#pb10for10 was on August 10th.
But what if I want to add two more books to my list?
Books that the UPS guy just delivered?
Can we please have a PLUS TWO day on August 12th, where everybody gets to add just two more books to their list?
Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman
by Esmé Raji Codell
illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins
Greenwillow Books, on shelves August 21
review copy provided by the publisher
Just in time for Johnny Appleseed's Birthday (September 26) comes this picture book that takes us back to the
"...quiet, tree-bough-tangled world,Codell doesn't give us the same-old same-old cutesy Johnny Appleseed story. She identifies and elaborates on not just the apples, but 5 examples he planted for us:
the world before the cement was poured
and the lights turned on..."
Use what you have.
Share what you have.
Respect nature.
Try to make peace where there is war.
You can reach your destination by taking small steps.
This book is all kinds of perfection, from Codell's beautiful writing, to Perkins' gorgeous illustrations. I think we'll be adopting Chapman's five examples in Room 228.
by Michael Hall (author of My Heart is Like a Zoo, which I reviewed in 2011)
Greenwillow Books, on shelves August 28
review copy provided by the publisher
This book will wind up living on my Word Study shelf, but I won't tell my students that when I share it with them.
I will introduce this book by asking the students, "What do you notice?"
What do you notice?
...Later in the book:
"They flee a steer.
They steer a plane.
They plane a board.
They board a train."
What do you notice? What do you predict will happen next?
The three cats' crazy romp through a tale filled with homophones and homonyms gets completely tangled up...but then, with the help of a purple whale, they make it back home again. Fun, fun, FUN!! (And did I mention, visually stunning, with art that "consists of acrylic painted textures and paper cutouts that were combined digitally.")
PW Starred Review
This book will wind up living on my Word Study shelf, but I won't tell my students that when I share it with them.
I will introduce this book by asking the students, "What do you notice?"
"From word to word
they find their way,
Lillian, Tilly, and William J.
They pack some books
and kitty chews.
They choose a spot.
They spot some ewes."
What do you notice?
...Later in the book:
"They flee a steer.
They steer a plane.
They plane a board.
They board a train."
What do you notice? What do you predict will happen next?
The three cats' crazy romp through a tale filled with homophones and homonyms gets completely tangled up...but then, with the help of a purple whale, they make it back home again. Fun, fun, FUN!! (And did I mention, visually stunning, with art that "consists of acrylic painted textures and paper cutouts that were combined digitally.")
PW Starred Review
