For the past nine years, I have written every day during the month of March for Two Writing Teachers' annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. There are always fabulous prize drawings during the Challenge, and this year I won a pack of books from Candlewick Press!
I read three of them this weekend:
See the Cat by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoulka, is a must-read for fans of The Book with No Pictures and The Monster at the End of This Book, as all three stories break the third and/or fourth walls, interacting within the book and with the reader. In See the Cat, the main character is a dog--who is immediately annoyed by thinking the book is referring to him as a cat. I don't want to spoil the surprise; each of the three stories has a funny twist!
Smell My Foot, a "Chick and Brain" book by graphic novelist Cece Bell, is a hilarious take on Dick and Jane storytelling with a "who's on first, what's on second" theme of comedic repetition. It's a fun beginning reader introduction to graphic novel-style writing.
The prize I will be adding to my collection of books about the library is James Howe's Houndsley and Catina at the Library, illustrated by Marie Louise Gay. This beginning chapter book has a continuing storyline through all three chapters. Large print and widely-spaced lines help early learners read not-always-simple text. The library in the story offers a variety of services beyond books--a very current and accurate representation.
It's Monday, and I got to read some prize books this weekend. What books did you add to your to-read pile lately?
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