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- 1. Booktalking for upperelementary & middle school 2013 With Cathy Fischbuch
- 2. Tools to Use •Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/ Check out the more genres – explore - listopia
- 3. Tools to Use •Nancy Keane – http://www.nancykeane.com/ – Booktalks - - Quick & Simple
- 4. Tools to Use •NoveList – Search other databases NoveList K-8 – top tabs = Titles, Series, Booktalks, More
- 5. Tools to Use •Unshelved • http://www.unshelved.com/ – Bookclub – loads of reviews, each Friday a comic style review is added.
- 6. Tools of Use •My blog http://lakielibrary.wordpress.com/ Use the thematic lists tab powerpoint presentation of thematically linked titles.
- 7. Tools to Use • Reviewsfrom School Library Journal, Booklist /Booklinks , Publishers Weekly, Quill & Quire, Scholastic Instructor, The Magazine. • Blogs – • • • • • • • The Nerdy Book Club, Watch, Connect, Read Great Kids Books Mrs. Yingling Reads The Brain Lair 100 Scope Notes Anita Silvey
- 8. Tools to Use • • • • • • • Booktrailers http://www.youtube.com/user/disneyhyperion http://www.youtube.com/user/harperteen/videos?view=0 http://www.youtube.com/user/hmhbooks http://www.youtube.com/user/macmillanchildrens https://www.youtube.com/user/PenguinYoungReaders?feature=watch http://www.youtube.com/user/TheScholasticChannel • http://www.60secondrecap.com/60second-book-review/
- 9. Picture Books The Daythe Crayons Quit By Drew Daywelt Complaining, overworked crayons write letters explaining why they are ready to walk out. Great way to explore letter writing, or perspective writing for ordinary inanimate objects.
- 10. Picture Books The PlotChickens By Mary Jane and Herm Auch Perfect tie in for teaching short story writing.
- 11. Picture Books That isNot a Good Idea! By Mo Willems Booktrailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85 iNSZpXR60 Foreshadowing extraordinaire.
- 12. Picture Books Thrice ToldTales By Catherine Lewis Using the nursery rhyme - Three Blind Mice, Lewis explores over 100 elements of writing and literature . Middle & High School L.A. teachers, as it references titles more suited to these grades.
- 13. Non-fiction Chuck Close :Face Book By Chuck Close and Ascha Drake Biography Flip Book Artist People with disabilities Grade 5 students interview Chuck Close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx8agvCmGQ
- 14. Non-fiction How They Croaked:the awful ends of the awfully famous By Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O’Malley Reveals the gory details of how 19 famous figures gave up the ghost. Illustrations worked perfectly with the humorous writing.
- 15. Non-fiction Stronger than Steel By BridgetHeos Part of the Scientists in the Field series Fabulous photo illustrations Loads of informative, interesting research about the amazing possibilities of spiders silk.
- 16. Non-fiction Made by Dad By ScottBedford Fun projects, from the simple to complex. Put down the video game controller – pick up the glue gun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r MkfMvToH38
- 17. Non-fiction Where on Earth? By DKPublishing Where are the world's tallest buildings? Where are earthquakes most likely to occur? Where can you find animals that glow? Showcasing the most fascinating places on the planet, Where on Earth? is a collection of more than 75 3-D maps that show not only where everything is, but also why it's there. Very interesting information – great tie-ins to grade 7 science.
- 18. Non-fiction Information Everywhere By DK Publishing Similarto the information of Where on Earth? But told through infographics.
- 19. Non-fiction Zombie Makers By Rebecca L.Johnson I enjoyed how she introduced each new chapter with a tie-in to today’s popculture. Read aloud – The intro.
- 20. Graphic Novels The Loxleysand the War of 1812 By Alan Grant, Claude St. Aubin, Lovern Kindzierski, & Todd Klein Historically accurate, introduces many of the well known names associated with the War of 1812 and beautifully illustrated. I really liked it. They have also provided a script for download, so that the story can be performed. Grade 7 social studies.
- 21. Graphic Novels Chicken Hare By ChrisGrine Fun underdog story.
- 22. Graphic Novels Lost Trail:nine days alone in the wilderness By Donn Fendler with Lynn Plourde Illustrated by Ben Bishop Based on a true story. Includes newspaper clippings from when it happened. For fans of Hatchet. Black & White illustrations.
- 23. Graphic Novels Page byPaige By Laura Lee Gulledge Middle School appropriate. Coming of age, finding yourself and where you fit in. For fans of Smile . Beautifully drawn idioms, smilies and metaphors.
