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Book Club List          May 2016                   S. Wright

Title                                                    Author                                   Genre
1.Girl Runner                                      Carrie Snyder                          Historical fiction
2.Ghost Boy                                        Martin Pistorius                     Biography
3.Orphan Train                                   Christina Baker Kline              Historical fiction
*4.100 Foot Journey                           Richard C Morais                  India/France realistic
5.The Bookman’s Tale                         Charlie Lovett                        Realistic/Hist fiction
6.The Thread                                       Victoria Hislop                          Greece--Historical Fiction
7.The Art of Racing in the Rain        Garth Stein                             Realistic fiction
8.Boston Girl                                       Anita Diament                         Historial Fiction
9. Inside the O’Briens                         Lisa Genova                             Realistic Fiction
10.The Nightingale                             Kristin Hannah                        WWII Historical Fic
11.Stella Bain                                      Anita Shreve                            WWII Historical Fic
12.The Lost Wife                                Alyson Richman                      WWII Historical Fic
13.Little Bee                                        Chris Cleave                            Realistic Fiction
14.The Golden Son                              Shilpi Somaya Gowda             Realistic Fic (India/US)
15.At the Water’s Edge                       Sara Gruen                              WWII Historical Fic
*16.A Dog’s Purpose                           W. Bruce Cameron                 Fantasy
*17.Room                                            Emma Donoghue                    Realistic Fiction
18.The Lake House                              Kate Morton                            Realistic/Hist Fiction
19.The Cuckoo’s Calling/Silkworm/Career of Evil-  Robert Galbraith           Mysteries  (BBC TV)
*20.Me Before You                             Jojo Moyes                              Realistic Fiction/Romance
21.All the Light We Cannot See          Anthony Doerr                     WWII Historical Fic
22.Girl on the Train                            Paula Hawkins                         Mystery

Other stuff
Fish In A Tree                                      Lynda Mullaly Hunt                 Children  (gr 6)
Fangirl                                                  Rainbow Rowell                      Young Adult
I’ll Give You  the Sun                           Jandy Nelson                          Young Adult
The Bookshop Book                             Jen Campbell                          Non-fiction
Winnipeg Cooks                                  Robin Summerfield                 Non-fiction

What’s Next!?
The Illegal                                            Lawrence Hill                          Realistic Fiction
His Whole Life                                     Elizabeth Hay                          Realistic Fiction
Vanessa & Her Sister                           Priya Parmar                           Historical Fiction
     *has been made into a movie

Thanks to Synthia Wright and the Brandon Reading Council for sharing!

Synthia shared her Book Club List with us and you will find some great recommendations.

The books in bold and italics are her personal favourites.

Don't Miss the AGM on May 30th

Pembina Escarpment Reading Council

AGM

Rock’s Restaurant-Morden

Monday May 30, 2016

4:45 p.m.

Agenda 

1. Call to Order

2. Attendance-sign in sheet

3. Approval of Agenda

4. Approval of AGM Minutes, May 2015

5. Celebrate Literacy, Celebrate Life—members please bring celebration for sharing

6. Business

Reports; President, Vice President, Treasurer, Membership

·         Election/Appointment of Executive: Vice-President

·         Declaration of Slate of Officers: President, Past President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Director, Members At Large

7. Adjournment

Please confirm your attendance by emailing dkeith@westernsd.mb.ca

Informational, Poetry and Graphica from Sally Bender

It’s All About the Books!

PERC

May 5, 2016

Informational, Poetry and Graphica Books

Sally Bender

benders@wcgwave.ca

http://salsfictionaddiction.blogspot.com

Informational Books

Bean, Jonathan                                This is My Home, This is My School

Bond, Rebecca                                  Out of the Woods

Cousteau, Philippe                          Follow the Moon Home

Coy, John                                          Their Great Gift

Davies, Nicola                                   I Don’t Like Snakes

Desmond, Jenna                              The Blue Whale

Hopkinson, Deborah                      Beatrix Potter & the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

       

Jenkins, Martin                               Fabulous Frogs

Jenkins, Steve                                  How to Swallow a Pig

Keating, Jess                                     Pink is for Blobfish

Kulling, Monica                               Clean Sweep: Frank Zamboni’s Ice Machine

London, Jonathan                           Otters Love to Play

Mattick, Lindsay                              Finding Winnie

McCloskey, Kevin                            The Real Poop on Pigeons

Nassar, Daniel                                  Animal Architects

Paul, Miranda                                  Water Is Water

Roy, Katherine                                 Neighborhood Sharks

Schaefer, Lola                                   Lifetimes

Smith, Lane                                      There is s TRIBE of Kids

Snyder, Laurel                                 Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

Valerio, Geraldo                              The Book of Birds

Wilcox, Merrie-Ellen                      What’s the Buzz?

Poetry

Fogliano, Julie                                 When Green Becomes Tomatoes

Frost, Helen                                     Among a Thousand Fireflies

Orgill, Roxane                                  Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph

Raczka, Bob                                      Wet Cement

Reid, Barbara                                   Sing a Song of Bedtime

Shovan, Laura                                  The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

Singer, Marilyn                                Echo Echo

     

Graphica

Brown, Don                                      Drowned City

Chikwanine, Michel                        Child Soldier

Davis, Eleanor                                  Flop to the Top!

