Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Stop Reading This Book! (Caroline Fernandez)


My class was a little unsure of how to take this book. They enjoyed it but it wasn't as big a hit as The Book With My Pictures, but maybe that's because they read TBWNP when they were younger. Maybe this is better for a younger audience? I thought it was pretty fun though.

Goodreads says:

Here's an idea...turn the left page. That way, you can go back to the beginning, close the book, and pretend you didn't start reading this book. It would be like going back in time... give it a try... This heart-warming picture book urges children to read using comedy and contradiction. Who is the villain--the reader or the book? In this story, the book itself perceives the reader as a mischief-maker and tries to protect its pages. It is a story of a book judging a reader by their "cover." In turning pages, the reader becomes the hero of their own story overcoming the challenges the book puts up to roadblock reading. Stop Reading This Book introduces young readers to book elements like protagonists, antagonists, conflict, and resolution and showcases themes of child empowerment, judgment and misjudgment, marginalization and inclusivity, and persistence.

Friday, August 2, 2019

Bad Guys (Aaron Blabey)


When I read books like this I'm reminded why kids love graphic novels. This one is hilarious and clever.

I bought it because one student in my class gave me Two Dogs in a Trenchcoat to read. Since it was so great, I figured I should give him a recommendation to read. Looking forward to hearing his thoughts when summer is over! It reminded me of a great pop up book we got in our classroom this year called Inside the Villains. They are a misunderstood lot!

Goodreads says:

They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys . . . and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that! Mr Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys first good mission. The gang are going to break 200 dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys? And will Mr Snake please spit out Mr Piranha?