- 24. Novels in Verse GoneFishing By Tamera Will Wissinger ; Ilustrated by Matthew Cordell Elementary – Middle School Male perspective Siblings
- 25. Novels in Verse 42Miles By Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Middle School Divorce Coming of age
- 26. Novels in Verse WhoWill Tell My Brother? By Marlene Carvell Middle School – High School Male perspective Native American perspective Racism
- 27. Novels in Verse ToBe Perfectly Honest By Sonya Sones I am smitten with her realistic novels in verse. I can’t wait to be reading this!!! Her books are top sellers with reluctant girl readers.
- 28. Alternate Formats 33 Minutes By ToddHasak- Lowy Read aloud pages – 8-9 Projection – page 71 1st time in a food fight? Not sure what to throw? diagram
- 29. Alternate Formats Starwars: JediAcademy By Jeffrey Brown Yoda voice. Newspaper writing examples.
- 30. Alternate Formats This JournalBelongs to Ratchet By Nancy J. Cavanaugh Journal Lists Letters L.A. assignments
- 31. Short Stories Guys Read: The Sports Pages Edited By Jon Scieszka Read aloud – The intro by Jon Scieszka, would be great for story starters “ games you’ve invented?” My read aloud choices: The Choke by Joseph Bruchac (MMA fighting) The Trophy by Gordon Korman (grade 6 basketball)
- 32. Short Stories Beware theNinja Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales By David Lubar Read aloud favourites – The Snow Globe – pg. 64 Catfishing in America – pg. 95 Beware the Ninja Weenies – pg. 107 Gulp – pg. 120 Alien Biology – pg. 138 Dog Gone – pg. 167
- 33. Short Stories Things ThatGo Bump in the Night By Patrick Carman Listen , Read, Watch all in 15 minutes Read Aloud choices – The Hook Mr. Mason’s Jars
- 34. Fiction The Case ofthe Case of Mistaken Identity By Mac Barnett Illustrations by Adam Rex Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective… until he found out he already was one. Our hero has a national treasure to recover, a criminal mastermind to unmask, and a social studies report due Monday – all while on the run form cops, thugs and secret agent librarians. Read aloud – pages 39-42
- 35. Fiction The Grimm Legacy By PollyShulman I turn Harry Potter fans this direction. I loved it.
- 36. Fiction The Wells Bequest By PollyShulman Companion to The Grimm Legacy Time travel H.G. Wells
- 37. Fiction The Grave Robber’sApprentice By Allan Stratton Read Aloud
- 38. Fiction The Hero’s Guideto Saving Your Kingdom By Christopher Healy The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle By Christopher Healy Prince Charmings are here to save the day????? Hilarious. Descriptive language. Fairy tale and fantasy characters abound.
- 39. Fiction Paint the Wind By PamMunoz Ryan I loved this and wish it would have been around when I was a kid. (I was into the horse books.)
- 40. Fiction The Mouse withthe Question Mark Tail By Richard Peck For Fans of Tale of Despereaux Nice.
- 41. Fiction Gold Medal Summer By DonnaFreitas Middle school Girl drama Sisters The pressure filled world of high level gymnastic. Believable terminology and gym routines.
- 42. Fiction The Reluctant Journalof Henry K. Larsen By Susin Nielsen A family tries to rebuild their lives after older brother Jesse takes a gun to school and shots his tormentor and himself. Told through Henry’s journal entries, both humorous and sad. Read aloud – page 1-3 Or Pg. 47-52 For fans of The absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian
- 43. Fiction Prisoner B-3087 :based on the true story of Ruth and Jack Gruener By Alan Gratz Read aloud chapter 1. Powerful, haunting.
- 44. Fiction Carter Finally GetsIt By Brent Crawford Read aloud – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V KnTwnqctjc
- 45. Fiction Struts & Frets By JonSkovron Sam has the music in him. The question is does the rest of the band? He figures his way to popularity (or at least other people knowing he’s alive) is if their band competes and wins the local Battle of the Bands contest. The trouble is the rest of the band seems to suck, or is indifferent , or lets face it – suck. Read aloud – pg. 1-4 Or Drum solo – pg. 108
- 46. Fiction Unremembered By Jessica Brody “Today isthe only one I remember. Waking up in that ocean is all I have. The rest is empty space. Although I don’t know how far back that space goes – how many years it spans. That’s the thing about voids: they can be as short as the blink of an eye, or they can be infinite.” For fans of The Adoration of Jenna Fox or Cinder
- 47. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Guys Read : Other Worlds Edited By Jon Scieszka To be read
- 48. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Show Must Go On! By Kate Klise Illustrated By M. Sarah Klise Book 1 Alternate format.
