I’m honored to be visiting the ReFoReMo Challenge today.
The opening lines of a book hook the reader in…find out five of my favorite nonfiction picture book openers:
http://www.reforemo.com/2017/03/reforemo-day-20-vivian-kirkfield-shares.html
I’m honored to be visiting the ReFoReMo Challenge today.
The opening lines of a book hook the reader in…find out five of my favorite nonfiction picture book openers:
http://www.reforemo.com/2017/03/reforemo-day-20-vivian-kirkfield-shares.html
Hello dear friends!
It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday…so you know we are going to have a super picture book to review. Actually, it is one of the brand-new 2017 debut picture books. And the author, Peter McCleery, will be our guest on tomorrow’s Will Write for Cookies.
But as is often the case, we need to make a few announcements first.
SHERRI JONES RIVERS
Congrats, Sherri…I’ll be in touch and we will get a copy of the book to you.
3. And this weekend, we are giving away a copy of today’s wonderful picture book, BOB AND JOSS GET LOST. So please don’t forget to leave a comment below.
4. A dear friend, Michelle Eastman, is on a mission to put books in the hands of children in this country who have none. With the help of the VNS of Iowa, MARCHing Books to Kids will allow incarcerated parents to record their voices reading a book…then the VNS will send the book AND the recording to the child. What a positive impact this can make for children who are separated from a parent! The book you send might make all the difference in that child’s life. Any book is welcome…but can you imagine how special it would be for these kids to get books actually SIGNED by the author or illustrator?
5. And last, but definitely not least, I hope you are all thinking about your #50PreciousWords. Contest opens March 2. I JUST finished mine…after all, it wouldn’t be fair to expect you to write a story in just 50 words or less if I didn’t give it a try. I know you will laugh when you read it…hopefully because it is funny…and not because it is hopeless.
And now, thank you for your patience…it’s time for our #PPBF review.
Bob and Joss Get Lost
Written by Peter McCleery
Illustrated by Vin Vogel
Publisher: HarperCollins (2017)
Ages: Preschool – Grade 3
Themes:
Friendship, ingenuity
Synopsis:
From Amazon:
Perfect for fans of I’m Bored, Bob and Joss Get Lost! is a hilarious story about two friends who get shipwrecked on what may or may not be a deserted island.
“I’m bored,” Bob said, “Let’s do something.”
“Let’s take a boat trip,” said Joss.
“We will get lost,” said Bob.
We won’t get lost,” said Joss.
From debut author Peter McCleery and esteemed children’s book illustrator Vin Vogel comes a fun, comical escapade where two best friends get more excitement than they bargained for. Full of bold illustrations and clever one-liners, Bob and Joss Get Lost! is sure to have young readers laughing along.
Opening Lines:
“Bob was bored.”
Why I like this book:
RELATED ACTIVITIES
MAKE A MAP
Photo courtesy: http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org
Look at a globe…identify the continents, bodies of water…have children find where they live, places they have visited.
Have a wonderful weekend, dear friends…and please come back tomorrow for:
Will Write for Cookies
With debut picture book author
PETER MCCLEERY
I looked at the calendar this morning and it said that today was Friday.
Already!
So that means that it’s time for a Perfect Picture Book review.
I’m taking part in Carrie Charley Brown’s ReFoReMo Challenge this month: http://www.carriecharleybrown.com/reforemo/reforemo-day-6-joyce-sweeney-applies-the-plot-clock
We are reading picture books and learning to use them as mentor texts. So you can imagine what my dining room table looks like – stacks of books all over the place – eating is over-rated anyway, right?
And of course, I’m still participating in Kristen Fulton’s 52 Weeks of Charting Non-Fiction: http://www.kristenfulton.org/dig-in/52-weeks-of-charting-nonfiction
So I’ve got several stacks of books for that as well.
Today’s Perfect Picture Book makes history come alive – exactly what we want a great children’s non-fiction picture book to do.
Title: Looking at Lincoln
Author and Illustrator: Maira Kalman Continue reading