Monday, July 6, 2015

It's Monday! What are You Reading?

Jen Vincent at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee Moye and Ricki Ginsburg at Unleashing Readers cohost It's Monday! What are You Reading? weekly on their blogs.  To see what others are reading and recommending each Monday, or to participate, be sure to head over to these blogs.
At the Book Expo in May, I was introduced to Brad Meltzer's new biography series: Ordinary People Change the World.  As soon as I read I am Jackie Robinson, I was hooked on the series and new I would need to purchase every book in the series and share them with our 3rd grade teachers who immerse students in a biography unit.  It is a very engaging series for 3rd and 4th grade biography units.  I love the structure of it and how it has actual photos and a timeline in the back of the book too.  The illustrations by Christopher Eliopoulos help bring the story to life and will instantly pull students into the life story of each person.  

 Some of the other books in this series are: 


 

I personally can't wait to read I am Lucille Ball which will be available on July 14th - I have already pre-ordered it!

Enjoy this series!
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  1. Ms. OJuly 6, 2015 at 10:33 AM

    I keep hearing about these books but haven't SEEN one IRL. I am curious because his "grown up" books ... I've loved some and been very lukewarm on others. The illustrations look fun on these either way.

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  2. RamonaJuly 6, 2015 at 10:40 AM

    Requesting one from the library now. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. UnknownJuly 6, 2015 at 10:57 AM

    I am like you. My eyes snapped right on the I am Lucille Ball. I look forward to its release. Terrific series. I attribute my excellent trivia skills to all the children's biographies I read as a kid. It was my favorite genre.

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  4. Cheriee WeichelJuly 6, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    I've purchased some of these titles for our library. I avoided Lincoln because he isn't really relevant here in Canada (some kids already think Obama is our leader) I'll have to recomend a few significant Canadians they can highlight!

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  5. Tammy and ClareJuly 6, 2015 at 6:11 PM

    I (Tammy) is a big Lucille Ball fan. Can't wait to read the newest book in this incredible series.

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  6. Gigi McAllisterJuly 6, 2015 at 7:48 PM

    This series looks great! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Andrea July 7, 2015 at 1:00 AM

    Thank you for sharing about this series. I will have to look for them to add to my 4th grade class library. Have a great reading week!

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  8. GatheringBooksJuly 7, 2015 at 7:17 AM

    Hi there Melanie - great to see this series featured once more - they do look fabulous! Hooray to PBBs for younger readers!

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