Jamey's Book Share

The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
David Wiesner is one of my favorite authors because of his ability to think out of the box. This isn’t your normal three little pigs story. The pigs actually climb off the page of the story and begin doing other things (I don’t want to give the book away if you haven’t read it). Children love this book because it gets them to think about what other “book laws” can be broken. This story is full of imagination.



Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl is another author who has made so many funny, imaginative, and easy to read books. This story encompasses different universal issues for many children. I read this to my class while we ate chocolate and then later watched the movie. This books is full of imagery and description. There are random illustrations for the transition from illustrated books. One great thing is that this book has a sequel. Also Roald Dahl has written other hilarious books as well. FYI- some of them like The BFG have mild cussing.



Mommy? By Maurice Sendak
This book is the most extreme popup book I have ever seen. While you have to urge the students to proceed with a gentle touch it is well worth buying. There are only two words in the book making for a simple read, but there are so many other situations that are going on that are thought provoking and a great time to show students to look for clues in the pictures. This book takes about looking over three times before you grasp why the baby in the story isn’t freaked out by the monsters. This book is a great way for students to imagine how to construct a popup book. This book even has an engineer.


Resources:
http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/
I know that there are many websites that showcase children’s books so I wanted to look in a different direction. This website showcases the books that were chosen as outstanding children's science trade books. They were selected by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). There are lists for the last 13 years and range from kindergarten to twelfth grade.

http://www.bookwire.com/otherbooks/book-awards.html
This website shows you all the different awards for books. You can simply click on the link and it will take you to the website which lists all the books. I know when I was teaching I always wanted to find the books that had the special stickers on the cover because they were award winning books.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/index.cfm
This is a division of the ALA (American library association) notable children’s books for 2009. It’s always easier when someone points out the good books for you. There is also a short snippet about the details of each book.
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/literacy.html
This site is a great resource for reading links. Some of the neat things are multicultural literature, teacher resources, pod casts about children’s books, and a list of children’s book experts.

People: Elementary school librarian and the local public librarian
Whenever I needed a certain book I would call and describe what I needed. Almost every time one would have what I needed to further my classes’ education.