March 31, 2010

• Interlude

  I am not fond of alphabet books although there are several that I admire and even enjoy reading out loud.  I am not fond enough of cats to go out of my way to own one, although I have owned them in my time and certainly see the advantage. However….dum, dada, dum…(that’s supposed to be a drum roll) there is a series of picture books that combines these elements into an absolutely delightful 32 pages of giggles for all involved.  Meet Bad Kitty, the crankiest, hungriest, lovingest, badest cat to ever be wedged between the pages of a picture book.  The study hall kids and I have taken to reading these books aloud just to be able to make Bad Kitty sounds.  Bruel has transitioned Bad Kitty into the world of emergent readers with Bad Kitty Gets a Bath. With or without reading the picture books, the first chapter book is a wonderful transition into the world of independent reading but the adults involved might want to buy their own copy because the kids aren’t giving this one up.

   

  Speaking of independent readers….Gerald and Piggie are at it again in Mo Willems I Am Going!  Piggie is going and Gerald, in typical fashion, jumps to the conclusion that disaster is imminent.  Even though this is not my favorite Gerald and Piggie book, it’s still funny and fun to read – especially out loud.  And for the Nervous Nellies (or Nelsons) in your house, this one is perfect.

   

  And as long as we’re talking about books in a series, guess what?  The Magic School Bus is back and taking on the Climate Challenge!  I love these books.  There was time when I was younger and sillier – the latter is difficult to imagine, but there it is – that I dressed up as Miss Frizzle and did the outer space book on a bus with a bunch of school-aged children.  I was looking at the photographs of that event the other day and those little devils were enthralled!  The books work as an adventure in their own right and as an introduction to various scientific concepts and ideas.  P.S. The bus gets a make-over.  Don’t miss this one! 

   

  And so it goes.

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