Many kids are reading books in a series and anxiously await the release of the newest title. We try our best to keep up with the hundreds of series out there. Here are some of the latest releases we’ve received. If you need help locating any of them (or you see a series you aren’t familiar with and want to find the first one) just ask at the Youth Services Desk for some assistance.
Archive for the ‘Series Books’ Category
Next in the Series . . .
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
New Beginning Chapter Book Series
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Award-winning children’s author Patricia Reilly Giff has introduced a new beginning chapter book series called Zigzag Kids where she introduces readers to a quirky, loveable group of kids. They explore the fun of new friendships and after-school activities.
Two books have bee released so far: Number One Kid and Big Whopper. find this series in the juvenile fiction section. (JFIC GIFF)
Got a Beginning Reader? Check Out This Series!
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Mary Ann Hoberman and Michael Emberley have teamed up once again for the “You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You” series of books. The latest installment in this joint reading venture is Very Short Fables. Others in the series include: Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mother Goose Tales and Scary Tales.
If you are unfamiliar with this series it is definitely worth a look for beginning readers or just for fun oral reading practice. Stories are broken up into three colors and columns on each page. Each color represents when a reader reads aloud individually and then when they join together. I used one with a student I was mentoring several years ago and it was a hit! It takes some of the pressure off of the beginning reader to finish an entire page, but more than that it allows an older reader or adult to model reading aloud.
Hoberman is the author of many books for children and Emberley has illustrated quite a few as well. These books are located in the juvenile nonfiction collection.
