Read-Aloud Roundup

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Volume 2, Issue 3

October 2014

Book Report

Homework Alabama

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The Alabama Virtual

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All of these online tools

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More link on our

website. While you’re

there, take a look at some

of the other online

educational opportunities

we’re highlighting —

Book-Related Websites

and Fun & Learning

Websites.

Homework Help for Students (and Teachers)

Review the New

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

A Southern delight!

Perfect for readers who

believe in the magical power

of words . . . and ice cream.

Take a look at this free

activity booklet available

from Scholastic. You can also

watch a 42-second booktalk

video.

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

by Karen Foxlee

This modern-day fairy tale, set in

a mysterious museum, is perfect

for fans of Frozen and Roald Dahl.

Number One Sam by Greg Pizzoli

The author of The Watermelon

Seed introduces a race-car driving

dog who learns that some things are

more important than first place.

80 Years of Mary Poppins

Alexander and the Terrible,

Horrible, No-Good, Very

Bad Blog

Another Timmy Failure

The Doll People Set Sail

Election Connection

Ivan: The Remarkable True

Story of the Shopping Mall

Gorilla

Map Skills

Number the Stars — 25th

Anniversary

The Wizarding World of HPL

World Origami Days

Untangle the Web

https://www.pinterest.com/

cwpcommoncore/

http://

www.readcommoncore.com/

These websites promote Common

Core-aligned resources from

specific book publishers —

Candlewick Press and Harper

Collins.

APProved

Sushi Monster

Practice and

reinforce math fact fluency

(addition and multiplication)

Ages 7+ / iPhone, iPad & iPod

Touch

Fizzy’s Lunch

Lab Fresh Pick

Covers math

topics such as deductive

reasoning, mapping, sorting

and classifying

Ages 6-8 / iPad

Read This, Not That

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BONUS ROUND

R. L. Stine isn’t the only author who can give you Goosebumps.

13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham

All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Dowd Hahn

Awfully Beastly Business: Werewolf Versus Dragon by Matthew Morgan (#1)

The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows by Jacqueline West (#1)

Case File 13: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage (#1)

The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (#1)

Curse of the Campfire Weenies by David Lubar

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison (#1)

Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret

The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki

The Haunting of Derek Stone: City of the Dead by Tony Abbott (#1)

Infestation by Timothy J. Bradley

Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor (#1)

Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson (#1)

My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville (#1)

Nightmare Academy: Monster Hunters by Dean Lorey (#1)

Saranormal: Ghost Town by Phoebe Rivers (#1)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz (#1)

Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow by Katy Towell

The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand

You’re Invited to a Creepover: Truth or Dare by P. J. Knight (#1)

The Zombie Chasers by John Kloepfer (#1)

More Than Common Core The Split History of Westward Expansion in

the United States by Nell Musolf There are two sides to this story — that of the American

Indians and that of the settlers. Beginning with the colony of

Jamestown (1607) and ending with the Massacre at Wounded

Knee (1890), readers get two even-handed versions of history

and come to understand how major events, such as the Louisiana

Purchase and the completion of the transcontinental railroad,

affected each group. This is one of eight titles in

the Perspectives Flip Book series.

At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the

Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui

by Christine Liu-Perkins Miniature servants, mysterious silk paintings, scrolls of

long-lost secrets and the best preserved mummy in the world

are just some of the artifacts discovered in Lady Dai’s

2,200-year-old tomb. This book is based on 14 years of

extensive research.

October is National Reading

Group Month. Check out one

of the two nighttime book

clubs that meet at Hoover

Public Library — Read Your

Own Adventure and Nonfiction.

Fri., Oct. 31

9:00 a.m. - 6 p.m. All ages

Sat., Oct. 4

10:30 a.m.

All ages

Fri., Oct. 24

4:00 p.m.

Grades 4-6

Tues., Oct. 28

4:30 p.m.

Grades 1-3