The AWARDS have been announced!
The American Library Association announced the award winning children's books on January 28, 2013. Happy reading!!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
What "GRIMM" books am I reading?
What have I been reading?
Maybe the question should be what HAVEN'T I been reading! I really do love to read. I wish that I had the time with my students to be able to read all the great books that I've been reading. Especially the chapter books. I would so love to be able to read some of those fantastic chapter books I've been reading to my students in grades 4-6, but since I only have them for 35 minutes a week, there just isn't time. I hope that if you read my blog, or listen to me rhapsodize about a particular book, you'll just pick it up and give it a chance.
Anyway, what did I just finish - not 5 minutes ago? In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz. This is the companion book to A Tale Dark and Grimm, which I started but never finished. Now I have to see if it is available in my library, and if it isn't, wrestle it out of the hands of whichever student currently has it! (Just kidding).
If you like fairy tales (no, not the nice little ones with nothing gory or icky in them, but the REAL, original fairy tales), and you like humor along with the gory and icky parts, you will love this. I started it yesterday, stayed up too late to keep reading until I couldn't keep my eyes open, and just finished it.
Here is a link to his web site so you can read about how he got his start in writing, and what inspires him.
Mrs. Gridley
http://www.adamgidwitz.com/
Maybe the question should be what HAVEN'T I been reading! I really do love to read. I wish that I had the time with my students to be able to read all the great books that I've been reading. Especially the chapter books. I would so love to be able to read some of those fantastic chapter books I've been reading to my students in grades 4-6, but since I only have them for 35 minutes a week, there just isn't time. I hope that if you read my blog, or listen to me rhapsodize about a particular book, you'll just pick it up and give it a chance.
Anyway, what did I just finish - not 5 minutes ago? In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz. This is the companion book to A Tale Dark and Grimm, which I started but never finished. Now I have to see if it is available in my library, and if it isn't, wrestle it out of the hands of whichever student currently has it! (Just kidding).
If you like fairy tales (no, not the nice little ones with nothing gory or icky in them, but the REAL, original fairy tales), and you like humor along with the gory and icky parts, you will love this. I started it yesterday, stayed up too late to keep reading until I couldn't keep my eyes open, and just finished it.
Here is a link to his web site so you can read about how he got his start in writing, and what inspires him.
Mrs. Gridley
http://www.adamgidwitz.com/
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