Books for Kids

I am a big fan of children's literature. I've been working as a teacher since 2000. I have taught 4th graders for 2 years, and grades K-8 as a substitute teacher. This summer I will be working as a Summer Reading Assistant for the Columbus Metropolitan Library. I will be reading lots of new books this summer for my job and this will be primarily used by me to keep track of what I read, what I like, and what I don't like. I will also be listing some ideas about how I might incorporate this into future lesson plans.

Feel free to use this as a source for finding good books for kids. I am not going to concentrate on any particular grade level. There will be picture books read for the younger (and the older) kids. Lots of chapter books will be read also aimed at beginning readers to young adult.

These are some books that I currently list among my favorites:

The Tale of Despereaux (being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread) by Kate DiCamillo.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

The Old Man and the Flea by Mary Elizabeth Hanson ; illustrated by David Webber Merrell