Monday, April 14, 2014

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4.14.14

This weekly post comes from Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers.  It's a great source to find new books to use with your students.

Busy week this week.  Will have a lot more for next week!

Picture Books

Found
Found by Salina Yoon
5/5 stars
How I love this book!  I love her Penguin books, but this one is even better.  Short, sweet and with a lovely message.  And a fabulous "tip of the hat" (no pun intended, well, maybe a little bit), to the red, pointy hat from I Want My Hat Back.  Love it love it!


Informational Texts

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
Helen's Big World:  The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rappaport
5/5 stars
Fantastic biography on Helen Keller.  Author included so many important details and I loved her endpapers, the cover, her notes and her use of quotes on every page!

Middle Grade

The 13-Storey Treehouse
The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton
4/5 stars
Great for the Wimpy Kid crowd.  Loved the idea of living in this tree house.  It was a quick sell for kids to try this series!

Unstoppable
Unstoppable by Tim Green
4/5 stars
Post coming soon!

Still Reading

Sky Raiders (Five Kingdoms, #1)
We are so close to being done!  Can't wait to see how it ends.  I'm sure it will be a cliffhanger since it's book 1 of the series!

Rethinking Intervention: Supporting Struggling Readers and Writers in Grades 3-6 Classrooms


* No Geisel update this week.  I forgot to bring the books home from school!  They are sitting on my desk.  Next week I'll have 2 years of Geisels to add!

13 comments:

  1. A great list this week, Michele! I, too, loved the Penguin and Pinecone books that Salina Yoon wrote so I'm excited to see this one. Helen's Big World looks like a great one to add to my biography collection! I'm also excited to read the 13 story Treehouse - looks like one that my grade 4's will really enjoy!

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    1. The 13 Story Treehouse will be perfect for that age! I hope they enjoy!

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  2. Thanks for the tip about The 13 Storey Treehouse. I have some Wimpy Kid lovers who are looking for something new. I have Rethinking Intervention on my desk and am hoping to get to it this week.

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    1. It has been such a hit with that crowd! Rethinking Intervention has been giving me some more ideas to think about! It's been slow reading, but I'll get there!

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  3. I finally remembered to check out some of the Geisel books--looking forward to reading the ones I've missed over the years.

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    1. Yes! I've been excited to read them - seems that I've missed a few really good ones!

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  4. Helen's Big World looks fantastic. I hadn't heard of it, so thank you for sharing. I hope you have a very wonderful reading week! :) :)

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    1. It's one of the better Helen Keller bios that I've read. Younger students will enjoy listening to it, while I think an older student can revisit it several times and gleam new info!

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  5. Found looks really good! I loved Helen's Big World. When kids first discover Helen Keller's story, they never cease to be amazed and interested in learning more. You shared a lot of great books this week. Happy reading!

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    1. Found is one of those stories that just sneak into your heart!

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  6. I loved Helen's Big World, another good story about Helen Keller, and thanks for sharing Found. I liked the others, so this should be good too. Unstoppable looks good to fit certain students. Thanks for all, Michele.

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  7. I loved, loved Helen's Big World. What a book! I just bought 13 story treehouse and want to share it soon with my kids!

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  8. Hi there Michele, I just featured Helen's Big World last week I think. Truly a luminous book - it is absolutely radiant. Good to see another Wimpy Kid alternative. Looks like another fun series. Thanks for sharing all these!

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