In another week I go back to work and the summer break is over. But summer won't be! My bingo card is almost full three more books to go.
Recently I listened to Where the Mountain meets the Moon by Grace Lin. I was able to download it for free from my local public library. Wonderful book which the reviews don't do justice. Mountain/Moon is a frame story, stories within the story. These are Chinese folktales woven into the plot, as in the Canterbury Tales and the Decameron and the Arabian Nights. This book is resonating with me as did When You Reach Me has.
Catch Grace Lin's interview with Al Roker for the back story on her creation.
And I finally read, after all these years, Mr. Popper's Penguins. I think son James had it assigned in school. Nice ideas, sweet and simple, I can recommend to some students. This year's table theme is biomes so I can fit it into arctic areas. Each of the library tables has a name or a color assigned. Last year it was continents. Anteartica was away from the other tables. Not always nice to go there!
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