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Read-Aloud Roundup
The Blog Log www.hooverlibrary.org/blog
Volume 4, Issue 1
August 2016
Our monthly teacher
newsletter is back for its
fourth year. Since its
debut, Book Report has
introduced local educators
to 37 apps, 39 websites,
38 picture books,
43 novels, 122 nonfiction
titles and 30 read-alike
lists. What will this year
have to offer?
Each issue includes:
1. The Blog Log
Heads up on some of the
daily posts on our library
blog.
2. Untangle the Web
Discover different
educational websites
each month.
3. Read-Aloud Round-
up
Add these titles to your
classroom read-aloud
rotation.
4. More Than Common
Core
Keep up with amazing
nonfiction titles.
5. Read This, Not That
Use read-alike lists to get
your students out of their
reading ruts.
6. Review the New
Book reviews of our
favorite new titles.
7. APProved
Education apps? There’s
a librarian for that.
8. Follow the Stars
Upcoming events for
grades K-6th.
9. Bonus Round
Random things you need
to know.
We hope Book Report will
meet your needs in the
2016-2017 school year.
Email your feedback to
our outreach librarian
Katie Jane Morris at
Back and Fourth Review the New
Swap! by Steve Light
A peg-legged youngster uses
his bartering skills to trade for
sails, anchors, a ship's wheel and
other necessary supplies to fix
their ship and make a friend
in the process.
This title offers a fun-filled
introduction to the bartering
system as well as a lesson on
ingenuity and resilience.
Andrew Luck Book Club
Animalympics
Bringing the Outside In
First Flight & The Wrong
Wrights
Masterpieces Up Close
Medical Mysteries
More Maris Wicks
National Geographic Kids
Chapters
Sharon Creech Says Moo
Step-by-Step Transformations
What to Do with a Box
World Water Week
When Mischief Came to Town
by Katrina Nannestad In the tradition of Anne of Green
Gables and Pippi Longstocking comes
a heartwarming novel about love, family,
grief, joy and the power of laughter
and imagination.
The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk
by Kabir & Surishtha Seghal Sing along to this wild ride on a tuk tuk
taxi through the streets of India!
Untangle the Web
http://
www.carlos.emory.edu/
ODYSSEY/index.html
Odyssey Online explores ancient
Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek and
Roman cultures. Includes museum
objects, puzzles, games,
worksheets and more.
APProved
WWF
Together
This award-
winning interactive
experience brings you closer
to the stories of elephants,
whales, rhinos and other
fascinating species. Discover
their lives and the work of
WWF in a way you’ve never
seen before.
FREE / Android, iPad, and
Kindle Fire
Read This, Not That
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BONUS ROUND
More Than Common Core
Nice Work, Franklin! by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain As one of our most inspirational and determined presidents,
Franklin D. Roosevelt overcame his disability to lead the country
out of the Great Depression. Roosevelt said that if you have
a problem, solve it. If one solution doesn’t work, try another,
but above all TRY SOMETHING. Pair this title with Doreen
Rappaport’s To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore
Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt was Franklin’s cousin . . .
and inspiration.
Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and
the Invention of the Modern Zoo
by Cassandre Maxwell This picture book biography highlights how one man helped
usher in new ideas of what zoos could be in the 19th
century. He pioneered the idea of including information about
the animals for visitors, as well as giving the creatures better
nutrition and larger enclosures.
Love your school and My Weird School? Check out these schools!
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Vampires Don’t Wear
Polka Dots by Debbie Dadey (#1)
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (#1)
Bad Kitty School Daze by Nick Bruel
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler (#1)
Dr. Critchlore’s School for Minions by Sheila Grau
Frannie K. Stein: Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton (#1)
Frindle by Andrew Clements
George Brown, Class Clown: Super Burp! by Nancy E. Krulik (#1)
Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzy Kline (#1)
Junie B., First Grader (At Last!) by Barbara Park
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (#1)
Matilda by Roald Dahl
My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville (#1)
Roscoe Riley Rules: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs by Katherine
Applegate (#1)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (#1)
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald (#1)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger (#1)
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett & Jory John (#1)
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Ages 3-8
Select Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m.
K-5th grade
Try a new book-sharing approach!
Reading Picture
Books with
Children: How to
Shake Up
Storytime and Get
Kids Talking About
What They See
by Megan Dowd
Lambert
Select Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
3rd-5th grade