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, April 14, 2015
The New Small Person
NEW SMALL PERSON by Lauren Child. Candlewick Press, 2015.
New, small, and pesky
Elmore loved being ONLY
Child. Now he is OTHER.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Cat and Bunny
CAT AND BUNNY by Mary Lundquist. Balzer and Bray, 2015.
Cat and Bunny and
Now others want to join in.
Can we open up?
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Last Stop on Market Street
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET by Matt de la Pena with illustrations by Christian Robinson. Putnam, 2015.
Why do we have to?
Better to spend the day with
Friends and not neighbors.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
The Boy and the Book
THE BOY AND THE BOOK by David Michael Slater with illustrations by Bob Kolar. Charlesbridge, 2015.
You must learn how to
Respect and cherish a book
To become true friends.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Transportation
MY BIKE by Byron Barton. Greenwillow, 2015.
MY BUS by Byron Barton, Greenwillow, 2014.
Bike, bus or other
Modes of transportation can
Help us move around.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Dirty Rats?
DIRTY RATS? by Darrin Lunde with illustrations by Adam Gustavson. Charlesbridge, 2015.
Rats can spread disease
But they can also help cure
Spread seeds, do good things.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Earmuffs for Everyone
EARMUFFS FOR EVERYONE by Meghan McCarthy. Simon and Schuster, 2015.
Everyone deserves
Earmuffs, especially when it's
So cold outside.
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