Library Loot: March 17-23, 2010

Library Loot is a weekly meme hosted by Eva at A Striped Armchair and Marg at ReadingAdvenures. It encourages bloggers to share what they've scored at the library that week.

This week's loot is collected at Eva's blog.

Middle grade, YA & Adult

Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carringer (currently reading)

Heist Society by Ally Carter

The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer

Paris Pan Takes the Dare by Cynthea Liu

Kitchen Princess (Vol. 1-10) by Natsumi Ando

Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma

After next week's spring break, I'll be back in the school librarian's chair, teaching K-5 students, so I thought to do some author studies with the little ones, to ease myself back in the role and just because they're always fun for everyone. I haven't decided on all the books or even the authors yet, but this is what I'll be perusing during my break.

Kindergarten - Kevin Henkes

  My Garden

Chrysanthemum

Chester's Way

Kitten's First Full Moon

Julius: The Baby of the World

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

First Grade - David Shannon

 Good Boy, Fergus!

Alice the Fairy

The Rain Came Down

Duck on a Bike

Too Many Toys

David Goes to School

Second Grade - Tomie dePaola

Tom

Big Anthony: His Story

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons

Strega Nona: Her Story

The Unicorn and the Moon

Here We All Are

26 Fairmount Avenue

The Art Lesson 

The only one that I'm absolutely sold on is Strega Nona (because it's one of my favorites) and maybe some more of her stories if the kiddies enjoy it. Personally, I'm not a fan of David Shannon, but I think the little ones do like him quite a bit.

Any personal favorite read-alouds from these authors?

Library Loot - March 3-9, 2010

Library Loot is a weekly meme hosted by Eva at A Striped Armchair and Marg at ReadingAdvenures. It encourages bloggers to share what they've scored at the library that week. This week's loot is collected at Eva's blog.

I have a library addiction. I'm a big fan of my library's website (though I don't love their catalog), so I request most of my books while sitting here reading blogs, and like magic, they appear on a shelf at the library with my name on them. Yes, I'm a lazy library user. Generally, I have at least a dozen books/DVDs requested, thinking that they won't all arrive at the same time.

They all arrived at the same time. I nearly fell down at the sight of these beauties waiting for me to pick them up and take them to their new temporary home.

 

Gone by Lisa McMann

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Aurelia by Anne Osterlund

My Life in France by Julia Child

Ahh, where do I begin!? Do I really betray Going Bovine and start one of these instead? I've already given up on The Eyre Affair, after getting more than halfway through the book! I do like it, but I don't really care for where the story is going. It's more about the quirkiness of the world and the literary allusions, and I'm just not in the mood for that at the moment. But one of those books up there, oh, how can I choose?

I also visited another library today, where a book was specifically purchased for me. How cool is that? It's a high school library, so I browsed their graphic novel section too.

 

Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher

Kitchen Princess (Vol. 1-3) by Natsumi Ando

Chibi Vampire (Vol. 1-3) by Yuna Kagesaki

So, that's what's new this week. But I still have about 20 others checked out. I think I will have to read Once a Witch tonight/tomorrow morning, since it's due tomorrow, and I'm not allowed to renew it again. Perhaps I will get to Going Bovine over the weekend. 

And which of the new books should I read first? I welcome suggestions. :)