I’ve become quite addicted to the larger font sizes on ebooks and find it is driving many of my reading choices these days. My July project for the Award-Winning Books Challenge was to read all the Newbery winners I hadn’t read that are available through Overdrive. A doable goal since it was only four titles. […]
Six Month Update on Reading Challenges
on July 1, 2012
I am participating in four reading challenges this year as well as a reader for the Iowa Children’s Choice Award. I’m pleased with my progress so far for all but one of the challenges. Goodreads challenge: 200 books. I’ve read 100. Right on track. This is really good because I don’t track any of my […]
Nonfiction Monday: Bird Books
on June 3, 2012
For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Peggy Thomas and illustrated by Laura Jacques covers Peterson’s life from early childhood. From a young age he was a keen observer of nature as well as a talented artist. Inspired by Yan of Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton, Peterson taught himself bird identification […]
Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge: May Update
on May 29, 2012
I finally caught up on some nonfiction picture book reading at the end of the month. As usual, history and biography dominated my efforts for the Non-Fiction Picture Book Challenge. Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased by Amy Novesky and illustrated by Yuyi Morales is a feast for the eyes. This […]
Fantasy Reading Challenge: False Prince
on May 14, 2012
After a ton of awesome adult reading for my China trip, I was having a hard time getting back into kidlit land. Then along came The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen and I’m back in the groove! What a fabulous engaging story! Conner, a nobleman of Carthya, kidnaps four teen boys and plans to choose […]