There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves

It's Fall Ya'll we can feel it in the air.... don't you just love it~ 

There's an old lady who swallowed some leaves is a great book to start your Fall adventures.  Lucille  Colandro has taken that old story "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" and turned it into a great series of books.  Her books teach sequencing in a cumulative story filled with nonsense rhyme.  Readers will feel autumn in the air as Colandro shares the many
fall aspects the old lady swallows.
 The creative story gives students a fun way of thinking about fall and
our symbols to identify with the season.

Bashful gives this books 

Scholastic is the main publisher of this book.  They have provided a great teaching guide for teachers using this book.,,,,https://goo.gl/6G6bQm

This week's app is Open ebooks from First Books...
for you educators...check out the OPEN ebook app from the
app store... Your school can get a Free account with First Books and get tons of great
 ebooks for your students...
Happy Reading

Wonder and We're All Wonders

 Wonder and We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio

I have Wonder on the brain... I can't get enough of these two books... with that said I'm re-posting a previous blog.  The district I'm in is having a district wide initiative to promote these books~ 

In hoping to help educators find resources to use with this book, I created a "Symbaloo" FULL of great teaching resource sites for both books... 

Have a great WONDER-FUL WEEK~

https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/wonderwereallwonder

Wonder by P.J. Palacio
Why blend in when you were born to stand out?

Bashfulbookbee's book of the week this week is
Wonder by P.J. Palacio.  

THIS BOOK is going to get a lot of attention this year because a movie from this book will be released in November.  For several years the Librarian/Media Specialists of the school district I work in have had one book we shared throughout the district as an effort to provide collaboration throughout our curriculum.  "WONDER" is going to be one of the greatest initiatives we have shared. Wonder is a book about a young boy who has a rare medical deformity, mandibulofacial dysostosis. This book shares the challenges, fears, anxieties that the young character face, but also the wins.  He has a spirit of strength that brings out good in some hard to love personalities.  I hope this book will inspire all students with challenges, whether it is physical challenges, emotional challenges or life challenges... to keep on looking for the strength to be the best they can be. 

I do not have a doubt in the world that the movie is going to be  GREAT...with the great line of actors it can't be anything but WONDERFUL.... but as any Librarian would tell you...IF you liked the movie... You will LOVE the Book~

Bashfulbook bee gives this book...5 BEES

Palacio has written another book that is a great companion for younger grades...

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In doing that she loves to introduce books to children, teachers, 
educators, parents, and grandparents.

Bashfulbook bee has the found the sweetest book about trust.  Can I Tell You a Secret? by Anna Kang.  The little frog Monty in the book has a BIG SECRET.  Fearing he will disappoint his parents he holds his secret inside.  In the story,  he finally shares his secret with a friend. The person reading the book is Monty's new friend. He explains his fear, and the friend encourages him to talk to his parents.  After lot's of encouragement from the friend, he finally after a lot of attempts tells his parents.  The joy of the story is, of course,  that his parents knew all along. With their help, they face his fear head on....Monty learns no more secret's from his parents!~  This book has heart, thinking, challenges, great moral, and the artwork is GREAT.

Bashfullbookbee gives Can I Tell You a Secret?  

Amazon	Barnes and Noble	New York times back to school recommendations
Dog Man: A Tale of Two by Dave Pilkey	Wonder  by R.J. Palacio	Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Curious George Good Night by H.A.Rey	Imagine by John Lennon	Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
Dragon’s Love Tacos  by Adam RubinLyle	Princesses Wear Pants by Savannah Guthrie	Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell

This week's app of the week:

Max and Meredity:  The Search for Percival by Move on Pluto

is a storybook app that can help younger children with comprehension, growth, and retention.  It's a modern-day "Choose your own adventure"

For more information and comments, please email us at bashfulbookbee@gmail.com Remember when teachers order, they receive 15% off cover price.

Bashful Book Bee "BEELIEVE'S" in sharing the love of books and reading with everyone. But her primary goal is to introduce books to children, teachers, educators, parents, and grandparents.

Following Dot International week, I thought it would be "BEEFITTING" to give credit to another of Peter H. Reynolds books....  Playing For the Heart.   Reynolds creates a heart filled story of a young boy who has a gift of tone that allows him to play the piano with no formal training.  In an effort to help his young son develop his gift, his father provides him with a teacher and lessons.  The lessons, however, take the joy out of the young pianist gift.  The more he practices, and greater his skills the less he wants to play.  The young boy as he grows, plays less and less.  As an adult, he no longer plays. One day his father becomes ill. As soon as the boy arrives at his father's side the father requests him to play.  The song that brought the most joy to the father and the son was not one of a famous composer, but the song the son had played from his heart.  The story gives so many lessons of encouragement for young people to strive to be creative and find joy in their art.  Many writing prompts given by teachers are used from stories with heart.... Playing For the Heart will definitely be the book that many teachers can use with heart.
Bashfulbookbee wishes to give this book....

