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I‘m sad! I want my pictures to come back!

Wednesday night I had a free ballet class as one of my ballet teachers is opening her own studio. I walked there on account of the Little Free Library I knew was on the way. Score! This photo is from my bath as I perused my finds afterwards. It was a bloody hot night and I dripped sweat onto the sprung floor before I even left the barre.

Check out Meredith‘s book review of BJ Novak‘s children‘s book on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Monday. https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-the-book-with-no-pictures

This has always been on my TBR list, just didnt have a copy. I accidentally came across it on #libby and could not resist. I may even have to read it in class next week.
#litsyatoz @BookishMarginalia

Found this and couldn‘t resist! 😍

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak is a humorous RF book that has NO pictures. This book forces the reader to make silly sounds. I would use this book in my classroom as a RA because it would most definitely entertain your students.
ESOL strategy 14 simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant
Vary pace in reading this text. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This book made me smile while I was reading it. How often do you get to shout out “boo boo butt”!? 😂 This is a book that understands the power of oral storytelling and forces you to read aloud. We gotta engage with our kids and pass on a love of words and stories.

Highly entertained to see The Book with no Pictures right under the sign for “Picture Books”!

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak is a humorous RF book with NO pictures. This book forces the reader to make crazy sounds! Do not read if you do not want to make crazy sounds. I would use this book in my classroom as a RA because that is absolutely the only way to read this amazing text.

RF/ RA
This book may not contain much "literary value" in the standard sence but it can be a fun read aloud, good example to model pitch, tone & pacing.
I like this book b/c it introduces kids to the idea that books without pictures can still be fun! Gasp!
A reading by the author himself: https://youtu.be/cREyQJO9EPs
UDL 2.5
ELL video reading or translation
#ucfsu19

We took a break from chapter books tonight to return to an old favorite. As usual we could barely get through it because we were laughing so hard.

More bookish Easter goodies...All the Boys for my preteen, Dogman for my 6 yo, and No Pictures for my one and only nephew.

The Book With No Pictures (NF, NYT Bestseller, Buzzfeed & Amazon Best Picture Book) by B.J. Novak — yes, Ryan from The Office — is a sort of anti-picture book that intentionally looks boring on the outside but is HILARIOUS as a RA because it is intended for an adult to make a fool of themselves in front of a child. #LAE3414sp19

A friend showed me this Yelp review of a bookstore and I got such a kick out of it that I had to share it with Litsy. Indeed, who reads books?? 🤣

“THAT SOUNDS BOOOOORING”
*reads book*
“READ IT AGAIN!”

Solid favorite for 4+ aged readers! My students loved it when I read it, and now my daughter can‘t get enough of it (and neither can I, it‘s hilarious!)

A little book haul for myself, and a little for the mini me 🤗♥️

My daughter came up the brilliant idea to have books and brunch yesterday ❤️

Finally at Powell‘s! My daughter reading to my nephew❤️❤️❤️

Picked out a few favorites to read with my 3rd grader‘s classroom on Friday as part of Children‘s Book Week! Any other suggestions?

This is fiction and is a New York Times Best Seller. It can be used in class as a RA, SR, DR, CR or PR. #UCFLAE3414SP18
This is a very unique book and had never seen anything like it. It is exactly what it sounds like! This book encourages the reader to get silly with their audience and there‘s nothing students love more than hearing their teacher make all kinds of silly noises! Every classroom should have a copy of this book!

One of baby's first books, with love from the wonderful @inwhichHeikereadsharder

When your friend has a baby and you buy that baby a regular picture book along with board books, you know the picture book is a good one. Such a fun read-aloud for all ages! #storytimefavorite #picturebook

The book with no pictures is a F RA book and New York Times Bestseller, written by B.J. Novak. This explains how a book with no pictures can be no fun at all, until you read on. It continues with silly comments like “boo boo butt” that the reader HAS to say because thats the rule of a book! I would use UDL guideline 7.1 because this book can be a fun way for students to get creative. I would use ESOL strategy 16 to integrate their creativity.

We read a lot of children's books at my house, but this one is the funniest we've seen in a while.

On of my personal favorite actors wrote this RF
book. It's a fun and engaging book that makes you the reader say and react different ways to the person you are reading it to. Very hilarious book! Here is a video of Author/Actor BJ Novak reading to a elementary school class
https://youtu.be/cREyQJO9EPs
#UCFLAE3414su17

So, GASP!!! I am without a book! Instead I'm getting a pedicure & spending time catching up on Litsy. 😁

Reading runs in the family !
My niece gets so excited when we read to her #bookworm

We read this today and (obviously) my Kinders loved it. They even decided to write their own! #teachersoflitsy

She recieved this as a birthday gift a couple of years ago. She loves reading it to me and little brother before bed 😍 I just love hearing her read.

When I worked in a Kindergarten class I read this book to the kids at least once a week. Each time it was like they were hearing it for the first time; absolutely loved it! Such a funny and whimsical book!

So, this is 50! With the hundreds of pages in reading for graduate school plus endless children's books, I thought my favorite could count as my 50th book this year. This is such a fun, silly book. My kids' favorite line was "boo boo butt".

For some reason I couldn't login to Litsy yesterday 😞 I almost lost it 😖 if you follow me on Instagram this was the post from yesterday ⤵️
I've been MIA this past weekend since it was my daughters birthday. But I'm back!! She got some books for her birthday and I used my cool stamp that I got for my birthday last month. I instantly fell in love 😍
#books #book #stamp #mylibrary

I love children's books! This amazing book with a #TextOnlyCover continues the theme, as the title suggests, beginning to end. This fantastic book absolutely delighted me!

#Booktober

#textonlycover. #booktober. A Great Read Aloud. BLORK.

I love reading this one to my Kinders! Such a fun book! And a #textonlycovers as well as text only pages 😀 #booktober

A little before school reading session for my son. This books makes kids 😂

So, my cousin just had a baby, and what does every baby need? Dumb question, books!!

Went to a baby shower today where the "card" with your gift was to be a book. Feels good getting a young person's library off to a good start!

A little late for #day20 of the #augustphotochallenge so several of my #funnybooks have already been posted. Good choices, everyone! This is my students' favorite book, particularly my younger (5-7) students (would work for even younger kids, too). In a read-aloud, the reader has to read every word on the page out loud. Hilarity ensues. I have read this book to my K-2 classes soooo many times and they howl with laughter each and every time.

This book is always a delight for me to read. When I let others read it outloud it's the worst bc I want the laughs! This book is my test to my 8th graders to see if when I read it they still laugh, when they give me blank stares they are going to hell, and I cry. Just kidding but I totally tell them they suck if they don't laugh!

My favorite #minimalistbookcover for #augustphotochallenge

My kids love this book. They think it's the height of silliness and they have memorized every word. It does get a little annoying to read (or perhaps perform is more apt) after the fiftieth time but it's worth it for the peals of laughter that follow "Ba-dooongy-face" and admitting that your "only friend in the whole wide world is a hippo named Boo Boo Butt." #augustofpages #minimalistbookcover @TheSpinecrackersBookClub

My kids loved it so much that the week it came out I bought copies for all my nieces and nephews...read alouds & hilarity ensued. Definitely qualifies for today's #augustphotochallenge - the #minimalisticcovers