Reading Fun

This blog is meant to review books for my friends and let others know what great new books are out there. It is also a way for me to let people know some books that just don't quite make the cut and what not to waste your time on.

So far this week I have been going through my stack of old stuff and trying to read some books that I know will be OK, but are not things I plan on holding onto for forever. I have a long way to go!

I did get two of the Iowa Childrens Choice books for 2008-09 read: Tadpole by Ruth White and Do You Know the Monkey Man? by Dori Hilstead Butler. Both are fast, entertaining, great reads. Butler's book will keep kids in suspense the entire time- it kept ME in suspense, too. And, White's book is excellent....with one big BUT....there is a lot of dialect in it. For example, instead of except they might write 'cept. Good luck to kids trying to understand this. The story is still superb if the readers will spend some time thinking.