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.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Bunches of books
THE BAD BIRTHDAY IDEA by Madeline Valentine. Knopf, 2014.
Ben loves his robots
His sister Alice gets one
nd Ben is jealous.
THE HUEYS IN IT WASN'T ME by Oliver Jeffers. Philomel, 2014.
Who started it all?
What was the fight about? Should
We just let it go?
CALL ME JACOB by Marie Hubner with illustrations by Iris Wolfermann. North/South, 2014.
Matthew wants new names
Ones that will set him apart
And make him special.
LEONCE AND LENA by Georg Buchner with illustrations by Lizbeth Zwerger. Retold by Jurg Amann. North/South, 2014.
German play retold
Mistaken identity
With happy ending.
McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1947.
McElligot's Pool
Full of possibilities
If one is patient.
Labels:
picture books
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