Wow! What an amazing night at the book fair. It was great to see families enjoying books together! Great books, great music (thanks to Charlotte Glikman and Tim Doyle!!!), and great fun! Thanks for all of your support! I am looking forward to lots of browsing and to discovering new books together. It's going to be a busy week! I am currently reading
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull. I am only on page 38, but am very intrigued! I think that it would make a great read-a-loud. It should appeal to boys and girls who like fantasy. Look for it at the book fair.
Funny Business is a collection of stories by a group of awesome authors including... Mac Barnett, Eion Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieska, Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo.
Check out the book trailer for this one
here. This is terrific!!!! Paperback copies of this are available at the Doss book fair. Get first dibs by coming to the pajama party Monday night from 5:00-7:00.
There are two series that you might want to look for at the book fair...
Secret series by Dr. Cuthbert Soup
A Whole Nother Story
Another Whole Nother Story
Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2009: What's a family to do when its scientist-inventor-dad builds a time machine that governments, super spies with chimpanzees, and just about every evil organization in the world want to get their hands on--at any cost? Run for their lives, of course! In the very first chapter, the recently widowed Ethan Cheeseman, and his three "smart, pleasant, witty, attractive, polite, and relatively odor free" kids are roused from their beds in the wee hours of the morning by their trusty canine alarm system--their psychic and hairless dog, Pinky. They pack up the family station wagon and head out of town, eluding the bad guys by mere seconds. In this fast-paced and very humorous adventure, the Cheeseman clan hits the highway in search of a new home where they can settle down and be a normal family (whatever that is). Along the way, they use their smarts to outwit and outpace the bad guys. Every page of this debut novel, narrated by the unusual Dr. Cuthbert Soup, is full of snappy dialogue, unexpected twists and turns, and unsolicited advice on subjects ranging from how to choose a dog to timely advice on time travel. Middle grade readers who dig the tongue-twisters, quirky villains, hilarious hijinx, and brave and brainy kids of the Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch will find lots to laugh-out-loud about in a A Whole Nother Story. --Lauren Nemroff (amazon.com review)
Pseudonymous Bosch's Terces Society mysteries
The Name of This Book is a Secret
If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
This Book is Not Good for You
This Isn't What It Looks Like
From amazon.com-
Product Description
Beware!
Dangerous secrets lie between the pages of this book.
OK, I warned you. But if you think I'll give anything away, or tell you that this is the sequel to my first literary endeavor,
The Name of This Book is Secret, you're wrong.
I'm not going to remind you of how we last left our heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest, as they awaited intiation into the mysterious Terces Society, or the ongoing fight against the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais. I certainly won't be telling you about how the kids stumble upon the Museum of Magic, where they finally meet the amazing Pietro!
Oh, blast! I've done it again. Well, at least I didn't tell you about the missing Sound Prism, the nefarious Lord Pharaoh, or the mysterious creature born in a bottle over 500 years ago, the key to the biggest secret of all.
I really can't help myself, now can I? Let's face it---if you're reading this, it's too late.
About the Author
Mysterious stranger? Anonymous author? Who is Pseudonymous Bosch and how does he know so much about our heroes and heroines? The truth will all be revealed---with time. For more info on P. Bosch, please read his first book,
The Name of This Book is Secret.
I have not read any of these... Have you? ~Mrs. Lang
I am looking forward to a great week at the Doss book fair. I hope that you all enjoyed Topher's book talks last week. His book picks are displayed near the check out area, but I thought that it would be good to post the list here.
Picture Books
Chicken Big by Keith Graves
Oh No! by Mac Barnett
A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black
Chapter Books
The Secrets of the Cheese Syndicate by Donna St. Cyr
Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist series by R.L. LaFevers
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Vordak the Incomprehensible by Vodak
Scumble by Ingrid Law
Nerds 2 by Michael Buckley
The Candymakers by Wendy Moss
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Witches Kitchen by Allen Williams
and there are many other great books to be found at the book fair this week. Don't forget to come in your pajamas Monday night for the grand opening from 5:00-7:00!!! It's going to be a great week!!!
