Book Activities
Publisher HarperCollins provides an A-Z list of some popular picture book titles that includes activity ideas teachers and librarians may like to use. So far, my favorite is a sheet of A-Z items to make a stinky alphabet soup, to go with the book
I Stink by Kate and Jim McMullen. And I have just started to explore. The list can be found here:
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Teachers/BookActivities.aspx
Hope you find some terrific ideas!
I just finished reading a review copy of
Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon. This is the second book about Danny Dragonbreath, an actual dragon, his best friend Wendell, an iguana, and their new friend Suki (well, Wendell’s friend anyway). Suki brings in a possible girlfriend aspect to the story as Wendell likes her quite a bit. Danny currently is fascinated by the martial arts and when they discover that ninja frogs are following and trying to capture Suki, it’s like a dream come true for Danny. Real ninjas! Told mostly in text with numerous black, white, and green illustrations, the story is occasionally told with a page or two of graphic novel format and then back to text. It’s great fun. Danny is almost fearless and Wendell is overly cautious so they balance each other nicely.
The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.
