It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9-29-14

Thanks to our dynamic hosts: Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kelle at Unleashing Readers.

Head to either blog to find reviews as well as dozens of links to other blogs filled with reviews!

If you live in New England you just finished up a fall weekend that was a page right out of mid-summer! My family enjoyed a gorgeous road trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire yesterday, and soaked up the beauty of autumn's vibrancy! 

Books I've Recently Read:

The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone by Tony Abbott

Katherine Tegen Books, 2014

Adventure

432 pages

Recommended for grades 5-7

A mystery surrounding the work and theories of Copernicus, and one highly coveted item, takes a group of kids on a fast paced adventure around the world. I enjoyed it, but wasn't riveted to it.  I do think it will appeal to many readers though, and would certainly add it to my classroom library!

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Eerdmans Books, 2014

Biography

44 pages

Recommended for grades 2+

For my review on this AWESOME book, visit last week's Nonfiction Picture Book post.

Flashlight by Lizi Boyd

Chronicle Books, 2014

36 Pages

Recommended for everyone!

Are the best kinds of friends the ones that bring you books?  You know my answer to that! ;) This was a gift to me from a very special bookish/writerly friend of mine. Will I give it to my son, bring it to my classroom? Both!

This beautiful, sweet and funny little book is all about one boy's nighttime walk. This wordless book urges readers to explore alone with the boy, as his flashlight beam illuminates sections of each page. 

But the tables turn when the animals recover the dropped flashlight!

Great inspiration for art and writing projects for various ages!

I'm Currently (still) Reading:

I'm getting there...I need to finish this!

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