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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Old School Titles

I have been reading "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," by Barbara Robinson, to my class. They love the story of the cigar-smoking, fire-setting Herdmans as much as I do. Earlier in the school year we enjoyed "Knee-Knock Rise," by Natalie Babbitt. Both books were published in the 1970's, when I was eh-hem, young.
This got us going on a discussion about the great children's literature from the 1960's and 1970's. There are so many titles worth reading from way back when there was one lunch choice in the cafeteria and we were immunized in school. Hey, I've got nothing against the Percy Jackson series, or the House of Power, but lots of my kids swallow books whole, and they're always looking for something new to devour (go, kids!).
Some of the books that turned me into a life-long book lover include: "The Cricket in Times Square" (1963), "Where the Red Fern Grows" (1961), "Harriet the Spy" (1964), "Bridge to Terabithia" (1977), "The Great Brain" series, and anything by Judy Blume. If you're out of reading material, and all of the copies of "Catching Fire" are already checked out of the library, try an old-school title. I bet you'll be glad you did.
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6 comments:

  1. jithinDecember 8, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    "The Best Christmas Pageant ever" is a really hilarious book.

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  2. Laney TDecember 10, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE "the best Christmas Pageant ever" it is high-larious!

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  3. ClaireDecember 10, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    I love this book! It's so funny!! Mostly because of the Herdmans!!!

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  4. Sofia SDecember 10, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Is such a good book It's FANTASTIC!!!

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  5. JuliacD.December 10, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    Mrs.Graves guess what book I'm reading?????



    I'm reading The Name Of The Book Is Secret.

    Get it this is the book title,and also a joke ( hint,hint)

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  6. Rafay ADecember 14, 2009 at 7:07 PM

    Hey Jithin,are you reading the Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows????

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Mrs. Graves' Favorite Books

  • A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park
  • Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer
  • Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Bunnicula, by James Howe
  • Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
  • Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
  • Harry Potter 1-7, by J.K.Rowling
  • Holes, by Lois Sachar
  • Knee-Knock Rise, by Natalie Babbitt
  • Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
  • Peak, by Roland Smith
  • Slob, by Ellen Potter
  • Standing in the Light, Dear America series
  • The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  • The Great Brain series, by John D. Fitzgerald
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
  • The Winter of Red Snow, Dear America Series
  • Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
  • Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls