Book series

At the moment, the book I am reading is The Giver. I have no idea if it is at my level, but it seems to be pretty simple to read, not many complicated words. What I do well is keeping track on what happens in the book, inferencing and predicting, making connections, getting my points, and especially asking questions and wondering. When it comes to what I struggle with, I really don’t read often when I should. Also, I tend to wander off in the middle of book, which makes me go back and reread the…

act of banning books with the following statement: “Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight” (“A Quote by Stephen Chbosky”). Challenging books usually comes from trying to protect people, mainly students, from “inappropriate” material found in the book. This can effect teachers by making them lose their flexibility to teach of teaching subjects to their students (“About Banned & Challenged Books”). Even…

the pages wondering when this torture would be over. The idea of being curled up in front of a fire with a good book sipping coco always sounded inviting but I had never found a book that could hold my attention. I had always found myself walking up and down the aisles of quite bookstores loving the idea of all the books with their crisp pages not yet read. I usually would choose a book at a bookstore that looked very interesting take it home read a few chapters and then lay it aside. It was not…

Put a Stop to Banned Books “Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous- they contain ideas” (Hautman). Pete Hautman was indeed correct. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been banned. Books offer kids to get ideas and have the power to imagine, they teach kids life lessons, and authors have the right to publish their work and share their ideas. These reasons apply to why Harry Potter should not have been banned. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind…

escape was when I snuggled down with a good book and let my imagination fly free with the Wicked Witch of the West, a horse called Misty, the book thief Liesel Meminger, and Lucy, the youngest of the Pevensies. However, as I grew older, I read less for enjoyment and more for school. I’m not a book nerd--I don’t even think I’m a nerd at all. Take my older sister, Lillian. Now, she was the book nerd of the family. She finished the Anne of Green Gables series when she was eleven, praising them so…

Beginning at an early age, my mom would read stories to me every night before bed. One of my favorites was My First Bible Stories, which was a book with my short Bible stories. Goldilocks and the Three Bears was another one of my favorite childhood books that my Mawmaw used to read to me whenever I would spend the night with her. There were many books my family used to read to me, and I believe that is what started my interest in reading. I have always been a shy person, but a reading…

discussing why I chose this book to review. I will tell you know how this book made an impression on me. I then will give examples from sources that either will corroborate or contradict what was discussed in the book. Lastly; you will find out how or why the information from the book will or will not affect my personal actions or professional practice. Book The book I chose was Go Wild. This book was written by John Ratey and Richard Manning. I chose to read this book because of the…

paperback novels, controversial science fiction, doomsday utopian societies, sappy romances, and even an educational biography every once in a while were some of my best friends throughout my elementary age. I flew through Tom Sawyer, the Alex Rider series, To Kill a Mockingbird, and several dozen other intriguing reads. Knowing I had become hooked on reading, many of my friends, family, and acquaintances thought that my odd addiction would never go away. Sometimes, I cruised through several a…

reading anything except books accommodating fairies. Otherwise, I couldn’t sit still long enough to get through the first chapter. Through school so far, we hadn’t done a significant amount of independent reading, but fourth grade was a fresh year with brand new expectations. I sauntered into fourth grade without a worry in sight, hoping to continue my weekly reads of The Rainbow Fairies. However, fourth grade wasn’t how I imagined. When it came time to choose a silent reading book, I searched…

For a long time I had absolutely no interest in books and even less interest in writing. No one encouraged me to read or write, no one cared. My passion for books was purely accidental and effortless. It sparked and bursted to life, burning like a forest fire over night. Learning how to read wasn’t difficult for me, I just didn’t care. While I went through first grade I never picked up a book and tried to read, I would just stare at the pictures; they were more interesting. I was in Germany at…