Books We Read – May 2011

I can’t remember a month as sparse as this one! That’s not to say we aren’t reading, but we’ve gotten into some longer books with more complex stories. We’ve decided to enjoy them one at a time. The good news is the Reading Tub website is now “modernized” with PHP and we’re back in the groove of reviewing … and linking to your reviews. At the bottom of our list we’ve got a list of reviews for books we’ve listed in previous months.

Received: 3 ….. New Reads: 6 …. New Reviews: 11

Please use these category headings to “jump” to your favorite children’s and young adult book categories. We hope this makes the monthly list (and our annual list pages) more enjoyable for you … not to mention a little more manageable to browse.

If you’ve read any of these books, we’d love to link to them so readers can learn more about them! Just click “Our Book Talk” to add your link to our website review (via InLinkz) or just paste the URL into a comment and I’ll do the rest.

Favorite Re-Reads (Kid Picks)

None this month … though there are a couple new books that are destined to be picked up again and again.

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Audio Books & Nontraditional Reading

None this month.

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Bilingual Books (All Audience)

None this month.

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Picture Books (All Audiences)

Grandma’s Lost Her Head by Naty Osa, illustrated by Javier Dura (Stinky Press Publishing, 2010) Our Book Talk

Mother

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Easy Readers (for new and developing readers)

Meet Monster: Six Stories about the World’s Friendliest Monster by Ellen Blance and Anne Cook (Marshall Cavendish Corp 2011)

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Early and Illustrated Chapter Books

Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Best Horse Ever

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Middle Grade (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Annie

 

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Young Adult Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter (Turtleback))

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The space between trees
The space between trees; by Katie Williams. (Chronicle Books 2010)

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New & Updated Reviews of Books on Earlier Lists

Cows Can’t Jump by Dave Reisman

Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report by Jane O’Connor

Freddy King of Flurb by Peter Hannan

A First Guide to Space Creatures by Faiz Kermani

The Missing Mitt (Hardy Boys Secret Files #2) by Franklin W. Dixon

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

 

 

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