Mockingjay

Loved it! Every bit worth waiting for. For anyone who hasn't read it, I won't give anything away, but you should go and read it now. I was so excited to get my copy I finished it with in a day and 1/2. It would have been faster but I did have to go to work some of that time.

Just a few of the things I loved about the book:
the characters - especially how Katniss, Peeta, and Prim developed
the emotions it created
and of course.....the ending (well most of the ending anyways)

Tomorrow....

The book will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that I'll be reading it! Yes that's right Mockingjay will be out tomorrow and I plan on getting mine first thing in the morning.

Good books for a storytime

Some new books I came across recently that would be great to use in a story time:


Octopus Opposites by Stella Blackstone

This is a very cute picture book with great pictures for younger kids. Blackstone included interesting and unusual animals as well as some fun opposites, like push and pull. Early literacy skills would also work well with this titles. I'm already thinking of all the storytime themes it would work with: under the sea, the ocean, opposites, water....

The Cow loves cookies by Karma Wilson

Who doesn't love cookies? So why not a cow? Kids will love the rhythm of the text as it rolls of the tongue describing what the farmer feeds each animal. If I was the cow I know I'd love the cookie too! The pictures are also fun and show farmer sneaking cookies to the cow.

Tap Tap Bang Bang by Emma Garcia – tools and fun sounds

Just the title of this book gets me exited and I can picture it being used in story times on noises, tools, construction and all sorts of boy related themes. I especially loved all the fun alliteration, like the chippety chip with the chisel. The book really comes alive when you read it aloud!

I Dream of an Elephant by Ami Ribinger

The cute rhyming text should have preschools shouting out the color of the elephant well before its time. I love how Ribinger does even say the color of the elephant most times but leaves it to the readers to guess the color based on the rhyme and picture. That shouldn't be a problem for most youngsters though with these fun pictures!