- 49. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Chupacabra by Roland Smith Sequel to Tentacles
- 50. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Counting by 7’s By Holly Goldberg Sloan Lots of positive reviews.
- 51. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Dogs of War By Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox Graphic novel
- 52. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Inhuman By Kat Falls Looks dystopian to me? !
- 53. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Little Red Lies By Julie Johnston Canadian
- 54. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Looks Like Daylight By Deborah Ellis Canadian Non-fiction Interviews with Native American teens across North America.
- 55. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Man Made Boy By Jon Skovron
- 56. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Michael Vey : Battle of the Ampere By Richard Paul Evans Book 3 I’m not the only one at my school waiting for this one.
- 57. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 My Sort of Fairy Tale Ending By Anna Staniszewski
- 58. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 QB 1 By Mike Lupica I’m sorta undecieded about this writer, seems to be either hot or cold – maybe they seem to formulaic for me, that or I don’t know enough about sports to get it. Wait and see on this one.
- 59. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Salt : a story of friendship in a time of war By Helen Frost Novel in verse. War of 1812
- 60. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Sorrow’s Knot By Erin Bow
- 61. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Striker By David Skuy Always on the lookout for sports stories under 250 pages.
- 62. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Heaven is Paved With Oreos By Catherine Gilbert Murdock I love this author.
- 63. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Not A Drop To Drink By Mindy McGinnis
- 64. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Fallout By S.A. Bodeen Follow –up to The Compound
- 65. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Swagger By Carl Deuker
- 66. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Last Present By Wendy Mass
- 67. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Rule of Three By Eric Walters
- 68. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 United We Spy By Ally Carter Last book in the series.
- 69. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Extra By Kathryn Lasky
- 70. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Unthinkable By Nancy Werlin Sequel to Impossible
- 71. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Champion By Marie Lu Final book in the series. Love her.
- 72. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 In The Age of Love and Chocolate By Gabrielle Zevin I can’t wait – but I’ll have to. Cover is pretty sexy.
- 73. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Cress By Marissa Meyer Book 3 of The Lunar Chronicles
- 74. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The House of Hades By Rick Riordan Book 4
- 75. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 I’ve looked everywhere for an update – When will the next book be coming???
- 76. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 All Our Yesterdays By Cristin Terrill Time-travel
- 77. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Anubis Speaks! By Vicky Alvear Scecter Illustrations By Antoine Revoy Non-fiction to be paired with The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
- 78. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Boy on The Wooden Box By Leon Leyson Non-fiction Memoir Schindler’s list survivor
- 79. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Call Of The Klondike By David Meissner and Kim Richardson Non-fiction Pair with Jack London titles
- 80. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Daredevil : the daring life of Betty Skelton By Meghan McCarthy I enjoy McCarthy’s work and am always looking to freshen up my Biography section.
- 81. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Dangerous By Shannon Hale Shannon Hale like you’ve never seen her – bye-bye Princess stories. 2014 release date
- 82. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Doon By Carey Corp & Lorie Langdon Brigadoon retelling
- 83. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Henri’s Scissors By Jeanette Winter Biography – Henri Mataisse Make sure it gets into the hands of your art teachers.
- 84. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 How I Lost You By Janet Gurtler Can friendships survive? Alberta author.
- 85. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Into the Dark By Bree Despain Greek mythology might be a great alternative for Percy Jackson fans.
- 86. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Jumped In By Patrick Flores-Scott Novel in verse Gangs Gritty Author is a high school teacher.
- 87. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Lego Play Book: ideas to bring your bricks to life By DK Publishing Sure to be an instant hit.
- 88. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Relativity By Cristin Bishara Alternate worlds High school ? Could be paired with Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
- 89. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Right Fight By Chris Lynch Book 1 Sure hit after his Vietnam series.
- 90. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Rose Under Fire By Elizabeth Wein Companion book to Code Name Verity Sophisicated readers American female pilot captured and sent to Ravenbruck concentration camp. High school.
- 91. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 Six Months Later By Natalie D. Richards What has happened in those six months she can’t remember.
- 92. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The Screaming Staircase By Jonathan Stroud Book 1 Ghost hunters Scary with a touch of funny
- 93. To be Read upcomingtitles for fall 2013 – spring 2014 The F—It List By Julie Halpern Bucket list for teens. High school?
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