Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don't) (ePib) (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Read all my reviews at wadingthroughbooks.wordpress.com!Sometimes it’s hard for book lovers to remember that not everyone shares their passion. I’ve loved to read ever since I learned how, and I was reading adult novels by grade 3 at the latest–I think I skipped fairly quickly from easy reader books to novels. The reason was pretty simple–grade 3 I got into Star Trek, thanks to my teacher Mr. Coverdale, and back then there were no kids or YA Star Trek books, but there were a lot of adult Star Trek books. If I wanted to know the stories, I had to be able to read the books. That my Star Trek books were more interesting than my math textbook is another story…This book promotes a story that librarians like to tell, that there is a book for everyone out there and our job is to match the right book to the right person. In this case, the little girl loves warts and snorting, so she loves Shrek by William Steig. I have to agree, Shrek is great, both the book and the movies. All of the kids like different books, and it’s okay not to like all of them, or to like the books that your friends like–it’s okay to like whatever you like.The little girl in the book is in grade 1, which is a good reading level for this book–the paragraphs are very short, and some of the vocabulary is better for a middle reader, but it mentions several books for a lower reading level that the child reader of this book might have read and be able to recognize. Audience: PrimaryGenre: Realistic FictionPre-Reading Strategy:I would use a word wall for this book. There are five vocabulary words in the book that I would want students to understand the meaning of before I read it to the class as a whole. This would be part of their vocabulary.I would write the words on an index card and ask students if they know the meaning of the word first and then ask what part of speech the word is. Then I would write the meaning of the word on the card and post it on the wall next to Noun, Verb, Adjective, etc.The words I have incorporated from the book are: Appalling (adj), stubborn (adj), ogre (noun), revolt (v) and vex (v). These words will provide support for children during reading and writing activities.
What do You think about Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don't) (ePib) (2010)?
I loved the pictures! Everything in the book looked/was so bright and colorful and fun.
—harleysjen
Awesome! Love that the book she loved was Shrek! Love this book!
—dragun
Really cute book. Loved the story and the illustrations.
—zahra
I have read this one to kids at school. I loved it.
—doofus
