Tag: Newbery challenge
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 2/11/19
On the blog: A slice about the ALA Youth Media Awards announcements In reading: I’ve been busy reading Newberys this week, as I hadn’t read the winner or two (only two?!) honor books. First up was the gold medal winner, Merci Suarez Changes Gears, which has been sitting on my shelf unread since it was…
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Top Ten Newberys I’ve Never Read
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Normally on the day after the ALA Youth Media Awards announcements, I’m organizing my reading for the month to come, planning to catch up on winning titles that I missed. Especially the Newbery. I often criticize the Newbery for its predictable choices and lack of…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/5/14 #imwayr
Visit Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. It was a busy week on my blog: I shared my Top 10 Reading Goals for 2015 I listed my Top 20 Picture Books published in 2014 I reviewed my reading year and selected the Top 14 Books of 2014…
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1947 Newbery: Miss Hickory
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK TO CHILDREN! That’s my main take-away from Miss Hickory. I would really like to sum up my review in three words: what Kindertrauma said. Because there’s this awesome blog called Kindertrauma: Your Happy Childhood Ends Here, and their reviewer expresses every single thought that went through my mind as I…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/30/13
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the weekly kidlit meme and see what others are reading. This week on my blog, I posted my usual Sunday feature, links to what I’ve been reading online. I shared some very lovely photos of Frances, who is possibly the world’s most adorable kitten (as well…
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Newbery Challenge: Strawberry Girl (1946)
Lorna at Not for Lunch and I happened to note last week that we have been neglecting our Newbery Challenges for some time, so we decided to pair up to get back to it. Lorna is reading the Newbery Medal winners in order, and she has already completed the list through 1945, which makes me…
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Final Musings on M.C. Higgins
I enjoy watching the Newbery video conversations Mr. Sharp and Mr. Schu have as they read their way through all the Newbery winners. Mr. Schu called M.C. Higgins the Great the hardest Newbery they’ve read in awhile. Mostly, I love his one-sentence review: “Mr. Schu says blah about M.C. Higgins the Great.” For much of…
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