A Year of Reading

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Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! Boy, Were We Wrong About the Solar System! Boy, Were We Wrong About the Weather! ...

As I've mentioned before, I've been reading lots of books to prepare for my move to 3rd grade in the fall. I've been focusin...

I read a review of a Violet Mackerel book and added it to my list of series books that I have somehow missed. Well, I read Violet Mackere...

Someone recommended the Lulu series to me and when I noticed that Hilary McKay was the author, I immediately ordered one. I read  Lulu a...

I have been spending time reading some series books that I've somehow missed as I get ready to move to third grade in the fall.  One ...

I will be moving from 4th grade to 3rd grade next year. One of the things I have not kept up on in my reading life is series books.  I k...

Frankly, Frannie: Principal for the Day by A.J. Stern illustrated by Doreen Mulryan Marts Grosset&Dulap/Penguin Young Readers, 2011...

Frankly, Frannie: Funny Business by A.J. Stern illustrated by Doreen Mulryan Marts Penguin, 2010 review copy purchased for my classroo...

Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster by Ursula Vernon Dial Books, 2011 review copy purchased for my classroom library I love this ser...

Colo's Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla by Nancy Roe Pimm forward by Jack Hanna School Street Media, 2011 review copy purchased...

Fox and Hen Together by Beatrice Rodriguez Enchanted Lion Books, 2011 review copy provided by the publisher The surprise in Chicken Th...

Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit by Jarrett J. Krosoczka Alfred A. Knopf, 2010 review copy purchased for my classroom When all the ...

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter Reynolds Candlewick, 2011 review copy purchased...

I took one look at my to-be-read-before-school-starts (kids start in just over a week -- eep!) pile and I think there's no point in deny...