Hurrah!
It's the twelfth year of PictureBook10for10 (#PB10for10) where many share ten picture books that are Must-Haves! Cathy Mere of Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community and Mandy Robek of Enjoy and Embrace Learning host this wonderful tradition. Thank you Mandy and Cathy for continuing this special tradition! Go HERE for the post at Cathy's blog!
And, best wishes to all for starting this school year. However you are beginning, I hope you enjoy being with your students and stay safe and well. I guess, like last year, the challenges remain.
Here are my previous posts for
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It's hard to believe how many years have passed since Cathy and Mandy started this special tradition!
Here are my favorite books so far from this year of 2021! There are many kinds of stories, as you will see! Here are ones that I hope you can use in your classrooms, your lives. I've given a hint of my reviews and a link to each one on Goodreads.
Here are my favorite books so far from this year of 2021! There are many kinds of stories, as you will see! Here are ones that I hope you can use in your classrooms, your lives. I've given a hint of my reviews and a link to each one on Goodreads.
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In every family, it seems that children can be embarrassed for something or other by their parents. When one is an immigrant, their ways can be part of bigger things that are "different".
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| Review HERE |
With few words, but powerful ones in a third-person perspective ("The path wished it was shorter."), Muon Thi Van shares a refugee's journey, escape on a boat to a new home.
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| Review HERE |
It's the delight I imagined, five children live in a 'ramble-shamble' house and do the necessary chores and other things they love like reading together just because that's what their life is like.
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| Review HERE |
It's a heartfelt story written by Brooke Smith who explains at the end she saw that certain words from nature, like 'minnows' and 'mint' and 'monarch' had been struck from The Oxford Junior Dictionary as being less relevant for children today. Thus, this Grandma Mimi and her granddaughter go on a journey to find and become "keepers" of the list.
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Remember "Go to Sleep, Little Farm"? This time, Mary Lyn Ray tells the life of a lovely house full of memories until the last family leaves. It remembers the children and the wonderful noises they make, babies born and growing up, birthday parties, fun on a swing. It's lonely.
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I've been excited to read this book because I loved "The Old Truck" which was so full of love from Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey. In this story, again time passes and you have to watch carefully because while it seems simple in the illustrations and is told with very few words, the message of love for family and home is powerful.
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Linda Sue Park offers such a nice and easy voice in this story of a teacher who poses a scenario to students. Assuring them that people and pets are safe, what one thing would you grab if escaping from a fire?
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One never needs words when beautiful comic-style cells are written, then illustrated by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng can create a story as lovely, distressing, and sad in part, too. A little girl and her grandparent certainly need some help with their General Store.
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| Review Here |
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This is a new favorite by Brian Floca, a beautiful reminder of all those we owe our gratitude to in these past Pandemic months. They certainly have "kept the cities going". Brian has not left anyone out!
Themes encompass kindness, gratitude, imagination, and thought-filled lives.
HAPPY READING!
Love this theme and list of books! What a great idea to do with kids - best books read so far this month, half-year, year! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWatercress and Wishes are on my list, too! I like your theme. I always enjoy reflecting on my yearly favorites.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Clare & Lisa, so many wonderful ones have been published that it was hard to choose, yet I did want to be sure to remember these!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda! #PB10for10 recommendations are always so helpful when choosing new books for the classroom.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing your list. Most are new to me (I've read Linda Park's book and am in line at the library for Keeping the City Going) so I'll head over to the library site to request your titles, especially interested in The House of Grass and Sky and The Keeper of Wild Words). I love how this event introduces me to new books every year.
ReplyDeleteThese are all such wonderful books. My personal favorites are Watercress and Keeping the City Going, but I loved them all. Thanks for sharing them on 10 for 10, which always like a picture book birthday present since my birthday is August 10th.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Terje, Ramona, & Alex. What wonderful gifts authors & illustrators give us! I hope you found some favorites here along with everyone else's post. And, what a nice birthday gift for you, Alex. Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteLinda, these look like such wonderful books! I bought a copy of Wishes after seeing your last recommendation, and it's waiting on my shelves right now. And I keep hoping The One Thing You'd Save will show up on Libby or Hoopla, but I may end up having to buy a copy of it too. Thanks so much for these great picks!
ReplyDeleteWell, obviously they're all favorites, and I own most. The One Thing You'd Save is one I love sharing because it's such a question to ponder. I bet you'll love it, and Wishes is wonderful in the intriguing way those wishes are shared. Enjoy whenever you can! And thanks for coming by!
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