Turkeys, Pintrosities, & Youth Reads
By Library Romp - 9:02 AM
I should write a survival guide! How to put together a cheerleader scavenger hunt, Host a varsity team basketball party, Conjure up spooky treats, Pumpkin patch the yard, Sew an angel costume, Romp, & Read?: All in one week. Wish I could say I’m done, but is a mother’s work never done! And now that Halloween's over, were moving on to the next thing! Just a reminder, it's almost the ABC Family's Countdown to the Countdown to the 25 days of Christmas. ☃ But enough about me, I'm sure you have a lot on your own plate. Unless I tell you I have the answer on how to Git-R-All-Done!! - Why is it that we suburban driving, middle-class, Texan suburbanites feel it necessary to bring redneck words in to conversation?
Well, it’s finally November and the turkeys are taking roost in the trees, so I hear from our hill country dwellers. Ha, I’d love to see a turkey try and shimmy up a palm tree. And to answer a follower’s question, no I’ve never climbed up a palm tree. Most people don’t know they can be sharp. While trimming ours, I got poked in the arm leaving quite a whelp, apparently some are toxic. ☠ So hats off to Tom Hanks for mastering how to shimmy up a coconut tree, after spending four years on a deserted island.
And now
another reader question, “Why not post more pictures of your activities from
your previous posts?” I’m not one for putting
all my goings-on out there, but occasionally try and capture the successful
things. I want to inspire and give ideas
of ways to connect with your reader, not bore you with our family Kodak
moments. And as for Pinterest, in
comparing what my finished project often looks like, some might say it’s a Pinterosity. But at
least this years Halloween costume was a successes. 0:)
Picture Perfect
Pinterest
Angel Mom’s Angel
Failtempts of the Week
Pinterest Turkey Pies In A Jar Mom’s Turkey Pies In A Jar
Pinterest Pumpkin Pie Cookies Mom’s Pumpkin Pie
Cookies
My twelve
year old son can’t fathom my book excitement, and why our library
adventures are a high point
But Do They Still Sell These?
Next, I
have to say we are undertaking another reading project at my reader’s school.
Only in first grade and reading above grade level, I’m working with her
teachers in putting together book activities for her chapter books. Her school still does AR (Accelerated Reader)
Tests, and she’s bored. Imagine a first
grader that doesn’t want to read and take tests over and over, so now talking is the better
option. Looks like Junie B Jones is what
were starting with and today it’s, Monsters Under The Bed. Putting learning extensions together
for each book, and tonight kicking it off with a popcorn dance party! On the local library front, she’s mostly checking out youth reads. They do
take a bit longer, so you might not see as many book reviews on each post, but
instead longer and more focused on extended activities. So onward we press zigzagging through the
library expanding our reading journey, so enjoy :-D
Lastly, let's look at another reader comment. It inferred that too much reading is detrimental because
it doesn’t allow a teacher to do their job successfully. Does this warrant response? Um, this is probably not the blog for you my
friend, as my intentions here are to inspire, motivate, and connect with
parents, readers, writers, publishers, and also teachers with a passion for the
written word by bringing books to life. And that's all I'm gonna say bout' that!
It's All About The Books
If
you’re a follower, then you know I’m not a fan of wordless picture books. Opening
this I thought, great no words, so it's up to me to make up the
story. But this quickly changed as I was
transported into a world of wonder, where a lonely girl uses her magic red
crayon to travel to far off lands. It
begins with a red door opening to a forest lit with Chinese lanterns, where here
a creek invites the young girl to make a red boat. From there she travels to a castle of
aqueducts, rides a magic carpet to another destination, and then draws a hot
air balloon in hopes of rescuing a purple bird.
Will she set the bird free, and do so without letting go
of her magic crayon? We all need inherent
beauty in our lives, and this does so delivering a message of heart and
courage.
THE JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN...
Little Reader
immediately compared this to Miyazaki Miyazaki Miyazaki
Anything Is Possible
By Belloni, Giulia
You’ve
heard the saying, if at first you don’t succeed try try again? That’s where this was trying to go. Trying being the optimal word here, as it
never seemed to get off the ground. The
sheep and wolf are trying to create a flying machine, but the author
didn’t capture determination like the title implied. The cut paper illustrations did captivate
Little Reader enough to deem this a cute book, but couldn’t recall what
happened in the story. And for the most part,
nor did I.
Fenella: A Fable Of A Fairy Afraid To FlyBy Cord, Susannah
Enchanting,
unique, amazingly illustrated, and vividly worded. Fenella has a perfectly wonderful fairy life
except for one thing, she’s afraid to fly.
Through a dad’s words of encouragement, a wondrous butterfly, a bee, and
a human encounter she faces her fear and finds her true colors.
I can
vouch for Fenella, that it’s our journey that leads us to the answers were looking for. It's here
we find the courage and motivation to face uncertainties. So don’t pass this one up, it would make a great tooth fairy gift. Our tooth fairy loves to leave books!
Palazzo InversoBy Johnson, D B
Upside
down or inversed castle is the Italian to English translation. - This is
need know info before reading!
An Escher-inspired masterpiece, about
a clever apprentice who does a bit of blueprint meddling. Mauk may love his where up is down and down
is up palazzo creation, but do others feel the same?
You will enjoy reading the black text at the bottom of each page and at
the end, literally flipping the book upside-down and reading the grey text
along the top. Multiple layers of re-readable fun with
its optical illusions or “tricky eyes” and of course Mauk’s silly antics.
There’s No Such Thing As A Dragon
Somehow
I missed this delightful tale as a child?
You will immediately fall in love with this adorable dragon. He may start out the size of a kitten, but grows to
be as big as the house by the end of the day.
All the while Billy’s mom insisting, “There’s no such thing as a
dragon!” Hats off to Jack for
hysterically using the dragon as a metaphor, meaning often people innocently create
trouble in the hopes of being noticed. Loved
how he layered the themes of imagination, dealing with problems, longing to be acknowledged,
and ended it on a profound note. SPOILER
ALERT!!
- Diane Duane
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