It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a weekly blog hop hosted by Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers. The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.
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Friday is Halloween, so we started this week reading Halloween books in the middle school library. Today we re-read some ol’ favorites:
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury – a creepy classic
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler – we all remember reading this one in elementary school
Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown – a funny favorite!
New titles from Junior Library Guild: We love the new titles, too! The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole by Cecilia Heikkila, Translated by Polly Lawson. Gotta’ love those sly fox characters!
The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs is also translated by Polly Lawson, by Mamiko Shiotani. The main character is a ghost who wants to be scary, but really just wants a friend. One class talked about the narrative arc and the “Somebody wanted…but…so…then” plot line. This one is also good for the “7 Strengths of a Super Reader” (Allyn/Morrell, Scholastic, 2022).
I’ll have more middle-grade books to share next week, after Halloween. It’s Monday! What are YOU reading?
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