I
promised my students as we were leaving school on Tuesday that I would read a
book a day. Now I did put in the caveat that I could read picture books or
graphic novels as well. It turned out I read a ton regardless. Still not
emptying the “to read” shelves – but when boxes are shipped back from NCTE full
of books, that makes it all the more difficult.
Here’s what I read last week:
Hard to
pick a favorite, but if I did it would absolutely be Linda Urban’s Center of
Everything, and not just because my niece is a dead ringer for the girl on the
cover, this is one amazing book. (Which isn’t that surprising, Linda Urban
wrote it. I’m pretty sure she could write a grocery list and I’d read each word
like a treasure.)
Coming
up:
I’m reading
Penny Kittle’s amazing book for teachers, Book Love. What can I say, buy
it. Penny teaches high school but it doesn’t matter. Her words, her message,
are for all of us.
I’m also
halfway through Bomb by Sheinkin. This is a dense non-fiction book about
the making of the atomic bomb. I say dense because you aren’t going to pick it
up and breeze through it. That being said, I love this book. The history major
in me is eating it up, albeit making me take my time. This won’t be a book for
every kid in my class – it’s a bit difficult. But I always have those kids obsessed
with any and every thing about wars, weapons, etc. They will love this.
Happy
Reading!
Katherine
Katherine
