It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

This meme was started by Sheila at Book Journey and the kids' version borrowed from the wonderful ladies at Teach Mentor Texts.

I did some reading this weekend.  I read a few pictures books, Jo MacDonald Saw A Pond by Mary Quattlebaum, Sunday Love by Alison Paul, and Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra.  I really enjoyed Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie!  Such a cute story!  I also caught up on the Lunch Lady series by Jarrett Krosoczka.  I just love this series!! One of my favorite graphic novel series!! I also finished Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! I was glad I stuck with this book.  At the beginning I wasn't too sure what to make of it.  It's still a little out there for me, but I can see some of my students really liking it.  

I'm getting ready to start The Adventures of Nanny Piggins by R.A. Spratt.  I haven't heard a lot about this book, but I watched the book trailer on Mr. Schu's site Watch.Connect.Read and I was interested.  I'll try and post an update later on in the week.  But it is the last week of school for my kiddos, so it is a crazy time.

Also I'm still waiting for my county to change over my email account to Google.  Once that gets done, I can separate my blogs and go back to my original name on this blog.

Happy Reading!!

Stacey (@libraryjo92)

The End of School is Near!!

It's hard to believe how fast the end of the year has gotten here!  It seems like just yesterday that we still had 3 months to go.  June 8th is the kids last day, but I already have classes that I won't see again this school year.  I will go visit their classroom because I have summer book ideas for them and to pass out my "Take a BOOK on Vacation" flyer.  I'll post more about these things soon.


You might notice that my name is changing on the blog.  I've got a new blog set up for my Library Media Center and right now it is tied to this account.  So I don't want my first name on the school blog.  My county will soon be changing our school email over to Google.  When that happens I can associate the Library Media Center blog with that account, but until then I'm just going to keep switching my name.


I'm still trying to make my way through Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! by Mrs. Bunny translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath.  It's an interesting read.  I'm not sure if I like it yet or not.  I'm enjoying it more than when I started but I'm only 100 pages in.  I'll keep you posted.


I'm feeling a bit reflective, but I'll save that for the next post because I'm getting sleepy.  Last night and tonight I worked on 530 report cards.  I'm happy I got them done, but it's a lot of sitting in front of the computer.


Happy Reading!!


Stacey (@libraryjo92)

It's Monday!! What Are You Reading?

This meme was started by Sheila at Book Journey and the kids' version borrowed from the wonderful ladies at Teach Mentor Texts.


I feel like such a slacker when it comes to posting to my blog! The end of the year "stuff" just caught up with me and something had to give.  I have nine kid days left and than a full week of teacher meetings.  Not looking forward to the week of meetings at all.  I have though been able to keep up with some reading.  But not my Google Reader, I'm almost afraid to look at how many unread posts there are!


I'm getting ready to start Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! by Mrs. Bunny translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath.  It just looked interesting and I've heard some good things. I'll post an update as the week goes on.


What I've read these past few weeks has been very interesting.  I've been reading some of the chapter books that are nominated for the Black-Eyed Susan Award for next school year.  I'm planning to do something with these titles to try and get the kids to read them.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I've got the summer to plan.  So far I've read Jake by Audrey Couloumbis, Born to Fly by Michael Ferrari, Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai, On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells and The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm.  I would have read the May Amelia book without it being on the list because I have fallen in love with the character!


I also got caught up on my graphic novel reading!  The other day I received my copy of Squish 3: The Power of the Parasite by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm.  Loved it!!!  I really liked the message that it gave in the story.  I also just picked up Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathleates by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.  This one is another winner in the Lunch Lady series.


I also read a wonderful picture book, Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman.  I had heard such wonderful things about this book.  I went to three different bookstores before I found a copy.  I was not disappointed once I read it.  I  bought the copy for school, but I'm keeping it for myself and buying my school another copy.  It's a great story about a friendship.  Can't wait to share with my students next year.


Hopefully I'll get better about posting during this crazy time.


Happy Reading!!


Stacey
(@libraryjo92)  

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

This meme was started by Sheila at Book Journey and the kids' version borrowed from the wonderful ladies at Teach Mentor Texts.


I wish I could say that I did a lot reading this weekend, but I didn't.  It was a very stressful weekend.  My week didn't end on a very good note, and I'm not one to easily let things go.  So I brooded about things all weekend.  I'm working on letting things go that I have no control over.  I'll be a lot happier that way.  

On to the little bit of reading that I did do this weekend.  I read about 15 picture books.  There were 4 that really stood out to me.  In no particular order, Chicken Butt by Erica S. Perl, Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek, Hopper and Wilson by Maria Van Lieshout, and Kindergarten Diary by Antoinette Portis.  

I also began reading Born to Fly by Michael Ferrari.  I haven't gotten too far into the book, but I'm interested to read more.  

I've got some more picture books and a few chapter books that I picked up at the library this weekend.  Hopefully I'll be able to do some more reading this week.  I've got to get my house cleaned, so I might try to bribe myself:  a little cleaning and then a little reading.  I'm still trying to get my Google Reader under control.  There are so many great posts, but boy I can't let it go without me checking for even a day.

I do need a favor.  I'm asking for your help.  I'm putting together a list of books for my students as suggestions for over the summer.  I'm grouping them in the following way: K-1, 2-3, 4-5.  I'm trying to put together book trailers for the kids to watch for some on the list.  If you have any suggestions please leave them in the comment section.  Thank you in advance!!

Happy Reading!!

Stacey

@libraryjo92