This week Bashful Book Bee has the beginning of school on her mind. A new school year is so exciting with new teachers to meet, new class mates to meet, and new lessons to learn.

Bashful’s book of the week  is….
 

This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers…. This is the perfect book to show some humor in rules.  The beginning of a school year always introduces rules, rules, rules to students.  However, while the story points out details to following rules, it also presents another twist….  Sometimes for small children when they make a mistake they are hardest on themselves…. This story shows the value of rules, but being controlling isn’t always the best solution

My other recommendations for the week are...
 

1. Charlie Goes to School by Ree Drummond… is another great book of Charlie, a funny little basset hound on the ranch. This new story explores the lives of children going to home school.  Charlie finds the events in the children’s home school life inspiring; so he decides to be the teacher of the farm animal school.  Children will love Charlie’s story.

 

2.Dig, Dogs, Dig A Construction Tail by James Horvath… This is a great rhyming story all children will love.  The crew of dogs are building a major project that is not revealed until the end of the story.  The rhyming words, large equipment involved in the project, and the just fun dogs create a great tale.  Teachers will love using this book because the children will be so involved, and will provide a great opportunity of prediction.

3.Amelia Bedelia’s First Library Card by Herman Parish….in the tradition of Peggy Parish, Herman is developing a fun story about Amelia getting her first library card.  Librarians will love the book because it shares so much knowledge of libraries.  However, readers need to know Mr. Parish doesn’t use the play on words that Peggy Parish did.

4.The Boy Who Loved Math …. The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman

Is a story of the Mathematician Paul Erdos….The story shows the fascination Mr. Erdos had with Math.  What may prove to be beneficial to some children, is the characteristics of Mr. Erdos that made him unable to learn many normal behaviors for everyday life… but yet he was a genius at Math. This book would be an awesome book for educators who want to show children that being different isn’t bad, because you can use your strengths for greatness.  This book would also be great for Math teachers of older grades.  Older students will appreciate Mr. Erdos genius traits.

 

Here's to hoping all educators and students have a great school year