Award Winning Books

I'm wondering what students think about award winning books. Have you heard about the Newbery and the Caldecott awards that books receive? These awards are given for the best writing (Newbery) and the best illustrations (Caldecott). Have you read some of the books with those awards on it. Are there books you would recommend to win those awards that haven't received them?

There are many other kinds of awards that books receive too, so anytime you see some kind of award on the book you are reading it would be great to check it out and see what you can find out about that award.


http://www.independenthomeschooling.com/pdf/newbery-medal-winners.pdf (this is a pdf on a site that has a list of all the Newbery Award winners)

http://www.hartdistrict.org/lamesa/library/Caldecott.pdf (this is a pdf on a site that has a list of all the Caldecott Award winners)

What books have you read that won awards? Let me know!

Which do you prefer?

I'm curious what you prefer when it comes to reading:

Reading on your own

Reading with someone at home

Reading with a friend

Reading with a small group

Reading with your teacher

Having your teacher read aloud to you

Having someone at home read to you

Let me know why you chose this

Who wrote that?

I was wondering if students had a favorite author that they would like to blog about. When I was young, and even now I love learning about new authors. I'm currently reading a lot of books by the same author, and I was wondering if that is something that students at NE do.

So.... let me know all the incredible authors out there that I should be sure to know about!

Do you read any series of books?

I'm curious if you read a series of books?  If so, which one?  When I was in 3rd-6th grade I read 2 book series nonstop!  Since then I've read a few more series.  I thought it would be great to hear what series my students are reading now!

What kinds of books do you like to read?

Have you ever heard of the word   GENRE?   

Genre means what kind of book it is.  For example:  

Fantasy (A story that is impossible such as talking animals, etc.)

Mystery (A suspenseful story that has something to be solved and you don't find out what happened until the end).

Realistic Fiction (A story that isn't true, but is real enough sounding that it could happen)

Poetry (Verse written, can be rhyming or have a rhythm)

Scary (A book that gives you a fright!)

Humorous (Comic books, or funny books)

Science Fiction  (A type of fantasy that uses science or technology)

Historical Fiction (A story that isn't true, but based on something in history)

Traditional Literature (Stories passed down from person to person, for example: Fables &Fairytales)

Informational (Something you get facts from)

Biography (A story about someone's life)

Autobiography (A story about someone's life told by that person)

Please post what genres that you like reading most!

How do you decide if you are going to read a book?

Let me know (and share with friends too!):

What do you do before choosing a book?  How do you decide to start reading it?

Please reply with as many ways so you can help your friends with this!

Crazy and Clever Characters

Students:

Please add comments after this post!


I'm interested in finding out about some of the characters in the books that you are reading. How about you respond with a comment by sharing the name of the book and the crazy, clever, (and many more wonderful adjectives) characters that are in the books that you are reading! This will give the other students more ideas of which books to read.