Book List for Reading Round Up!

Some of you have asked about the books used and referred to in the show. Here they are!

Book List for Reading Round Up!

If your library does not have these titles, books LIKE these are great! Info in parentheses tell why the book was chosen. The following titles are used or referred to in Reading Round Up! in no particular order:

Fun with Words and Punctuation

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (beautiful language, Caldecott winner)

It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech by Terban, Marvin; Maestro, Giulio (makes linguistics fun!)

"CDB! (Stories to Go!)" William Steig (clever wordplay)

Max's Words by Kate Banks (Georgia Book nominee)

Eats, Shoots and Leaves (the children’s version) by Lynne Truss (makes punctuation fun!)

Interesting Characters

Agatha’s Feather Bed by Carmen Deedy (GA author)

How I Became a Pirate by David Shannon (popular children’s author)

The Boy of a Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick (beautiful artwork, he won a Caldecott medal)

The Writing Process

What Does an Author Do? by Eileen Christelow (excellent picture book about what authors do)

Writing Magic by Gail Levine (a book for kids on writing by the author of Ella Enchanted)

Books to Movies

Shrek by William Steig* (the story of the REAL Shrek)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (Newbery Award winner)

Classic Tales Retold

A Handful of Beans by Jeanne Steig and William Steig (Six classic fairy tales retold)

Johnny Appleseed by Will Moses (American folklore)*

Picture Books

Tuesday by David Wiesner (Caldecott Winner)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Caldecott Winner)*

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (this book is just amazing!)*

Folk Tales – regional and well known*

Hook Moon Night: Spooky Tales from the Georgia Mountains by Faye Gibbons(GA ghost stories)

New York’s Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne (America’s first urban tall tale hero)

Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies by Alvin Schwartz (US folktales)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark retold by Alvin Schwartz (scary legends)

Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Witch of Santa Fe by Tony Johnston (Russian, adapted to US)

The Frog Who Wouldn’t Laugh by Egan and Alger (Australian folklore)

Akimba and the Magic Cow by Anne Rose (African folklore)

Iktomi and the Boulder by Paul Goble (Native American folklore)

Lucky Jack and the Giant, retold by Janet P. Johnson (African American folklore)

Series

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (chosen because of the great opening line!)

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keane (adventure!)

The American Girl Series (historical fiction)

Other Books

Books about the earth (We talk about geography very briefly)

Magic Books (There are a couple of magic tricks in the show and kids will usually want to check it out!)

*these books also have some interesting characters!