This year our family enjoyed reading NERDS aloud together - my son giggled at the different tasks we had to do to get to the next chapter in the story. We are looking forward to Book 2 coming out on September 1.
And, I just couldn't get through a week of recommendations without mentioning Harry. With the new Lego game - LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
, and Lego sets coming out this fall, along with the first portion of the last movie coming out in November, Harry is enjoying renewed interest at our house - and in houses all over, I am sure.
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My Writing Club students LOVED Chester this year, and I have been recommending his books to a lot of folks in the market for some good picture books.
Another favorite right now is Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?
which is one of my favorite picture books of 2010.
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My husband and I dove into Rick Riordan's books this summer, both of us reading the Percy Jackson series, and the first book in the Red Pyramid series. I enjoyed The Red Pyramid more than I did Percy (my husband has the opposite preference), but the final Percy book made the entire series for me. We are already talking about the new series starting in October - The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero
and the Percy Jackson graphic novel, The Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel
, coming out the same day.
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because the embossed pages are fantastic for babies.