Reading Abounds

Title:  I'm Not Dying with You Tonight Co-Authora:  Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 200829 Description:    Told from two viewpoints, Atlanta high school seniors Lena and Campbell, one black, one white, must rely on each other to survive after a football rivalry escalates into a riot. Rubric Rating:  Level 1 - Leave it Why I Read It:  Listened to the Audiobook as it was recommended by my local library Notes:  Lena and Campbell are different, very different but for now they're stuck together.  Lena is a popular girl in school with amazing fashion sense and what you would think is a very good head on her shoulders... except when it comes to her boyfriend Black in whom she can see no wrong.  Campbell is the new girl in school.  Her mother has moved away and she's been forced to move in with her father, who other than dropping her off at school doesn't make much of appearance.  Campbell ha...

Title:  The Family Book Author:  Todd Parr Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 3891 Description:   Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what. Guided Reading Level:  H Curriculum Links:  Art: Colours Character Education: Respect Kindergarten Reading: Connecting Social Studies: Families Writing: Explanation Equity and Diversity Notes:  Design:  The cover is very bright and attractive and the inside cover looks like a photo from a family album.  It makes it seem like everyone in the book is all part of the same family.  (The human race perhaps!)  It looks like everyone is hanging out in the family tree!  The dedication is also lovely. Content and Illustrations:  The pages and illustrations in this book are boldly coloured with thick lines.  ...

Title: A Map of Days Series: Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Book 4 Author: Ransom Riggs Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 147358 Description:   Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe. Rubric Rating: Level 3 - Laud it Why I Read It: Continuing on with the series.  Notes: Jacob's peculiar friends have returned.   And not only have they returned they're here to stay.  With the collapse of their time loop they have somehow also managed to escape time itself.  Now able to live in the present they leave Devil's acre and visit Jacob in Florida.  It's hard to believe that it's only bee...

Title: Stick and Stone Authors: Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 109290 Description: Stick and stone are both lonely until Pinecone's teasing causes one to stick up for the other, and a solid friendship is formed. Curriculum Links:  Anti-Bullying Equity and Diversity Character Education: Empathy Reading: Transforming Reading: Visualization Social Studies: Feelings Writing: Word Choice Notes:  Design: This is a lovely designed square format picture book.  The end pages are white with the first inner page showing a stick laying at the base of a tree.  The smiles of stick and stone on the cover are reflective of children and the text on the back exemplifies the theme of the book -- "Meet stick and Stone.  They stick up for each other, because friends rock!"  And these friends certainly do. Contents: Stick and stone, lonely and alone, until stone is teased by a little pinecone.  That's when stick, stic...