false 216382 female Roanoke, VA 07/2007 12/2009 32 382 365 true 5773451 read 4 true 449022 currently-reading 13 true 449021 to-read 64 false 456134 hollins-courses 62 false 3948945 2008 58 false 4110744 2009 40 false 4190071 caldecott 35 false 7635208 favorite-authors 32 false 3948946 2007 29 false 4190068 newbery 25 false 2368458 favorite-rereads 3 false 4537498 thesis The Sum of Our Days (Paperback) by Isabel Allende]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81834766 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GuHVUdu4L._SL75_.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:24:07 -0800
After describing a torrential rainstorm that's battering her house and flooding the town, she writes, "I like it th...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/249491-ny-times-best-illustrated-children-s-books-2009 http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1182955129p2/188.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:57:51 -0800 Martha wrote: "Hi Emily - are the preschoolers able to read The Odd Egg to themselves? I have a 4 year old niece... who enjoys being read to? She recognizes words and tried to read with you... she so smart."


They can "read" books they're really familar with, and are getting much better at recognizing individual words. It's amazing how quickly they learn! Your niece must have people in her life who read to her to have such an appreciation and understanding of books!
]]> Odd and the Frost Giants (Hardcover) by Neil Gaiman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77471879 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260845620s/2819137.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:27:17 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/236583-the-bobbsey-twins http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1182955129p2/188.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:04:12 -0800 Evelyn wrote: "I read and loved the Bobbsey Twins when I was a child. I too devoured them one after the other. It was only as an adult when I tried reading them to my children that I noticed the racism. The serva..."

Good point, Evelyn, and one I was going to mention myself! I think open discussions are the best way of dealing with the racism in those, or any, books.]]> It's Not All Flowers and Sausages: My Adventures in Second Grade (Paperback) by Mrs. Mimi]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76240775 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576500s/6454948.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:01:29 -0800 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/93884-let-s-get-started-brainstorming-thread http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1182955129p2/188.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:09:20 -0800 Tahleen wrote: "Isn't The Hardy Boys a series that was written by a team? I know Nancy Drew was."

Yes, both series were written by ghost writers. Most of the early Hardy Boys books were written by Leslie McFarlane while Mildred Benson wrote most of the early Nancy Drew books. They were both products of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published many series books for kids, all written by ghost writers. There some really interesting books out there about Benson, McFarlane and the Stratemeyer Syndicate, but, of course, I'm drawing a complete blank on their titles. Grrrr . . .]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg 216382 Emily http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226341733p2/216382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216382-emily Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:18:49 -0700