sister Ate One Hare. It’s…
The smiling dimples greet me as I tap away at my desk. Hey! He calls as he slides his backpack off his shoulder and digs through for a pencil, a snack (no eating) and the schoolwork. I grab him for a quick hug; his friends are around and I wouldn’t want them to think him a baby* and feel a…