New Book News
November/December 2007
Excerpt
Featured Book
Rabbit's Gift told by George Shannon. Illustrated by Laura Dronzek.
Harcourt, 2007 (gr. K-3)
Rabbit has extra food that he is willing to share with others.
Idea
"Regifting" has become more popular as well as more acceptable. "Regifts" can be special if the gift given to someone else is something that the giver really likes, but cannot use. Readers can identify something they have that they think someone else would like. They can indicate who will receive the gift, why that person is an appropriate recipient, and how the giver hopes the recipient will use the gift.
Idea
When someone has too much of something, it can be a good idea to give some of it away. Readers can identify something they have too much of and who might need what they have have in excess. They can develop a plan to share what they have in excess.
Ideas for the following books also appeared in the November/December 2007:
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- Beauty and the Beaks
- by Mary Jane and Herm Auch.
- Holiday, 2007 (gr. 1-4)
- Cowboy and Octopus
- by Jon Scieszka.
- Viking, 2007 (gr. 1-4)
- Dadblamed Union Army Cow
- by Susan Fletcher
- Candlewick, 2007 (gr. 2-5)
- Elijah of Buxton
- by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Scholastic, 2007 (gr. 5-8)
- Grandfather's Wrinkles
- by Kathryn England
- Flashlight Press, 2007 (gr. K-3)
- Grandpa Jack's Tattoo Tales
- by Mark Foreman
- Farrar, 2007 (gr. K-3)
- Jazz on a Saturday Night
- by Leo and Diane Dillon
- Blue Sky Press, 2007 (gr. 1-6)
- The Many Rides of Paul Revere
- by James Cross Giblin
- Scholastic, 2007 (gr. 3-8)
- N Is for Navidad
- by Susan Middleton Elya and Merry Banks
- Scholastic, 2007 (gr. K-4)
- Piper Reed, Navy Brat
- by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Holt, 2007 (gr. 3-6)
- Run, Turkey, Run
- by Diane Mayr
- Walker, 2007 (gr. K-3)
- Shanté Keys and the New Year's Peas
- by Gail Piernas-Davenport
- Whitman, 2007 (gr. K-3)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- by Phlemon Sturges
- Little, 2007 (gr. K-3)
- The Wall
- by Peter Sis
- Farrar, 2007 (gr. 5+)
- Where, Oh Where, Is Santa Claus?
- by Lisa Wheeler
- Harcourt, 2007 (gr. K-3)
- Yo, Jo!
- by Rachel Isadora.
- Harcourt, 2007 (gr. K-3)
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