Hello all valiant readers out there in "The Land of Blog." Ti's I, your Reading Advisor, the very mysterious and bearer of mirth The Phantom Strange Bill of Sith!!!!!! Today I will talk about some books that will chill you to the bone, yet also make you laugh in much merriment!!!!! Enough talk, let us begin our journey into great books!!!!!
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey - Man if you are looking for a book that is:*Scary;
*a great story that will have you turning and reading page after page;
*Has great characters.
I have the book for you!!!!!!!!
Let me give you a little taste from the inside front jacket of this book: "These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me.....and who cursed me."
This book is about a young boy named Will Henry living in the mid/late 1800s, whose parents have passed away, that lives and assist the great Monstrumologist Dr. Warthrop. What is a Monstrumologist you ask? Well let me give you the definition given in the book:
mon*stum*ol*ogy (n.)
1: the study of life forms generally malevolent to humans and not recognized by science as actual organisms, s
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FB staff take an ice cream break
A fabulous thing happened on the way to Romeoville…
Last month, I got a ride from Chicago to our First Book National Book Bank distribution in Romeoville, Illinois from my friend, Jason Wells, who is the publicity director at Abrams Books for Young Readers. On the way, Jason mentioned that to promote the upcoming Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days book, Abrams was doing an ice cream truck tour. By the time we arrived at the distribution, we had an idea. Wouldn’t it be fun if the truck could make a special visit to a First Book recipient group and Abrams could provide brand new books for all the kids, as well as free ice cream?
In typical First Book fashion, Outreach Director Mitali Chakraborty worked her magic with our partners and everyone at First Book jumped on board to help. On Thursday, August 20, approximately twenty First Book staffers arrived at the YMCA’s Anthony Bowen chapter here in Washington, DC. Summer camp director Imani Bell and the YMCA staff introduced us to the kids: the Jaguars (ages 5-7), the Pythons (8-9) and the Icons (10 and up). The First Book staff members then broke up into small groups to read aloud with the younger kids and discuss books with the older ones.
Mitali, Imani and me
When we brought out the boxes of new books, the kids’ eyes lit up. They were so excited that they could each have their own books to keep! I was particularly impressed with the extent to which the Jaguars engaged with the illustrations in the book we read together. The First Book staff members were taking turns reading aloud when a little girl jumped in to take her turn (hey, why should the grown ups have all the read-aloud fun?) and carried the show for several pages, sounding out some challenging words like a champ.
Just then, the bright yellow Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days ice cream truck arrived, ready to serve up free frozen treats for all (my popsicle – okay, I had two – was excellent)! And, boy, was it a perfect ice cream day: sunny and hot! This event turned out to be the perfect way for the First Book staff to beat the heat and celebrate summer reading with some terrific kids in our own hometown. It’s hard to say who had more fun (or who ate more popsicles) – the kids or us!
Thanks again to Abrams Books for Young Readers and Jason Wells for the inspiration!
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The Monstrumologist sounds really good but everyone talks so much about the gore I don't know if I can "stomach" reading it!
Are you as excited as I am about the newest Alex Rider (Crocodile Tears) coming out this week? As you might know from my earlier rave about young James Bond I have a thing for teenage boy spies, and Alex is about my favorite. Every boy I have recommended the Alex Rider books to have enjoyed them--almost as much as I have! I hope you have read them because I think the are the bomb.