Chester

Chester

Genre: Picture Book

Suggested age:  4-8 years

Author: Melanie Watt & Chester the cat

ISBN: 9781554534609

Publisher:  Kids Can Press 2009

British Columbia Achievement Foundation Award for EarlyLiteracy 2009 Winner

Characters in books often come alive for readers, in this case, Chester the cat comes to life to battle author Melanie Watt for control of her book!  Throughout this book Melanie Watt attempts to tell a lovely story about a mouse living in the country.  Chester the cat has other plans.  Page after page gets high-jacked by Chester and lead to a hilariously funny narrative between Chester and Melanie.

This book is ideal for read alouds and provides many in-text clues so that children can tell who has current control of the writing.  I personally love Chester’s naughty disposition and would be willing to co-author a book with him any day!

Dewey, the true story of a world famous library cat

Dewey, the true story of a world famous library cat

Genre: Non-fiction

Suggested age: 8-12 but versions are available for younger and older audiences as well.

Author: Vicky Myron and Brett Witter

ISBN: 9781849835930

Publisher:  Simon and Schuster 2010

Iowa librarian, Vicki Myron did not know what treasure was waiting to be found one bitterly cold morning in the library’s book return bin.  A tiny kitten, half frozen and suffering from frostbite had been abandoned.  Dewey Readmore Books cuddled, pounced, and nudged his way into the hearts of not just the local library staff but of the entire town and made worldwide news.

I always have mixed feelings when reading animal biographies.  This was a heart-warming, well-told story, but, as most animal biographies, has a bitter-sweet ending.  

www.deweyreadmorebooks.com

Beginning a New Chapter!

Hello again!
It's been a while since you've heard from the likes of me!  Busy, busy times has left me little time for blogging, until now. Since my last post, I have taken a Leave of Absence from my district, moved 1000km's north and am officially unemployed.  Unemployed does not equal bored or lazy though!  Currently I am taking two courses through the TLDL program from the University of Alberta and staying at home to raise my daughter and support my husband in his new career (which precipitated the move!).  I'll be using this blog this term to log and review my exploration of children's and young adult media.  I hope you enjoy!

Mission: Collaboration

A short video piece that I did for my EDEL project. It was my attempt at spoofing the Common Craft In Plain English series. If you haven't seen any of their how to videos, I suggest checking them out!

J.K. Rowling has an announcement for you! Sadly it doesn't mean anything new for school library Harry Potter Collections, but for you avid fans at home........ENJOY!




Click HERE for a sneak peak at Pottermore!