Craft time!
Saturday, May 18, I’m at the Chippewa Falls Public Library (11:00am). We’re going to talk about Malcolm and writing and books, then make these fun bookmarks. Stop by!
In Which I Get Deep and Serious About Why I Write Funny Books for Kids
My post is up over on the Nerdy Book Club. Click over to read why I write and what I watched over Thanksgiving Break.
Other Malcolm Sightings
So, one of the crazy things of having your book come out on the very day that you go back to work and school, is that you have no time to announce any of the fun little things that occur. Like, the kid who comes in after school to tell you that he “hears your voice reading aloud to him… Read more →
The Week that Was: Friday Five
I finished up work this week. The library is inventoried and tallied and organized and all in Perfect Order . . . just in time for summer school to start on Monday. In inventorying (yes, I declare that a word) the library, I discovered two–TWO!–hidden ACTIVE network ports in electrical panels under the floor. This makes me inordinately happy because… Read more →
Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: MY EXTRA BEST FRIEND by Julie Bowe
Yay, the final book in the “Friends for Keeps” series comes out this week! This one I read as an ARC. Then some savvy fifth graders spied it on my desk, convinced me to slap a barcode on it, and I didn’t see it again until the last day of school. Enjoy!
Valentine’s Trivia: do you know what books these friends are from?
Old Dan and Little Ann? Jemmie and Prince Brat? Mercy and Baby Lincoln? My students today started working on a list of these as a Valentine’s Day trivia challenge–I adapted this from something I saw on lm_net last year. Many are easy, a few are tough, most get them smiling and checking out a new (to them) book. Want to… Read more →
Halloween-ish Read Alouds
I love reading aloud in October. The only problem is that I don’t have enough time to share all my favorites with my students!
The Great Summer Reading Challenge
So, summer vacation is finally here for me! I finished inventorying (is that a word?) all 20,000+ items in my library yesterday. Luckily, I had lots of excellent help! Summer is writing season for me. It’s also reading season. And this summer I’ve thrown down the gauntlet with my fourth and fifth graders. We’re in a race to see who… Read more →
My Library à la Mo
The school year is finally winding down. The students’ last day was Tuesday; I’ll be done next week. One of my favorite activities was my Caldecott unit with my second graders. We finished it with not a moment to spare at the end of the year. It consisted of reading lots of Caldecott books and checking out the different media… Read more →
How to Create a Reader?
(Things have been a little quiet around here lately, huh? Yeah, some extra, unexpected stuff happened last week. But things are coming closer to normal now.) Last week, a fifth grade girl came into the library after school. She’s one of my “regulars.” I’ve often suspected she comes more for the chats than the books. She’s nice, but needy. A… Read more →
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