Book of the Week
Book of the Week: Sorry
June 17, 2011 in Baby/Toddler 0-4, Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week, Fiction
Sorry by Jean Van Leeuwen, Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2001, Ages 0-4, 4-8.
Ebenezer and Obadiah are two brothers who lived a happy routine on their family’s farm. However, one day they had a misunderstanding and wouldn’t say sorry to one another. They move to different sides of the farm and eventually have families. It takes the rising generation to learn from Ebenezer’s and Obadiah’s mistakes and learn to say “I’m sorry.”
Sorry is an engaging story that offers a wonderful lesson that will teach children and adults of all ages. The story is accompanied by lively and colorful pictures by Brad Sneed. Although there is a sad tint to the story, it ends hopefully and would offer an excellent teaching moment to explain the importance of apologizing and forgiving.
–The Book of the Week this week was written by Lauren Bangerter, a BYU Student in the Department of English.
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Book of the Week: Let’s Do Nothing
June 10, 2011 in Baby/Toddler 0-4, Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week
Let’s Do Nothing by Tony Fucile, Candlewick Press, 2009, Ages 4-8.
It becomes a problem when you are two best friends who have done all there is to do. Really all that’s left is to do nothing at all. Except maybe one of you will …
Book of the Week: Scumble
June 3, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+, Tween 9-12
Scumble by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010, Ages 9-12.
On Ledge’s thirteenth birthday he discovers that his “savvy”–a magical power unique to individual members of his family–gives him the power to make things fall apart. He spends his summer on his uncle’s …
Book of the Week: Sugar Changed the World
May 27, 2011 in Book of the Week, Non-Fiction, Teen 13+, Tween 9-12
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos , Clarion Books, 2010, 9-12, 13+.
A few facts: desserts have not always existed; sugar was once considered a spice; the promise of white gold motivated …
Book of the Week: Words in the Dust
May 20, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+, Tween 9-12
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy, Arthur A. Levine, 2011, Ages 9-12, Teen 13+
Zulaikha, a young Afghani with a cleft palate has little hope of marriage. She meets a woman who offers to teach her to read and write, and accepts, despite her …
Book of the Week: Benno and the Night of Broken Glass
May 13, 2011 in Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+, Tween 9-12
Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott, Kar-Ben Publishing/Lerner Pub, 2010, Ages 5 and up.
Benno is a cat–a very observant cat. He lives behind the furnace of an apartment house at Number 5 Rosenstrasse in 1938 Berlin. And as far as …
Book of the Week: Grounded
May 6, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Teen 13+, Tween 9-12
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Grounded by Kate Klise, Feiwel and Friends, 2010, Ages: 9-12, Young Adult
Daralynn lost her daddy, brother, and little sister in a plane crash. At first it does not feel real—Aunt Josie’s tears, Mother’s new job styling dead people’s hair, and Grandmother’s slowly deteriorating mind. …
Book of the Week: We Are in a Book!
April 29, 2011 in Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week, Fiction
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems, Hyperion, 2010, Ages 5-8.
Elephant and Piggie discover someone looking at them. It is a Reader!
“We are in a book!”
“We are in a book? THAT IS SO COOL!”
And we, the readers, are off and …
Book of the Week: Touch Blue
April 22, 2011 in Book of the Week, Fiction, Tween 9-12
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord, Scholastic, 2010, Ages 9-12.
Eleven-year-old Tess lives on an island off the coast of Maine, where her father makes a living fishing for lobsters. When the state threatens to shut down the local school due to too …
Book of the Week: Art & Max
April 15, 2011 in Baby/Toddler 0-4, Beginning Readers 5-8, Book of the Week, Fiction
Art & Max by David Wiesner, Clarion Books, 2010, Ages 4-8.
Max, a young lizard, wants to be an artist like Arthur. Arthur reluctantly lets Max paint with him. Max gets painter’s block and asks Arthur for advice. Arthur conceitedly suggests Max …
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