210 Books: Summer is nice

I love summer! Since I’m a teacher, and I have the summers off, I get to spend all day every day with my husband and my precious little girl.

Today, instead of just stopping at the library to drop off and pick up our books, we actually stayed for story time! Emma LOVED it! (Especially touching and talking to the other babies.) If you haven’t already, I would highly recommend checking out your local library’s programs. 

Our Weekly Favorite:

Title: The Moon Over Star
Author: Dianna Hutts Aston

Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney  

Summary:

“In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical and hopeful picture book, that landing is something that inspires her to make one giant step toward all of the possibilities that life has to offer.”


Why We Loved it: 

• I have a space obsession. I love everything that has to do with space- especially Apollo 11.

• Since I wasn’t alive to witness the moon landing, I’m always fascinated to hear what it was like for people who were. This book did that well.

Other Books We Read This Week:

	Title: An Orange in January Author: Diana Hutts Aston Illustrator: Julie Maren An interesting story about where an orange comes from. . . but not so interesting that I would read it again.
	Title: Barn Author/Illustrator: Debby Atwell I liked this book. It was creative how the story was told from the perspective of a barn.
	Title: In a Blue Room Author: Jim Averbeck Illustrator: Tricia Tusa This book was OK. The girl kept saying she only wanted blue things in her room, but in the pictures, there were a ton of non-blue things in her room. That was a little confusing.
	Title: Martin on the Moon Author: Martine Audet Illustrator: Luc Melanson This book really confused me. Then I thought that maybe it was trying to show what school is like for the mind of someone with ADHD? If so, they should maybe explain that in an author's note.
	Title: Monsters Love School Author/Illustrator: Mike Austin This book was cute, but not extraordinarily creative.
	Title: The Bad Easter Bunny Author: Isabel Atherton Illustrator: Stephanie Rohr I liked this book, but didn't think it was anything too amazing.
	Title: Robin’s Home Author: Jeannine Atkins Illustrator: Candace Whitman Fine, but not amazing. (Do you sense a theme here?)
	Title: Not so Tall for Six Author: Dianna Hutts Aston Illustrator: Frank W. Dormer I thought this book was difficult to follow.
	Title: Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes Author: Margaret Atwood Illustrator: Dusan Petricic Oh boy, here we go. This book was so rough that I actually couldn't even finish it. So it could have an amazing ending- I don't know. Almost every word started with the letter R. Perhaps because of this, the storyline has suffered immensely.