I haven't read anything yet this summer that has knocked my socks off. But as I've thought back to the best books I've read since the beginning of the year, they all have something in common--they all won the Newbery Award. Yep, I love reading children's literature. Another thing they have in common is that they have gotten me to experience a real important emotion while reading. And the last thing they have in common is that I listened to all of them on Overdrive.
(The picture tools on my new Mac are driving me crazy, so sorry pics of the books)
1. Bud Not Buddy. I especially loved the narration. Much better to listen to this in a black man's voice than my own. More authentic as he tells the story of a black orphan boy.
2. Bomb. Fascinating nonfiction history of the atomic bomb in World War II.
3. Moon over Manifest. This is the sweet story of a girl who spends her summer discovering the secrets of a town called Manifest.
4. Dead End in Norvelt. This book shares an odd kinship with Moon over Manifest. But here, it's a boy who spends his summer discovering the secrets of a town called Norvelt.
So if you're looking for an easy, delightful read that keeps the pages turning, pick any of these.
I'm with you Daniel: Newbery winners are the bomb! I especially liked the book "Bomb." You bring up an interesting point about what voice we hear books in. I'm pretty sure that I rarely hear a book, even when I am the one reading it silently, in my own voice. How about the rest of you?
ReplyDeleteI think I hear my own voice when I read silently--but I don't ALWAYS hear a voice. That is one of the reasons I have a hard time with certain swear words when reading because it is ME saying them.
ReplyDeleteI definitely hear my own voice. Which definitely doesn't sound as exciting as the Harry Potter narrator. However, the Harry Potter narrator obviously didn't have a clue when it came to the pronunciation of Hermione or Hagrid. :)
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