I was at Cover to Cover last Saturday, too. Like Franki, I didn't so much have a shopping list of books I was hoping to find, as I had some readers in mind that I was hoping to steer in a new reading direction with my purchases.
Historical fiction is a book gap for me and for many of my students. The huge bag of historical fiction picture books I brought from the public library was pretty much of a bust for getting them to dig into more historical fiction, so I'm going to pull every historical fiction novel off my shelves and book talk them along with the four books from the I Survived series that I picked up. Navigating Early
is also technically historical fiction, and I'm anxious for the Rubik's Cube Savant and his Sidekick to read this book. Watching them solve The Cube reminds me of the way Early thinks about Pi.For my middle-of-the-road boy readers, I'm hoping that Gordon Korman's Island trilogy will a.) introduce them to a new author, and b.) get them going on some non-graphic novels. Gary Paulsen's new book with his son, Road Trip
, will have to wait until I've read it. (How much school work can I delay so that I can get this book read?!?!)Dragonbreath is a good hybrid series -- a little bit graphic novel, a little bit text novel -- and it's very funny. I haven't been able to keep up, but I've read at least four of them. Book #8 is Dragonbreath #8: Nightmare of the Iguana
. I'm trying not to buy any more graphic novels this year because a significant chunk of my collection has gone missing, but I couldn't resist just this one.Because of Karen, I bought The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy
. (I also bought it for my Kindle app -- it was the Kindle Daily Deal last Saturday!) Looks like we won't have to wait too long for book two!Like Franki, the minute I saw Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
I had to have it, and Franki knew I wouldn't be able to resist I Haiku You
(more on that one in a future post).The new Elephant and Piggie (Let's Go for a Drive! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
)...do I even need a reason to own more Mo Willems?!?All I can say about this purchasing spree at Cover to Cover is -- GOOD THING I HAD A GIFT CERTIFICATE!!
Both those sets of book purchases (Mary and Franki) look great. Have fun reading!
ReplyDeleteI got The False Prince for the Kindle too, Mary Lee. Too much good talk about it, & then it came along. I've been staying away from the bookstore & head for the library, but a friend just gave me Twelve Kinds of Ice-so lovely. I think I would love that Elephant & Piggie, though-love them! I just saw Gordon Korman speak-great talk, & I looked at his books. I hope you review a few of them because I couldn't be sure if they were good for about 3rd/4th or ? Thanks!
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