Thursday, January 04, 2007

More Great 2006 Picture Books

Reading the 111 books for the CYBILS was quite fun! I loved talking about which we would shortlist. But, I also loved finding some surprises in the boxes. I found several GREAT picture books that I hadn't seen before. Emily at Whimsy Books reviewed one of them this week. I thought I'd highlight two others that I fell in love with.


A PLACE WHERE SUNFLOWERS GROW by Amy Lee-Tai—
This story is told in English and in Japanese. It is the story of a little girl living in the Japanese Internment camps, homesick for the beauty of her old life. This story is based on a true story of the author’s grandmother and is a a great story of hope.

A COACH'S LETTER TO HIS SON by Mel Allen is an essay in picture book form. I am always looking for great essays to share with my students, either for booktalking or for samples of good writing in the genre. A father speaks to his son about the way baseball has changed and hopes to regain the joy of the game in this time of competitive, organized sports.
Posted by Franki at 7:01 AM

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:17 PM

    I just read about your Blog in the Jan/Feb issue of Instructor. I'm delighted that your site exists since I'm doing a master's action reseach project on mentor texts and their ability to lift the level of elementary students' writing.

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  2. Anonymous10:07 PM

    Thanks for linking to my blog, Franki. :) I thought Cheep! Cheep! was so fun and simple.

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