Duffy, Chris                                      Fable Comics/Fairy Tale Comics

Hatke, Ben                                        Little Robot/Zita the Spacegirl

Hicks, Faith Erin                             The Nameless City

Holm, Jennifer                                Comics Squad: Lunch/Recess

Jamieson, Victoria                          Roller Girl

Liniers                                               Written and Drawn by Henrietta

McCoola, Marika                             Baba Yaga’s Assistant

Pearson, Luke                                  Hilda and the Troll

Telgemeier, Raina                           Smile/Drama/Ghosts *

Spiegelman, Nadia                           Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure


    

Sally Bender's Illustrated Book List

It’s All About the Books!

PERC

May 5, 2016

Illustrated Books for Your Classroom

Sally Bender

benders@wcgwave.ca

http://salsfictionaddiction.blogspot.com

Agee,  Jon                                          It’s Only Stanley

Alexander, Kwame                          Surf’s Up

Alexie, Sherman                              Thunder Boy Jr.

Archer, Micha                                  Daniel Finds a Poem

Bateman, Teresa                              Job Wanted

Bagley, Jessixa                                 Boats for Papa

Brown, Margaret Wise                   The Dead Bird

Chang, Victoria                                Is Mommy?

Cronin, Doreen                                Bloom

Daniel, Danielle                               Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox

de la Peña, Matt                               Last Stop on Market Street

DeWalt, Drew                                   The Day The Crayons Came Home

Dyckman, Ame                                Horrible Bear!

Fergus, Maureen                             Buddy and Earl

Gerstein, Mordicai                          The Night World

John,  Jory                                        I Love You Already

Hall, Michael                                    Red

Henkes, Kevin                                  Waiting/When Spring Comes

Heyder, Thyra                                     The Bear Report

Higgins, Ryan T                               Mother Goose Bruce

Kennedy, Anne                                Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook

Lawson, JoArno                               Sidewalk Flowers

Litchfield, David                              The Bear and the Piano







Mantchev, Lisa                                 Strictly No Elephants

McGhee, Alison                               Tell Me a Tattoo Story

O’Brien, Anne                                  I’m New Here

Paschkis, Julie                                 P. Zonka Lays An Egg

Petty, Dev                                          I Don’t Want to Be a Frog

Reynolds, Aaron                              Nerdy Bird

Ringtved, Glenn                               Cry Heart, But Never Break

Robinson, Michelle                          A Beginner’s Guide to BEAR SPOTTING

Ruzzier, Sergio                                 This is not a picture book!

Sarcone-Roach, Julia                      The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

Shea, Bob                                          Ballet Cat: The Totally Totally Secret

Shea, Bob                                          Ballet Cat: Dance! Dance! Underpants!

Smiley, Jane                                     Twenty Yawns

Stead, Philip C                                  Lenny & Lucy          

Tallec, Olivier                                   Louis I, King of the Sheep

Tallec, Olivier                                   Who Done It?

Taylor, Sean                                      Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise

Tullet, Hervé                                                Let’s Play

Twohy, Mike                                     OOPS POUNCE QUICK RUN!

Willems, Mo                                     I Really Like Slop

Zagarenski, Pamela                         The Whisper

 


   

All About the Books Networking Notes

“I Love to Read Month” Discussion

Plum Coulee

·         Theme: Books are great entertainment.

·         Presented “Oscars” for those classes that met their reading goals

Roland

·         Theme: Superheroes

·         Capes, masks, utility belt

·         Family Literacy Night

o   Made masks and read together

o   Reading train

§  Read a page together, move on to a new student, read another section, etc.

Prairie Dale

·         Theme: Star Wars/”Book Wars”

o   Used the Star Wars font

o   Principal dressed up as Darth Vadar

o   Students were Jedis—reading war—the Empire vs. Rebels

Carman

·         Book exchange

·         Set reading goals

·         Gr 6-used logs

·         Guest readers

·         Cross-grade reading

Photo credit Emily Distefano/Valley Leader

Ideas for Performers

·         Mr. Ken

·         Munsch Theater and the Prairie Theater Exchange (or MYTP?)

·         Ag in the Classroom—local producer comes and reads a book and then does an ag-based activity with the kids (make butter, etc.)

·         Winkler Flyers (Ernie Sutherland of Carman is the contact)

·         Senior citizens

·         Retired teachers

·         RCMP

·         Radio personalities

·         Big Daddy Tazz

·         MLA/MP

·         Reading bilingual matching books together

·         Justin Currie

·         Local radio personalities

·         Sally Bender

·         The Reading Rockstar – Barb Lepp

MRA Theme Ideas for I Love to Read month

·         How-To books

·         Superheroes/empowerment

·         Simplistic themes

·         Have two themes in a K-12 school

·         Food—showcases diversity

·         Literacy/Numeracy connection (100 Day is in February)

Networking Notes

Librarians

·         Looked at their individual routines

·         Activities—Maker Spaces—3D printer—gets kids in the library (lure them in), then get them reading

·         Lego robotics

·         Red River librarians have First Class—online posting of questions

EY

·         Read alouds—listed them

·         Many of the same authors as Sally

MY/SY

·         Favourite novels of the older kids

·         Silent reading time—when to do it

·         Novel study structures—whole class vs. literature circles

·         Listening centers and book corners—pull a name from the hat, gets to choose what to do with a buddy