TOP THREE CHILDREN'S Book Sellers this week

Amazon	Barnes and Noble	New York Times Children's Friendship books
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkney	Wonder by R.J. Palacio	Yak and Dove by Kyo Maclear
Wonder by R.J. Palacio	Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkney	Molly and Mae by Danny Parker
Princesses Wear Pants by Savannah Guthrie	Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowlin	Baabwaa & Wooliam by David Elliott

Best App of the week:

Symbaloo is a bookmarking tool that can help organize YOUR favorite sites....A cool feature is it uses GOOGLE right smack in the middle for instant searching...

 here is a sample
Symbaloo by Tech Teacher    https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/quickeasy

Sept. 15 is International Dot day, so with that Bashfulbookbee's "Beeloved" book of the week is The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. 

 While many may use this book as an Art lesson... I think in this story you will find much more.... courtesy, facing a challenge, try and try again, never give up, do unto others....

But another great positive is the way the teacher in this book encourages creativity as well as building confidence in her student.  It seems sometimes we stress to our children to strive to make the grade of 100 or an A so much, that then we create children who are afraid to take risks.  Doing the best job we can is important, but we don't want them to give up with out even giving it a try~

 Check it out I think you will find it's a must for every classroom.

Happy Reading...

Bashful gives  The Dot 

\This week instead of giving top book sellers I'm using a report from a leading reading company to show what first and second graders read in 2017

BashfulBookbee's app of the week is Buncee..... Buncee is a fun and easy web tool for educators and students to create and share engaging multimedia presentations, interactive lessons, digital stories and more.... Check it out~

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Bashful Book Bee "BEELIEVE'S" in sharing the love of books and reading with everyone. 
In doing that she loves to introduce books to children, teachers, 
educators, parents, and grandparents.

Peterrific

Pinkalicious, Purplicious, Goldilicious, Silverlicious, Emeraldalicious, and Aqualicious are books by Victoria Kann that have been exciting young girls for several years now.   BUT now is the time for all good men~ to have just as much excitement... author Kann has delivered.  
Her newest book Peterrific  is sure to please young boys.  Peter is a young boy full of imagination and creative dreams. Peter loves to build with blocks. One day he decides he wants to build a tower to the moon.  With the help of Pinkalicious and her going throughout the neighborhood borrowing blocks, Peter achieves his goal.  However, after this great accomplishment, he is met with a new challenge~  HOW TO GET DOWN!  School curriculums today are embracing new approaches to inspire students.  Stephenville I.S.D. is promoting iChampion: a movement to redefine  the educational environment, outcomes, and expectations for children in Earth County.  Peterrific is a young man with this type of creativity for learning through problem-solving.  I hope young readers will be inspired by his imagination.

Bashfulbook bee gives Peterrific 

New York Times	Publishers Weekly	Children’s Book Review
What Do You Do with a Problem? By Mae Besom	Independence Cake by Deborah Hopkinson	We are the Dinosaurs, by Laurie Berkner
She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton	Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney	Electricity In Your Life, by Bohyun Seo
Dragon’s Love Tacos by Adam Rubin	Dragons Love Tacos 2 By Adam Rubin	Grandpa?  I wanted to ask… by Alana Dorrell

BASHFULBOOKBEE's app of the week is "SMORE"... Smore is a great electronic newsletter~

Here is where you find it....

www.smore.com

Here is how to use it, 

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Here are guidelines for using it....

https://www.smore.com/s37yx-using-smore

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt

Bashful Book Bee's book of the week is The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt.  That author name should sound familiar to you because he is the author of The Day the Crayons Quit.  This new Daywalt book is just as clever as his Crayon stories.  The book presents the history of Rock Paper Scissors and how they all came together to be the lead game for problem-solving on the playground.  Each heroic character had a driving desire to be the strongest and the best, only to discover their true joy is when they finally find someone that could beat them!  The drawings are as strong and bold as the characters.  Children, especially young boys are going to love it.  I think teachers will find this a fun way of introducing several essential knowledge and skills into the curriculum. Research, problem-solving, opinion, are just the first three skills I can envision using this book as the introduction. 

 Bashful Book Bee gives this book 

New York Times	Publishers Weekly	Children’s Book Review
Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin	What Do You Do with a Problem? By Mae Besom	Say Zoop! By Herve Tullet
Dragons Love Tacos 2 by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri Dial	The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing	Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood
I Love Mom with the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle	Goodnight by Margaret Wise Brown	The Only Fish In The Sea by Phillip C. Stead

• This week's great app- is Padlet... Padlet is a digital canvas to allow users not in the same room, to create and collaborate with each other. Great for coordinating on a campus, across a city, or greater distances because it is digital.

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Bashful Book Bee "BEELIEVE'S" in sharing the love of books and reading with everyone. 
In doing that she loves to introduce books to children, teachers, 
educators, parents, and grandparents.