Summer is coming to an end and I will be returning to work soon. This marks the start of my 3rd year as an Elementary school Library Para. I enjoy my job and the excuse to read more books. As a bookmark said, "So many books,so little time" Listed below are my reading logs since starting my job. Many of the novels Randy and I have listened to on CD during our travels. I also listen while cleaning and sewing. Which reminds me, I have a date with C.S. Lewis and some seat covers for Shelby's classroom.
Ms. Ruthie’s Reading Log 2013-2014
Easy Fiction
Our Gracie
Aunt – Jacqueline Woodson
The Shelf
Elf – Jackie Mims Hopkins
Each
Kindness – Jacqueline Woodson
The
Librarian from the Black Lagoon – Mike Thaler (read aloud)
Rockwell: A
boy and His Dog – Loren Spiotta DiMare
Me I Am! –
Jack Prelutsky
Lucky
Morning – Sally Noll
Tale of
Despereaux: A Hero’s Tale – E TAL
The Perfect
Pumpkin Pie – Denys Cazet
Ish – Peter
H. Reynolds (read aloud)
Anasi-
Folktale
ByeBye, Mom
and Dad – Mercer Meyer
Llama, Llama
Time to Share – Dewdney
How to Make
an Apple Pie and See the World – Marjorie Priceman
The
Remarkable Farkle McBride – John Lithgow
A Carousel
Tale – Elisa Kleven
Tattered
Sails – Verla Kay
Clara and
the Bookwagon – Nancy Smiler Levinson
Lucille
Camps In – Kathryn Lasky
Book! Book!
Book! – Deborah Bruss
Llama, Llama
Red Pajama – Anne Dewdney
Into The
Night – Deborah Heiligman
Silly Sally
– Audrey Wood
Chrysanthemum
– Kevin Henkes (read aloud)
Applesauce
Season – Eden Ross Lipson (read aloud)
Martha in
the Middle – Jan Fearnley
That’s When
I’m Happy – Beth Shoshan
Daddy –
Jeannette Caines
A House Is A
House For Me – Mary Ann Hoberman (read aloud)
The
Salamander Room – Anne Mazer
Fancy Nancy
and the Mermaid Ballet- Jane O’Connor
Fancy Nancy
Fanciest Doll in the Universe – Jane O’Connor
Turkey Pox –
Laurie Halse Anderson
Christmas
Day In The Morning – Pearl S. Buck
A Christmas
Dress for Ellen – Thomas S. Monson
Merry
Christmas Strega Nona – Tomie DePaola
Night Tree –
Eve Bunting*
I’ve Seen
Santa! – David Bedford
Snowmen at
Christmas – Caralyn buckner
Fancy Nancy
and the Posh Puppy – Jan O’Connor
Mr. Putter
and Tabby Stir the Soup – Cynthia Rylant
Down the
Road – Alice Schertle (eggs & apple pie)
The
Unbeatable Bread – Lyn Lettlefield Hoopes
Tack the
Penguin – Helen Lester (read aloud)
There’s a
Nightmare in My Closet – Mercer Meyer
Walter the
Baker – Eric Carle
Substitute
Groundhog – Pat Miller (read aloud)
Duck on a
Bike – David Shannon
The Rain
Came Down – David Shannon
The Lemonade
Club – Patricia Polacco
The Rusty,
Trusty Tractor – Joy Cowley
A Giraffe
and a Half – Shel Silverstein
The Giant
Hug – Sandra Horning (read aloud)
Froggy’s
Worst Play Date – Jonathan London
Someday –
Eileen Spinelli (read aloud)
The Trek –
Ann Jonas (hidden picture book)
Froggy Eats
Out – Jonathan London
Dragons Love
Tacos – Adam Rubin
In My Pocket
– Dorrith M. Sims
Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) –
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
On Mothers
Lap – Ann Herbert Scott
Chicks and
Salsa – Aaron Reynolds
The Children
We Remember – Charia Byers Abells
Cliffords
Manners – Norman Bridwell (read aloud)
Mr. Putter
and Tebby Bake the Cake – Cynthia Rylant
Sloppy Joe –
Dave Keane
I Can Read
with My Eyes Shut! – Dr. Seuss (read aloud)
Oh the Thinks You Can Think – Dr. Seuss (read aloud)
Scrambled
Eggs Super - Dr. Seuss
Charlie Goes
to School – Ree Drummond
The Frog
with the Big Mouth – Teresa Bateman (read aloud)
The Giving
Tree – Shel Silverstein
Chester Cove
– Tim Egan
Flatulent
Fred – Kathy Wuertz
April
Foolishness – Teresa Bateman (read aloud)
The Class
