Book Talk Tuesday

I have been searching the web for a great place to post book reviews for librarians and teachers to use in the classroom. Well, I am going to try hosting my own Book Talk Tuesday! I invite teachers and librarians to link to a recent book talk or book review that can be used by others- to help purchase new books, learn about new books and to help give us book talk ideas. 

My rules? 
1. All content must be appropriate for children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. 
2. Please link to your original content, not the content of others. 
3. Websites that you link to must be child friendly since lots of kids visit this site and if they click on your link, I want it to be appropriate for them. 
4. Positive reviews only, please... we only spread love here at The Lemme Library! 
5. Books must be available in The US. (you are welcome to link to ARC reviews)
6. I reserve the right to remove any reviews that don't meet criteria 1-5. 
In the link title field, be sure to include the title of the book you are reviewing and your site name. In the URL field, please link to this specific post that contains the book review (That way people don't have to scour your blog looking for it!) 

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For newcomers & visitors: Definition of "Book Talk" from Wikipedia: "A booktalk in the broadest terms is what is spoken with the intent to convince someone to read a book. The booktalker gives the audience a glimpse of the setting, the characters, and/or the major conflict without providing the resolution or denouement. Booktalks make listeners care enough about the content of the book to want to read it. A long booktalk is usually about five to seven minutes long and a short booktalk is generally thirty seconds to two minutes long.

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 This will be the last Book Talk Tuesday for 2011! I will see all of you back here in 2012!!! So. It's time to talk resolutions. My list of personal resolutions is very long. Too long. So long in fact, that I may have to tackle 1 a week for a month! Now it's time for librarian-is resolutions. What do I want to accomplish in the library in 2012? Good question...
1. Get boys to read more books. This might take some creative thinking. I want to do some fun programming to get them in the door! Girls are an easy sell in the stack, but those boys are hard to crack.
2. Plan in advance. I have great intentions at the beginning of each week, but come Monday morning, I am rushing to get lesson plans done. I either have to do them the week before or on the weekend. 
3. I will be on time to work 3 or more days a week. On time means in the building when the clock strikes 8 AM.
4. Read more books and blog about them. 
5. Plan some fun activities for kids to do in the library over the long, cold, Iowa winter. Crafts, cooking, comics, something fun. 
What about you? What are your professional resolutions? Do you keep them? How do you track your progress? How do you stay accountable? Thanks for a great 2011, fellow book talkers! See you in a few weeks!

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1.	Ms. O Reads Books-- Holiday Books Part 3	6.	Favorite 2011 Nonfiction Books (NC Teacher Stuff)	11.	Marty McGuire (a to z library)
2.	Rasco from RIF (Under the Tree)	7.	Mindi Rench (Best Bad Luck I Ever Had)	12.	Bigger than a Bread Box (pageintraining)
3.	Play Ball, Jackie! (Jen Robinson)	8.	Wiggle (Picture Books & Pirouettes)
4.	9 Picture Books About Trees (Delightful Children's Books)	9.	Razzle- Dazzle Ruby GIVEAWAY (Heidi @ Geo Librarian)
5.	Extreme reading and writing( Okay For Now)	10.	A Double Serving of Anna Hibiscus (The Cath in the Hat)