Much loved LaRue is back with LaRue For Mayor, Letters from the Campaign Trail by Mark Teague (www.scholastic.com/titles/authors/teague/). Yes, the election is over, finally, but next November there will be another one so keep this book in mind. Surely you will need to add it to your LaRue collection. Joan Steiner (www.ceaco.com/ceaco/index.php?artist=53) has a new [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Primary’
February 13, 2009
Girls and Aviation
Just finished reading Bravo Zulu Samantha (Duble, 2007). Sam, who loves to memorize interesting facts, is begrudingly spending the first part of her summer with her grandparents. I won’t give away the plot, but leave it to say that her former airforce pilot grandfather has some surprises in the back shed. Intermediate readers will enjoy [...]
February 2, 2009
Keena Ford
I’ve been reading many dark YA novels (which I haven’t written about here), but in the midst of that reading I picked up a light and fun primary book. Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mixup (Thomson, 2008 ) is a delightful read for K-2 kids. Keena is imperfect, but tries her best–her character resonates with [...]
November 7, 2008
Election Books
I just picked up two election books from a second grade class that was reading books and giving me feedback. 2nd graders reported liking Madam President (Smith) a silly look at a young girl as president in her own way. The second graders also liked Grace for President (DiPuchhio). Grace runs for president at her [...]
October 16, 2008
Dramatic Characters
Mary Beth and I had an opportunity to share books with “dramatic characters” at our Albany City Area Reading Council meeting yesterday. Here were a few of my favorites:
YA/Intermediate
The Night Tourist (Marsh). Imagine the life of the ghost of NYC!
Reality Leak (Sensel). The factory owner Mr. Keen reminds me of Willy Wonka.
Moxy Maxwell (Gifford). There [...]
