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Book Review: Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Book Review: Winter Town by Stephen Emond
Book Review and Giveaway: Because Your Mommy Loves You by Andrew Clements
Book Review: The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
Book Review and Signed Giveaway: Stay Close to Mama by Toni Buzzeo
Book Review: Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie
Book Review: Alice in Wonderland {and} Little Miss Bronte Jane Eyre by Jennifer Adams
Book Review: Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman
Book Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Book Review: Aoki {and} Yumi by Annelore Parot
Book Review: Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani
Book Review: Neversink by Barry Wolverton
Book Review and Giveaway: Summer on the Moon by Adrian FogelinIt’s Banned Books Week and I’m vlogging a bit about that and book trailers this week! Take a look:
Now, you tell me:
Do you have a favorite “Banned Book”? And…
What do you think about book trailers? Yay or Nay?
I’m not a really a fan of book trailers. They usually do not influence my reading.
However, I think Jill (The OWL) uses them in her classroom to motivate reading and I think that’s a brilliant idea. I can definitely see how books can help younger readers.
Great question!
PS Hope you’re feeling better. You’re in my thoughts!
Congrats on getting through surgery and hope you set and recover well!
This is a hugely emotional week for me since so many of the books on the list, especially the classics but some of the newer choices too, are on my favorites list. Like you, I’m a parents and I would much rather my children read and learn and talk about tough stuff and know it’s out there, than deal with it or watch a friend or classmate deal with it and think that they or their peres are alone. I will say that I plan to read everything my kids do not as an overbearing type but just so I can understand when they ask questions. Thank you so much for this post, this week!!
Oh and my favorites are the dusty old classics like For Whom the Bell Tolls, Animal Farm, This Side of Paradise, QOne Flew Over the Cukoos Nest…all of that. Although…I just found out that The Hunger Games was on the list so hello, I’ll take it!
I hope you recover quickly from the surgery. No fun.
I think it’s so ironic that somebody’s banned Farhenheit 451, since it’s about the dangers of banning books. But banning a book is probably one of the best ways to increase sales, so if you want to start a movement to ban my new book FOOD OF LOVE, which came out on Friday, please do.
Book trailers don’t do a thing for me, but I’m probably not the target audience. Kids may react very positively to them. Personally, if I have the time to watch a book trailer, I’d rather spend it reading an actual book.
Feel better soon!
Take good care of yourself, Danielle!
I’m disgusted that any book can be banned, and especially appalled that a book as gentle and charming as CHARLOTTE’S WEB is on the list.
As for book trailers, I generally like them, though some aren’t done very well. But those that are, certainly can influence me to purchase a book.
Fell better soon!
I agree — I like well-done book trailers, but most are not . . .
As for whether they influence me, I usually watch a trailer after I’ve read a book just to see. I have shown them to my daughters if I read a book that I think they might like to peak their interest. I would like to use them in my school library . . . trying to get a projector that I can hook up to my computer.