This is my book blog. To access my blog about reading and books and issues (CCSS, censorship, and the like), visit: http://professornana.livejournal.com I am a professor in the Department of Library Science at Sam Houston State University in Texas where I teach classes in literature for children, tweens, and teens. I have written three professional books and co-authored several as well. I bring more than 30 years of teaching experience to the blog.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Gimme an "M"
THE MONSTER WHO LOST HIS MEAN by Tiffany Strelitz Haber with illustrations by Kirstie Edmunds (Holt, July 2012) opens by telling readers that monsters are Mean, Observant, Noisy, Super Strong, Tough to please, Envious, and Remarkable. One of the monsters loses his Mean one day, and disaster befalls him. Now is is in "onster." He is made fun of and picked on and ostracized. How can he ever hope to be a monster again? In rhythmic text, Haber lets readers know it is OK to be different. <81>
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Thank sound like a cute book to read aloud.
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