Friday, July 25, 2014

Library Para

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)





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