The Future of Reading - ‘Reading Workshop’ Approach Lets Students Pick the...
The Future of Reading - ‘Reading Workshop’ Approach Lets Students Pick the Books - Series - NYTimes.com: "For years Lorrie McNeill loved teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the Harper Lee classic that...
View ArticleTen Best
Betsy at Fuse8 is at it again. Last year she did a poll on the Top 100 Picture Books of all time--and I didn't participate, because--well, I didn't have a good reason. (Other than the whole not...
View Article100 Best
So that ten best list I gave you last time was just a teaser for Betsy Bird's list of the 100 best children's novels, voted on by her readers. Here are numbers 91-100, with all kinds of great...
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Top 100 Children's Novels (#90- 86) - A Fuse #8 Production - Blog on School Library JournalPosted using ShareThis
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View ArticleTop 100 Children's Novels (#45-41) - still going strong
I'm pretty sure this is the first time one of my top ten has made it onto Betsy's list, so I'm excited to share this chunk of the list here. Scroll to the bottom to find the other installments--this is...
View Articlea very lazy, and belated, review post
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanMy rating: 4 of 5 starsLike everyone else in America, I enjoyed this book--a clever way to introduce kids to Greek myths and a fun adventure as well.View all my...
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadMy rating: 4 of 5 starsMiranda's getting weird letters, and her mom is practicing to be on the $25,000 Pyramid, and her best friend doesn't seem to want to talk to...
View Articlewho were your role models?
Some years ago I wrote an article about role models in children's literature, wondering how far we can take the question of "identification." Do strong female characters produce strength in their...
View ArticleTop 100 Children's Novels (#35-31) - A Fuse #8 Production - Blog on School...
another one of my choices makes the list!Top 100 Children's Novels (#35-31) - A Fuse #8 Production - Blog on School Library JournalPosted using ShareThis
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Can you believe Alice in Wonderland didn't even crack the top 10? Ah, well; at least one more of my choices made the list. But I'm thinking at least two of mine won't, now. Maybe more...
View Article100 Best...
If, like me, you're having trouble remembering which books have already been mentioned in Betsy Bird's fabulous series of posts on the Top 100 Children's Novels, you can check out this wonderful...
View ArticleFinally
Finally a book I chose has cracked Betsy Bird's Top 100 Children's Novels List, over at Fuse #8. She even used my comments--hurrah! (And if you read the comments, you can see that her initial post for...
View ArticleAlmost an anti-climax
Our long season of waiting is over, and Betsy Bird's countdown of the Top 100 Children's Novels has finally made it to #1. Are you shocked? For some reason, it was #2 that surprised me most--it hadn't...
View ArticleKeeping Score
So now that the list is out, it looks like folks are trying to see whether they've kept up with their reading. Like Tea Cozy's Liz B, then, I'll bold the ones I've read. How'd you do?100. The Egypt...
View Article48 Hr book challenge
I haven't participated in Mother Reader's 48-hour book challenge in a while, but I'm trying it this year. I'm home alone today with no car--perfect way to start out!--and I warmed up with three picture...
View ArticleThe Prophecy
Dawn Miller's The Prophecy has a great cast of characters and a complicated plot--probably not the best choice for my first read-as-fast-as-you-can entry in the 48 hour book challenge. But it was at...
View ArticleStarlighter
First in a series, Byron Davis's Starlighter gives us two planets, linked by tales that each has told of the other. Jason, our human hero, is a warrior in training who isn't sure whether to believe the...
View Article48 Hour Book Challenge Update
Whew! I'm surprising myself by how much I've read. The quick totals, 28 hours in:12.75 hours of readinglet's call it 2 hours of social networking, blogging, reading updates, etc.2065 pages5 novelsThe...
View Articleis this it?
OK, I've finished my 6th book in the challenge, and put in 2 more hours and 389 more pages. So here are the updated totals:2454 pages14.75 reading hours2.5 blogging/networking hours6 novelsAnd now I've...
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