Books We Read – October

As you’ll notice in this month’s collection, we have lots of easy readers and early chapter books. I am honored to be a first-round panelist for the Children’s and Young Adults Literary Awards (aka Cybils) in this category … so guess what we’ve been reading?! I’ve marked all of the nominees with *C* so you can see the ones we’ve read so far.

Received:   26 ….. New Reads:  31  ….. New Reviews: 14

This month we’re adding a new feature. From now on, we will have category headings at the top and you can click through 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.

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 Mr. Linky) or just paste the URL into a comment and I’ll do the rest.

Favorite Re-Reads (Kid Picks)

Ed Emberley

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Audio Books & Nontraditional Reading

The Storyworld Box: Create-a-Story Kit
by John Matthews and Caitlin Matthews (Templar/Candlewick Press, 2010) our book talk

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Bilingual Books (All Audience)

none this month

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Picture Books (All Audiences)

Adventures of Riley--Safari in South Africa (Adventures of Riley)
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Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble
kid pick Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble; by Phyllis Root (Candlewick Press 1996)

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Bella the Witch and her Worries
by Skye Toggles; Ill by Irene Joslin (AuthorHouse, 2010)
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By the light of the Halloween moon
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Hip hop dog

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Inside Hurricanes And Tornadoes (Inside Nature

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Lots of Dots
Lots of Dots; by (Chronicle Books 2010) our book talk

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our book talk Maggie McNair has Spiders in Her Hair
by Sheila Booth-Alberstadt; Ill by Norris Hall (SBA Books, 2009)
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our book talk One Wish for Winifred Witch
by Cheri Hallwood; Ill by Patricia M. Rose (Forever Young Publishers, 2010)
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Shadow
by Suzy Lee (Chronicle Books, 2010) [openbook booknumber=”ISBN:780811872805″ templatenumber=”1″]
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Walden then & now

 

 

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Easy Readers (for new and developing readers)

Bink and Gollie
*C*
Bink and Gollie; by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press 2010)

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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
*C*
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: spring babies; by Erica Silverman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010)

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I am going!*C*
I am going!: an Elephant & Piggie book; by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children 2010)

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Pinkalicious: Pink Around the Rink
*C*

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School rules!
School Rules!; by Victoria Kann (HarperCollins 2010) our book talk

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Something queer at the scary movie
kid pick Something Queer at the Scary Movie; by Levy, Elizabeth (Hyperion Books for Children 1995)

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We Are in a Book! (Elephant & Piggie)*C*

 

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Early and Illustrated Chapter Books

Big Nate Strikes Again

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Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Ham; illustrated by Julia Kuo Chronicle Books, 2011 our book talk
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Dragonbreath
*C*
Dragonbreath: attack of the ninja frogs; by Ursula Vernon (Dial Books for Young Readers 2010)

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Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
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Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000; by Eric Wight (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010)

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Monster Maker (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist)
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A ghost tale for Christmas time
kid pick (eBook) A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time; by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House 2010)
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What
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Ling & Ting
*C*
Ling & Ting; by Grace Lin (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2010)
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Stanley
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Word after word after word
*C* Word after Word after Word; by Patricia MacLachlan (Katherine Tegen Books 2010) our book talk

 

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Middle Grade Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Leonardo
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The Red Pyramid

 

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Young Adult Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)

None this month.

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New & Updated Reviews of Books on Earlier Lists

Saltwater Taffy by Eric DelaBarre

Who Stole Halloween by Martha Freeman

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