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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Home Run Books

Isn't it a great feeling when you are sharing a book with students, and you look out at them---and they are hooked!  They are totally involved in the book you are sharing with them.  Their eyes are happy, they are engaged, and they are thoroughly enjoying every word.

Do you have a particular book that is a "home run" every time you share it with students?  ..
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  1. sarahMay 7, 2014 at 11:22 AM

    Other than Bob Marley :) - The Afterlife by Gary Soto.

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  2. StephanieMay 7, 2014 at 11:39 AM

    Mucha!Mucha!Mucha! by Candice Fleming (Thanks Margo!)
    Press Here!
    Are you a Horse by Andy rash
    Wonder by Patricia Polacco
    The Three little wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugenios
    Froggy gets Dressed by Jonathan London
    Snowballs by Louis Ehlert (though I don't much like it)
    Eat your Pea by Kes Gray
    If built a house by Chris Van Dusen
    Don't Squish the Sasquatch

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  3. SusetteMay 7, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    Thanks to Linda M. introducing this book to us, "The Perfect Nest" has become a favorite. I even had a couple of kindergarten class applaud after I read it to them.

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  4. MarilynMay 7, 2014 at 12:27 PM

    I like to read "Lucy Dove" at Halloween.

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  5. JosephMay 7, 2014 at 3:19 PM

    If... - by Sara Perry
    Round Trip - by Ann Jonas
    are two that I can count on to keep kids interested.

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  6. Dawn AnnMay 8, 2014 at 7:45 AM

    There are so many, Palace Beautiful by Sarah Deford Williams, Love that Dog by Sharon Creech, Out of the Dust by Karen Hess, Crispin and the Cross of Lead by Avi, The book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, and definitley all the ones that Stephaine mentioned, and of course Mo Williems.

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  7. Dawn AnnMay 8, 2014 at 7:46 AM

    There are so many, Palace Beautiful by Sarah Deford Williams, Love that Dog by Sharon Creech, Out of the Dust by Karen Hess, Crispin and the Cross of Lead by Avi, The book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, and definitley all the ones that Stephaine mentioned, and of course Mo Williems.

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  8. Jean B.May 8, 2014 at 9:05 AM

    There are tons of books but the very most favorite book I share with all the kids is Hershel and the Hanukah Goblins. I can read it without looking at it I've read it so many times. But every year when they walk into the library and see that book in my basket in the Kiva I can hear them whisper....It's the Goblin book. She's going to read the Goblin book, be quiet its the Goblin book.

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  9. PamelaMay 8, 2014 at 2:02 PM

    Kids at my school really like the Betty Bunny books, and they are on the edge of their seat when I read The Dark (though I skip that one long page toward the end).

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  10. JillMay 15, 2014 at 3:08 PM

    Oh, Stephanie, I love "Are You a Horse." I tell about books when the movie is coming out. "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Greene is coming pretty soon.

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  11. cathyMay 22, 2014 at 1:44 PM

    An old favorite is 50 below Zero by Robert Munsch. We snore and make door opening sound effects. We stand up and turn around and act out a few other parts. I love the interaction. Another great read aloud is Robot Zot by Sciezka and Shannon. A good way to demonstrate "Robot Reading" (what not to sound like). Even older graders like Zot. I also love Press Here...it is so magical. Piggie Pie is another winner. We sing the parts that sound like "Old McDonald". I like to give the wolf a New York accent. Then we vote on who ate lunch....the wolf, or Gritch? And of course, Stinky Cheese Man. I make the little red hen sound like she has PMS. The kids love it when the giant eats her....ding, ding chicken sandwich!

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