Trip – Grace Maccorone (read aloud)
Making
Friends Is An Art! – Julia Cook
Our Granny –
Margaret Wild
But No
Elephants – Jerry Smath
Chrysanthemum
– Kevin Henkes (read aloud)
Grandad
Bill’s Song – Jane Yolen
Knuffle
Bunny – Mo Willems
The Important
Book – Margaret Wise Brown
Making the
World – Douglas Wood
Locust Pocus
– Douglas Kaine McKelvey
Harold and
the Purple Crayon – Crocket Johnson
Rainbow Joe
and Me – Maria Diaz Strom (read aloud)
Mary Smith –
A.U. Ren
Stella
Lou Ella’s Runaway Book – Lisa Campbell Ernest
Just the Two
of Us – Will Smith
The
Wonderful Book – Leonid Gore
Laura
Charlotte – Kathryn O. Galbraith
Enemy Pie –
Derek Munson
Fiction
Out of My
Mind – Susan M Draper
Mary Marony
and the Chocolate Surprise – Suzy Kline
Mary Marony
Hides Out – Suzy Kline
Jigsaw
Jones: The Case of the Christmas Snowman
– James Preller
Eggs – Jerry
Spinelli
Everything
on a Waffle – Polly Horveth
Gingersnap –
Patricia Reilly Giff
Enders Game
– Orson Scott Card
Call Me
Francis Tucket – Gary Paulsen
The
Midwife’s Apprentice – Karen Cushman
Island of
the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
Eragon –
Christopher Paolini
Faith, Hope,
and Ivy June – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Because of
Mr. Terupt – Rob Buyea
Found (The
Missing #1) – Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Year of
Billy Miller – Kevin Henkes
Sent (The
Missing #2) – Maragret Peterson Haddix
Non Fiction
The Reading
Promise – Alice Ozma
When
Everybody Wore a Hat – William Steig (read aloud)
Jane Goodall
– Erin Edison
Abraham
Lincoln Comes Home – Robert Burleigh
My Great
Aunt Arizona – Gloria Houston
Wilma
Mankiller – Linda Lowery
Barbara Park
– Molly Kolpin
Dav Pilkey –
Kelli L. Hicks
Jeff Kinney
– Kelli L. Hicks
Mo Willems –
Abby Colich
Clara and
Davie – Patricia Polacco
From Cow to
Ice Cream
Summer Reading-2014
Easy Fiction
Amelia
Bedelia’s First Library Card – Herman Parrish
The Little
House – Virginia H. Burton
Thunder
Cakes – Patricia Polacco
Fiction
Olives Ocean
– Kevin Henkes
A Corner of
the Universe – Ann M. Martin
The
Remembering Box – Eth Clifford
R is for
Rachel – Patricia Reilly Giff
Smiler’s
bones – Peter Lerangis
Elephant Run
– Roland Smith
Esperanza
Rising – Pam Munoz Ryan
The Cay –
Theodore Taylor
The
Magician’s Nephew – C.S. Lewis
The Lion,
the Witch, and the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
The Horse
and His Boy – C.S. Lewis
Non Fiction
The Boy on
the Wooden Box - A Memoir Leon Leyson
Ms. Ruthie’s
Reading Log 2012-2013
Easy Fiction
The Napping House – Audrey Wood
The Boy Who was Raised by Librarians – Morris
Library Dragon – Carman Agra Deedy
I’ve Got Your Nose – Nancy Bentley
The Christmas Ghost – Pearl S. Buck
Don’t Forget the Bacon – Hutchins
A Picnic in October – Eve Bunting
Bears Picnic – Berenstain
Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory – H. A. Rey
Put It On The List – Darbyshire
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew – Kasza
Love and Roast Chicken – Knutson
The Relatives Came – Cynthia Rylant
The Patchwork Quilt – Valerie Flournay
Best Wishes – Cynthia Rylant
Something Special – McPhail
Mis Dorothy and Her Bookmobile – Houston
The Library – Sarah Stewart
I.Q. Goes to the Library – Mary Ann Fraser
Miracle Melts Down – Rosemary Wells
Gingerbread Baby – Jan Brett
Llama Llama Holiday Drama – Dewdney
A Farm Country Christmas Eve – Gordon Frederickson
When I Am Old With You – Angela Johnson
When I Go Camping with Grandma – Marion Bauer
Thank You Santa – Margaret Wild
Night Tree –Eve Bunting
Dewey There’s a Cat in the Library – Vicki Myron
Dewey’s Christmas at the Library – Vicki Myron
