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.
- Favorite Re-Reads (Kid Picks)
- Audio Books & Nontraditional Reading
- Bilingual Books
- Picture Books (all ages)
- Easy Readers (for new and developing readers)
- Early and Illustrated Chapter Books
- Middle Grade Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)
- Young Adult Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)
- New & Updated Reviews of Books on Earlier Lists
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)
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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
Bilingual Books (All Audience)
none this month
Picture Books (All Audiences)
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Bella the Witch and her Worries
by Skye Toggles; Ill by Irene Joslin (AuthorHouse, 2010)
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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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Easy Readers (for new and developing readers)
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Early and Illustrated Chapter Books
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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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Middle Grade Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Young Adult Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)
None this month.
New & Updated Reviews of Books on Earlier Lists
Saltwater Taffy by Eric DelaBarre
Who Stole Halloween by Martha Freeman