Marathon Reading
If you could lock yourself in a cabin and read one author’s books all week, who would you choose? I want to hear your picks, not taint the waters with mine. I was talking to another teacher about this when some eager fourth graders chimed in. This led to them asking me to go back and purchase more paperback copies of some of their favorite series:
* Seventh Tower
* Gregor the Overlander
* Wilhemenia Rules
* Bailey School Kids
* A to Z Mysteries
* Young Cam Jansen
* the Santa Paws titles
* Amber Brown
* Black Lagoon
* Marvin Redpost
* Goosebumps
* Dragonslayers
* graphic biographies
Their favorite series are not necessarily the authors I most admire and that I think are the long-lasting type. I deeply appreciate Judy Freeman’s books including Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3. Her resources at www.judyreadsbooks.com help me work better with teachers to locate new authors and new read-alouds. I wish that every teacher could change grade levels just so they would be forced to talk to me about new trends. I love that moment when you place 5 or 6 titles in a teacher’s hands to sample. They choose one, read it to the kids, and suddenly there is a tremendous run on all titles by that author.
Tamara Pierce (for school level) or Robert Heinlein.
Comment by Christopher Harris — February 27, 2007 @ 1:18 pm
I could read Dan Simmons (sci fi) or Larry McMurtry (westerns) for a week.
Doug
Comment by Doug Johnson — March 1, 2007 @ 7:52 am
Currently, I am engrossed for the second time in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I should have known better than to start reading them during the Christmas holidays, because I find I can’t stop until I have read all 6 books (each at least 800 pages long). I am trying to fit in my usual diet of current children’s literature with much difficulty. In that vein, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter would also suit for a week in a cabin, especially if I could take the last book in the series which is due out this summer.
Comment by Helen Davis — March 3, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
I would happily spend a week reading all of Cornelia Funke’s books. or Eva Ibbotson. or Roald Dahl. or Rick Riordan. . .
Comment by Sonja — March 14, 2007 @ 1:15 pm