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I agree. I love books, especially children’s books. I
declare February Book Love Month. And to show your love of books, I challenge
you to write book reviews for your favorites, especially newly published books
that don’t have a lot of reviews yet. More on that later in this post.
I fell in love with reading as a child
because my mom read books to me, we went to the library, participated in summer
reading challenges and school reading challenges. Some of my favorites that I
still remember are:
Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth
by Lucy Bates
Owl at Home by
Arnold Lobel **I even had the record to listen to the story! (Yes, that’s how
old I am.)
Henry Huggins & Ramona Quimby
by Beverly Clearly
Superfudge
by Judy Blume
I fell in love with reading as a parent because
there’s a bonding between child and parent that happens when you snuggle up
with a book. I think my husband and I have the following books still memorized
from all those re-readings.
My daughter’s favorite: Sandra Boyton’s Moo Baa La,
La, La
My son’s favorite: Freight Train by Donald
Crews
I fell in love with reading as a teacher because
like parent and child, there’s a bonding between class and teacher. Some of my
favorites over the years:
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by
Louis Sachar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by
Ryan Higgins
I fell in love with reading as an author because
I can study the writing craft and appreciate a good story. Here
are just some. I love too many.
Louder than Hunger
by John Schu
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
Red, White, and Whole
by Rajani LaRocca
Lizzy and the Cloud by
the Fan Brothers
Owl Moon by
Jane Yolen
There are many little way to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. --Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Readers, you can show some book love and author love
this month, especially, by writing book reviews for your favorites. Sharing to
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Good Reads and even on your social media helps a
book and an author! You never know, who will see your review, especially on
social media!
Here's a book review I just shared about a new picture book titled Soy Sauce, by Laura G. Lee.
Soy Sauce by Laura G. Lee is a delightful, delicious story that shares the history of soy sauce as well as the variations among countries like Japan, Korea, and China in a fun, rhyming text. I love how the story shows the hard work that is put into making soy sauce as well as the fermentation process called koji. Charming pictures of Asian kids are accompanied by real soy sauce illustrations! Back matter includes more history about soy sauce and a visual dictionary. This is a fun book to introduce kids to a staple Asian ingredient.
So I challenge you to write 4 book reviews, at least 1
review for each week in February. If you do, come back to this post by 2/28
evening, and let us know you shared 4 book reviews, and we’ll put your name in
a drawing. One person will win author Christy Mihaly’s 3-book pack featuring Our
Congress, The Supreme Court and Us, & Free For You and Me.
Another person will win Tina Cho’s middle grade graphic novel, The Other
Side of Tomorrow. And the third person will win former librarian and author,
Kathy Halsey’s 30 min AMA (Ask Me Anything) about School Visits!
