Monday, October 9, 2017

It's Monday! What are you reading?

I usually save my Book Nook reading news for the Wednesday library update...but we've been sharing a GREAT baseball book with the first and second graders:
Featured on both the Texas 2x2 list and our own district's Armadillo Readers' Choice list, The William Hoy Story is a biography that surprised everyone in our Book Nook these past two weeks.  We are using the "Depth and Complexity" icons on our campus this year, and this book easily demonstrates the "Over Time" icon.  I don't want to give too much away, but William Hoy, who played professional baseball in the 1880s through the early 1900s, is thought to have initiated changes in the game which are still in use today, and will likely remain in the future.

The William Hoy Story is a great book to get students wondering about the origin of current practices and digging into history to answer those questions.  It's easy to just accept the many details of our lives as ordinary--but what's mundane these days started as someone's great idea.  Think of the brainstorming sessions you could have with this topic!  When and why did traffic lights come into use?  Who invented the shopping cart, air conditioner, plumbing?  When did drive-through restaurants come into being?

If you've got baseball or history fans in your circles, The William Hoy Story would be a welcome addition to their book collections.

It's Monday!  What books are you sharing with others this week?

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