Cobweb Christmas – Shirley Climo
Arnie the Donut – Laurie Keller
Eat Your Peas. Louise – Pegeen Snow
Mara in the Morning – C. B. Christiansen
Bah! Humbug – Lorna Balian
Wild About Books – Judy Sierra
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! – Dr. Seuss
Library Lion – Michelle Knudsen
Alison’s Zinnia – Anita Lobel
All the Places to Love – Patricia MacLachlin
You’re All My Favorites – McBratney
All I See – Cynthia Rylant
That Book Woman – Henson
Hooray for Reading Day – Cuyler
Stuart at the Library – Susan Hill
How Rocket Learned to Read – Hills
Homeplace – Anne Shelby
I Already Know I Love You – Billy crystal
The Twelve Days of Christmas in Arizona – Jennifer J. Stewart
Willie’s Not the Hugging Kind – Joyce Durham
Big Bear Hug – Nicholas Oldland
The Giant Hug – Sandra Horning
Counting Arizona’s Treasures – Terri Fields
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Judi Barrett
Ready for Anything – Keiko Kasza
Terrible Storm – Hurst
The Wild Woods – Simon James
The Biggest, Best Snowman – Margery Cuyler
If You Give A Cat A Cupcake – Laura Numeroff
Great Day for Up – Dr. Seuss
Pigs in the Pantry – Axelrod
Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato – Tomie DePaola
If You Take a Mouse to School – Laura Numeroff
Strega Nona – Tomie DePaola
Strega Nona Her Story – Tomie DePaola
Georgia Music – Helen V. Griffith
Birdsongs – Betsy Franco
Sassafras – Audrey Penn
Katie’s Sunday Afternoon – James Mayhew
Blueberries for the Queen – John and Katherine Paterson
Madeline –Ludwig Bemelmans
You’re Only Old Once – Dr. Seuss
Quiet Bunny’s Many Colors – Lisa McCue
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse – Kevin Henkes
Three Ducks Went Wandering – Roy Ron
Duck! Rabbit! – Amy Rosenthal
Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden – Edith Pattow
Pink and Say – Patricia Polacco
The Hickory Chair – Fraustino
A Three Hat Day – Laura Geringer
Chicken Sunday – Patricia Polacco
I’m Going to Grandma’s – Mary Ann Hoberman
Sweet Dream Pie – Audrey Wood
Christmas Tree Farm – Ann Purnell
Granddad’s Fishing Buddy – Mary Quigley
Curious George and the Pizza – Margaret & H.A. Rey
Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace – James Proimos
I Will Never NOT Ever Eat a Tomato – Lauren Child
Bringing the Farmhouse Home – Gloria Whelan
My Garden - Kevin Henkes
Through Grandpa’s Eyes – Patricia MacLachlan
The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco
The Trees of the Dancing Goats – Patricia Polacco
A Million Fish…More of Less – Pat McKissak
Fiction
Mary Marony and the Chocolate Surprise – Susie Kline
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech
If That Breathes Fire, We’re Toast – Jennifer J. Stewart
The Bean King’s Daughter – Jennifer J. Stewart
Close Encounters of a Third World Kind – Jennifer J. Stewart
Code Talker – Joseph Bruchac
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup – Sharon Creech
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, The Diary of Bess Brennan – Barry Denenberg
Finding Zola – Marianne Mitchell
Unbreakable Code – Sara Hooglan Hunter (picture book)
Rose Blanche – Roberto Innocenti (picture book)
Wonder – R. J. Palacio (summer read)
Non Fiction
M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet – Appleford
G is for Grand Canyon: An Arizona
Alphabet –Barbara Gowen
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Author of the little House Books – Carol Greene
The Invisible Thread – Yoshiko Uchilda
Picture Book of Louis Braille – Adler
A is for Arches: A Utah Alphabet – Becky Hall
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow – Susan Campbell Bartoletti
(summer read)
