Nothing skeletal about these reviews ~

One fifth grader submitted three book reviews to Destiny Quest today!
Skeleton Man Great. Awesome. Breathtaking. Amazing. These are some of the many words that can positively describe this incredible book. Once you finish a given page, you always have the urge to flip to the next one. I highly recommend this great book. The Graveyard Book This is one of the best books that I have ever read in my life. I found this great read at a bookstore in the "used" section and decided to buy it. Then, when I started to read it, I found out that it was really incredible. If you have not read this, then you really should.

grade 3 book and movie spine poetry

Cars

The Dead of Night

It Happened on a Train

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

by Oliver and Shoshana

The NeverEnding Story

Ella Enchanted

What Came From the Stars

Despicable Me

by Alden, Aniyah, Cailen and Quinn

Charlotte's Web

The Bus People

Vampireology

by Carmela and Sebastian

Pippi Goes on Board

Like the Willow Tree

The Ruby Key

Sold

by Daisy and Madeline

Crime Scene

Detective LaRue

Super Guinea Pig to the Rescue

by Noemi

Geromino Stilton

Dead End in Norvelt

Sparrow Road

Dark Water

Heartbeat

by Amanda and Saylor

Energy

Treasure

Swords

How Strong is It?

by Aaron, Dhruv and Teddy

Fly High Fly Guy!
The Search for WondLa

The U.S. Air Force

Special Military Forces

Shazam!

Bomb

Hideout

It Happened on a Train

The Dead of Night

Crime Scene

by Andrew and Claudio

Spring Book Fair

We're in Day 2 (of 3) of the spring Book Fair. The indefatigable Julie Pottinger is in charge, in partnership with the University (of Washington) Bookstore. There is, as always, a great selection of books for readers of all ages. Proceeds from the Book Fair are used to support the purchase of textbooks for students on financial aid. Come to the Community Room and indulge yourself in the luxury of boooooks!

In the Face of All that is Changing in the Library World, I choose to Write

I am surrounded by all this new stuff! There is a Lilypad kit on my desk, and a reminder to order the 9th grade novels from OverDrive so that we have them in digital format. There is an iPad in my drawer that needs setting up and three technology blogs in my soon-to-disappear Google Reader to catch up on. I am feeling paralyzed by how quickly technology is changing and how unprepared I am for that change.

But I need to stay current, so I will resurrect our old Bush Readers Blog. It's a start anyway!

Most recently I have been reading coming-of-age novels to present to the 9th grade English classes. The presentation happened last Monday and was a lot of fun. And all week long 9th graders had something to say when I asked what you reading, what did you choose. It was great! Here's the list:

• Reservations Blues, Sherman Alexie
• Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson
• Cities of the Plain, Cormac McCarthy
• The White Boy Shuffle, Paul Beatty
• City of Thieves, David Benioff
• A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon
• Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
• The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Kidd Monk
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie King
• Rumors of Peace, Ella Leffland

What would you choose?