pickA story about dealing with frustration when plans don't go as planned. Even more reassuring in life during covid-shut downs. ("...storytime was cancelled.") The repeatition in the text and illustrations helps both vocab building and depicting time passing. The endpages are a child's calendar which could tie into early math studies. #dw2020reads #campreadalot2020
so-soFeels like this is written for adult fans of Margaret Wise Brown. It's a fanciful biography not meant to give a linear account of MWB's life. A strange story, by its own admission. This next bit is oddly specific but... (continued in next comment) #dw2020reads #campreadalot2020
pickSo lovely! A modern, magical story without the old-fashioned fairy tale tropes. (Spoilers in my next comment.) Illustrations are easy to see and the use of the black background is so clever! The text allows for lots of open ended questions, like 'What will happen next?' or 'Why did Little Star made that choice?' #dw2020reads #campreadalot2020
panA NF chapter book adapted from its adult version. I don't know where to start, so my observations at random: Narrative is all over the place. So many tangents. Doesn't focus on Ona until ch 17. Title is a minomer. Would've been better as historial fiction. Too many "could, may, might have" verbs in what's suppose to be a nonfiction book.
Good if you want the the broad context of slavery b/w the American Revolution & Civil War. #dw2020reads
pickA thin biograhpy but jam-packed with rich vocabulary, illustrations, and STEAM concepts. For teachers & homeschoolers & sciencey parents, this book is an appealing way to introduce physics, engineering, and mechanics (and more that I can't think of at the moment). #dw2020reads #campreadalot2020
For my further, unspell-checked thoughts (spoilers): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bp6fsqrRPykn166vXRAf3hdm4fPO_dy4xnSW3PmX620/...
