Monday, January 7, 2013

It's Monday Jan 7




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I will miss all the time I had to read due to the holidays. I had a great reading week. 

Here is what I read....



                                  My rating- 5 stars! An amazing             My rating-4 Stars   
                                       viually stunning book about the               A mystery of sorts, great book 
                                     history of African Americans in the US        true friendship and growing up.
                                   

A couple of ARC's.  Reviews to follow this week



One more Newbery down. 



Went to the bookstore and read a 
bunch of picture books.

       I am in love with this "cutlery" series.  Now I need to find Spork.            Had to buy Hello, Hello.




                   Sooo Cute!                      Hauntingly beautiful wordless         Must read to my class!
                                                        picture book about the 
                                                        Underground Railroad.



What I am reading now....

                                      Can't believe I haven't read    Just started.  Will review this week
                                      this before!

What Are You Reading?

14 comments:

  1. I love Sara Varon's books. I can't wait to read Odd Duck.

    Heart and Soul was so good! Kadir Nelson is coming to my town next week and I can't wait. I adore his work.

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    1. Wow! Lucky!! Odd Duck was my first of Varon's books. I'll have to look for more.

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  2. I also haven't read Hattie Big Sky! Just picked it up at the library and hope to get to it in the next week or two. Have heard such fantastic things. You read some beautiful picture books this week. I loved The Monster's Monster! and also had to end up owning hello! hello!

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    1. I felt like I needed to read some of the Nerdy nominees, but our libraries don't have them yet (we can be a little slow up here in Maine). So I sat at Books-A-Million for an hour. So fun!

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  3. The sequel to Hattie Big Sky is available on netgalley.com; now I just need to read it!

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    1. Yes, I am waiting for it. I requested it a while ago. I hate waiting :(

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  4. I love Hattie! The sequel HATTIER EVER AFTER is amazing, too. Creepy Carrots and Hello! Hello! are both great picture books, too, and I've heard a lot about Secret Tree! Thanks for sharing such great titles.

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    1. I have a request to read Hattie Ever After at Netgalley. It's taking a long time. Looking forward to it!

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  5. Everything on your post looks great, the way you displayed the book covers, etc. I loved it. Must find Creepy Carrots-lots of people talking about that one. I love Hello, Hello & I bought The Monster's Monster for my granddaughter who loves all things monster. I will have to read Hattie Big Sky soon. The new one will come out next month I think. Thanks!

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    1. Thanks Linda, I am looking forward to reading Hattie Ever After.

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  6. Wordless picture books are so fascinating for me- especially when done well. Unspoke n falls into that category!

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    1. I agree and there are so many now that are great.

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  7. Hi there Gigi, these are all lovely titles. I already borrowed Creepy Carrots from the library but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Will read all seven finalists for the Cybils fiction picture books at one go, I think. I'm finding the right mood/vibe for it. Joyful Noise is a personal favorite. I've used it several times in the book club discussions I facilitate. A year ago (2011), I had several kids read aloud and I even video-recorded them and uploaded a few of the clips on to the site. I just love that book. It's the second time I've seen Heart and Soul around, I really must check that out. I tried finding The Monster's Monster in our libraries - but horror of horros, we don't have that yet. I intend to read Hattie Big Sky within the year, hopefully. :)

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  8. I was thinking about how I could have the kids perform Joyful noise. I'll bet it was great. I need to check out the Cybils list. Our library is a bit slow with getting new titles, kinda frustrating.

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