Book Meme Day 13
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apple_pathwaysDay 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
I love children's books. One of my favorite things about working with kids is the excuse to read their books. I don't get to read to the kids I tutor now, but when I worked for a daycare I used to love reading to a group of kids. I go all out, too: different voices, big gestures--encouraging the kids to shout out the parts they know. So much fun!
One of my favorite books to read out loud is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It has it all: a good rhyming rhythm, a repetitive chorus for the kids to chime in with, and dramatic moments where you can raise your voice and make the kids jump and giggle.
A told B and B told C: "I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree!"
Chicka chicka boom boom, will there be enough room?
My other favorite children's book is The Giving Tree, which makes me weep like a river. I was babysitting once and reading the story to a three year-old. She was so concerned when I started choking up at the end!
As far as young adult novels go, I'll leave off with a simple list of books I loved as a teen and still love today: The Catcher in the Rye, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Separate Peace, Little Women, The Mists of Avalon, Jacob, Have I Loved, Maniac Magee, Jane Eyre.
I love children's books. One of my favorite things about working with kids is the excuse to read their books. I don't get to read to the kids I tutor now, but when I worked for a daycare I used to love reading to a group of kids. I go all out, too: different voices, big gestures--encouraging the kids to shout out the parts they know. So much fun!
One of my favorite books to read out loud is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It has it all: a good rhyming rhythm, a repetitive chorus for the kids to chime in with, and dramatic moments where you can raise your voice and make the kids jump and giggle.
A told B and B told C: "I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree!"
Chicka chicka boom boom, will there be enough room?
My other favorite children's book is The Giving Tree, which makes me weep like a river. I was babysitting once and reading the story to a three year-old. She was so concerned when I started choking up at the end!
As far as young adult novels go, I'll leave off with a simple list of books I loved as a teen and still love today: The Catcher in the Rye, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Separate Peace, Little Women, The Mists of Avalon, Jacob, Have I Loved, Maniac Magee, Jane Eyre.
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Date: 2010-09-21 11:05 am (UTC)I love children's books and YA books... I want to work in publishing with those kinds of books. That would be my dream. *sigh* My dream doesn't seem that intent on coming true, so never mind. =/
I approve of Little Women and would add I Capture the Castle, those two really moved me when I was a teenager. The others on your list I've never read. No, not even Catcher or Jane Eyre. Fail!
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Date: 2010-09-21 01:58 pm (UTC)Publishing children's books is a very worthy dream! Don't give up on it! It would be so amazing...
Yes, definitely read those other books! I don't know if Catcher in the Rye will resonate quite the same way if you don't read it as an angsty teen, but it's definitely worth a read; I just love Salinger, though!