Spring is supposed to be around the corner. Perhaps it will appear when we least expect it. That is what happens sometimes when I try to find the "Just Right book". The book that I least expect to like, ends up being a great book!! The old saying is that "you should not judge a book by it's cover", but really, I believe that most of us do! In working with your students I find that most either have a genre or author in mind. If they don't it is all in the selling of a book. The publishers have taken a tip or two from the media departments and have helped the illustrators and authors create "catchy" titles and designs for the covers. I encourage our students to look at the covers, (front and back) closely and to open the book up to the first page or so and read to see if the lead is something they would like. Finding the "Just Right book" sometimes is not as easy as one thinks.
What book are you reading this month? Post it here
I'm reading....... The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains by Nicholas Carr
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler
Video of Author and Illustrator Peter Catalanotto visits Rolling Ridge
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