Small Reads for Brighters Days
? My Blue Is Happy by Jessica Young ill by Catia Chien Candlewick Press, 2013 I’m drawn to this book because my blue is happy, too! I always think of blue as a happy, calm, beautiful color. It starts out with, ?My sister says that blue is sad / Like a lonely song.? […]
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli Disney/Hyperion, 2013 [Read part 1.] He looks very alarmed about this, and I find out why?he thinks it’s going to grow a watermelon inside of him. He imagines all sorts of horrible things. I love how he gives a big burp and the seed flies out. ?Oh. Here’s the […]
A Secret Keeps by?Marsha Wilson Chall illus by Heather Solomon Carolrhoda Books, 2012 [Read Part 1 here.] And now the book is starting to have rhyme. “I’ll be there in two sleeps where A SECRET KEEPS.” I love rhyme. [CCRA.R.4] And it’s interesting that that special font for “a secret keeps” draws so much extra […]
In this blog feature, I share a picture book I really enjoy and externalize my process of reading it. I’m hoping this will be useful for those of you who are?educators sharing books with kids and perhaps give you ideas of some?elements you could include?in your book discussions. Under the Freedom Tree by Susan VanHecke, […]
