Thursday, October 16, 2008

Kid's Literature 1st Quarter - Week 6

Here is my list of books we are reading this week during story time. You might see our two themes this week: Christopher Columbus in honor of Columbus Day 10-12-08 and celebrating the Letter A.

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Follow The Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis - very
nicely illustrated & well written.
Columbus Day Book by Jane Moncure
One Blowy Night by Nick Butterworth - love this little book with its cute pictures!
Two Dog Biscuits & The Real Hole by Beverly Cleary - not as good as Petey's Bedtime Story, but still good little stories that I can imagine really happened.
"A" Saints from the New Picture Book of Saints: St Joseph Edition by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, SVD - Sophia is loving these saints stories!
Angelina at the Palace by Katharine Holabird
Animalia by Graeme Base - great illustrations, very cleverly writtten.
Joan of Arc by Shana Corey
The Kitty Cat Alphabet Book by Andrea Burris & Anna Schad, illustrated by Andrea Burris
Our Apple Tree by Naslund
Seasame Street Treasury books

Here is what we are not reading after all.

Madeline's Christmas by Ludwig Bemelmans - not as good a story as his original Madeline.
Arthur's Perfect Christmas by Marc Brown - usually I like the Arthur stories, but this was way too politically correct.
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey - just not as good as his other stories.

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