Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
I heard about this book in my Drama in the Classroom last semester. I already have a lesson plan written by a fellow classmate of mine to go with it. I thought the book sounded like a good book to read with a class during this time in America Middle East and the Breadwinner might be able to help bridge some of those gaps. I would like to read it.
The Lemonade Club by Patricia Palocco
I would like to read this book because I am beginning to love Palocco books. This one is no acceptation. One of the girls from our book talk mentioned this book and it sounded intense. I felt like this would be a great book to read someday in a read aloud.
Illustrated by Patrica Palocco
Illustrated by Patrica Palocco
Math Curse by Jon scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
This book was recommend by a friend. She seems to enjoy a lot of the children books that I like so I will take her word for it when she say that it is good. This author also wrote the book out stinky cheese and I liked it. I know barely anything about Math Curse but want to read it.
This book was mentioned in class. I found the pictures to be very creative and exciting. I would love to have it in my classroom. I think I could come up with a lot of good lesson plans from that book alone, especially with the younger grade.
Books by David Macaulay
I do not know what book exactly but I would just like to check-out some book by him. His work mentioned in class by one of the book talks was very interesting. I have never seen books like that before. Encyclopedias for kids with drawings and everything, I would love to read one of those. These are just a few I might want to check out:
- The Way Things Work (1988; text by David Macaulay and Neil Ardley; updated in 1998 as The New Way Things Work)
- Black and White (1990)
- Ship (1994)
- Shortcut (1995)
Rome - The New Way Things Work (1998)
- Building the Book Cathedral (1999)
- Building Big (2000)
- Angelo (2002)
- Mosque (2003)
- The Way We Work (October 7, 2008)
- Built to Last (2010)
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
I heard about this from the Historical Fiction group. They highly recommended it. I could use this book when talking about race or slavery. I found the illustrations fascinating. I would like to read it and possibly have it in my classroom someday.
Published: 2007
My brother Charlie written by Holly Robinson and illustrated by Ryan Elizabeth Peete
I heard about this book from the Realistic Fiction group. They talked about this book and what a benefit it would be to read not only for students but teachers as well. The book is about a unique relationship between an autistic brother and his twin sister. I would love to read this book.
Published: 2010
Rhymes Round the World by Kay Chorao
I heard about this book from the Poetry group. They recommended it saying that not only does it give several different types of poems but it’s rich from poems all over the world. Each page uses illustrators from that country and gives the poem in its original langue. The poems are than translated into English across the page. I got very excited when I heard about this book and would love to check it out.
Published: 2009
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher I saw this book during the book pass. All I know is that the teacher is gone and the students decide they don't need a teacher to learn. Everything goes well until one shy teacher mentions a fellow classmate who died. I would like to check out this book.
Publishing: 1998
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
I also saw this book during the book past. It was about the Holocaust. I was from the perspective of a young girl during that time. I would love to check out this book as a future teacher. It might be a good book to read as a class, leading to some very heavy discussions. There are several girls who did text sets about the Holocaust as well. I will be interested to see if they included this book.
Pirateology
I heard about these books in class. I would love to be able to read them. They looked very intereactive. What a great resourse to have in my classroom.
Publishing: 2004
Chalk by Bill Thomson
Publishing: 2010
I heard about this book from the Wordless Picture Books. It’s about the playground coming alive with chalk. I love wordless picture books and this one seems to be relatable with children since it is on the playground. I want to read it.
Caroline based on by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by P. Craig Russell
Publishing: 2008
I heard about the book for the graphic novel group. This book is about a girl with a love for exploration. She finds a door in her family’s new flat a dubious alternate world with a nightmare set of parents that want to keep her with them. One reason I am interested to read this graphic novel is because of the article by Gene Yang. I want to be able to help struggling readers. It also might make students who do not want to read want to. That is why I would like to check out this book.
Frog that goes to Dinner by Mercer Mayer
Publishing: 1974
I heard about this book from the Wordless Picture Books group. It is about a sneaky frog that interrupts a fancy restaurants dinner time. It sounds like a great book to read aloud to students. I know it’s a wordless book but it be great to have students experience that.
