From: Visser-Knoth, Maeve <visser-knoth_at_smcl.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:06:02 +0000

I love to read Cynthia DeFelice's Cold Feet to older kids (3rd-6th) and her Dancing Skeleton to younger (k-2) audiences. Both have terrific rhythm for reading aloud and great endings.

-Maeve

Maeve Visser Knoth Youth Services Librarian Atherton Library 2 Dinkelspiel Stations Lane Atherton, Ca 94027 650-328-2422


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CCBC-NET Digest for Friday, October 14, 2011.

1. readalouds for Halloween 2. RE: readalouds for Halloween 3. Scary stories 4. Re: Books portraying characters with negative behaviors 5. Off-Topic Posts


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Subject: readalouds for Halloween From: Maureen Milton Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:23:48 -0700 X-Message-Number: 1

My favorite books for Halloween aren't all directly about Halloween, but provide a gentle frisson or a good laugh.

Once When I Was Scared by Helena Clare Pittman (fanciful & captivating for K-1s, with some scariness overcome by imagination and beautiful Ted Ran d illustrations)

Wicked Jack adapted by Connie Nordheilm Wooldridge (funny take on an American folktale, complete with devils & Will Hillenbrand's illustrations)

Space Case by Edward Marshall (it's worth explaining the word "atomized" at the outset)

I also read (& sometimes help the children recite for an assembly) an older Deborah Kogan Ray-illustrated version of e.e. cummings "hist wist" ("littl e ghost things"--illustrations take the liberty of depicting Halloween which helps ground the lively language for the littles)

Maureen Milton

-- Librarian Arbor School of Arts and Sciences Tualatin, Oregon


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Subject: RE: readalouds for Halloween From: sully_at_sully-writer.com Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:35:52 -0700 X-Message-Number: 2

No Halloween read is complete for me without Dav Pilkey's _Hallo-wiener_.

Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian Author, _The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb_ (Holiday House, 2007) Visit my web site, http://www.sully-writer.com
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 readalouds for Halloween From: Maureen Milton Date: Fri, October 14, 2011 1:23 am To: ccbc-net_at_lists.education.wisc.edu
 

My favorite books for Halloween aren't all directly about Halloween, but provide a gentle frisson or a good laugh.

Once When I Was Scared by Helena Clare Pittman (fanciful & captivating for K-1s, with some scariness overcome by imagination and beautiful Ted Rand illustrations)

Wicked Jack adapted by Connie Nordheilm Wooldridge (funny take on an American folktale, complete with devils & Will Hillenbrand's illustrations)

Space Case by Edward Marshall (it's worth explaining the word "atomized" at the outset)

I also read (& sometimes help the children recite for an assembly) an older Deborah Kogan Ray-illustrated version of e.e. cummings "hist wist" ("little ghost things"--illustrations take the liberty of depicting Halloween which helps ground the lively language for the littles)

Maureen Milton

-- Librarian Arbor School of Arts and Sciences Tualatin, Oregon
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