I stopped by my library yesterday to find eight boxes of books just waiting to be opened! twitter.com/booksandbytes stopped by, so we spent some time pawing, oohing and awing over some of the newly arrive purchases.
:: Here are five titles and Why I Bought It (THEM!). : ) {You can see more over at my Pinterest account.}
:: Becoming Babe Ruth
Why I Bought It: Last year, as close to opening day as possible, I read several picture book biographies about baseball players, including You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter. This year I plan to do the same, so I scooped up several more titles. Soon I will do a post of all the fantastic baseball pictures books - there are so many great ones and so many to keep track of...! They get my students reading sports-related books and biographies!
:: The Wing Wing Brothers Math Spectacular
Why I Bought It: Oh...come on. Why WOULDN'T you buy this book? I mean, look at the cover! However, it also amusingly explains the concepts of greater than, less than, equal to and addition and subtraction. Funny Math! It's a Wing Wing situation! <--Heh, heh...see what I did there?
:: Frogged
Why I Bought It: Okay, so here is a book that I have not read yet, but I snuck it home and have added it to the Four Books I Will Read Before School Starts Again pile. Why? My students are always looking for fractured fairy or folk tales that mix things up a bit. I'm sure this will be very popular with my students and will be a great book to book talk along with Rump.
:: Doll Bones
Why I Bought It: Well...here I cheated just a little bit. I received this book from the publisher, but with all the buzz I'm glad I did. It is the second book on my Four Books I Will Read Before School Starts Again pile. My students are always looking for "scary books" and I think this will do the trick without giving them too many nightmare. What other books would go along well with this one?
And finally...
:: Frog Song
Why I Bought It: My guys just cannot get enough of books about animals and animal behavior. I can't wait to introduce them to Frog Song...and the opportunities for pairing fiction and non-fiction texts are ENDLESS I tell ya... Hello Froggy Goes to School! Can't wait to use Frog Song this year.
What books did you buy this week and why?
Well, since you asked! I did actually buy some books recently! I had Scholastic Dollars to spend and the set of state books I wanted was out of stock so I browsed for some new selections! Scholastic has a series about Scary Places including Ghost Towns, Lost Cities, and Wretched Ruins. Paranormal books are always a winner with the kids! I also purchased their Mighty Monsters graphic novel series and a few 2013 Almanacs. We haven't purchased any of those since 2010 so I know the kids will love having some new copies!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear about Doll Bones! I think that and Frogged are going on my list! You know....if I win the lottery....
I think this is a terrific post idea, Amy. Sadly to say I bought no books this week. But I'm happy that there are those who bought mine. How hypocritical of me!
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