Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

Why reinvent the wheel? Why should Hollywood come up with clever ideas for new movies when there are so many fun books out there? This isn't the first year that it's happened that many books will be turned into movies, but there are definitely some that I'm super excited about!! Divergent , Veronica Roth The Fault in Our Stars , John Green The Giver , Lois Lowry At the same time that I'm excited I'm so scared that they're going to get it wrong and ruin these books, especially the latter two! Which of you beloved books have been turned into movies/are being turned into movies? And were you happy with the movie/are you excited to see it on the big screen? Thanks @BuzzFeed Books for this list .

As I was reading Eating from the Ground Up's post about summer , I had to stop and take a deep breath; the big breath before the plunge. Stick's kiddos have already been out of school for over a week now--a thought that stresses me out, "what are we going to do ALL SUMMER!!!?" until I remember, "Oh yeah, Summer Reading!" This is our last minute of making our lists and making sure everything's done and ready for our kick-off event on Saturday and Summer Reading, which tec hnically begins in a week ! A week! As I 'm sure lots of l ibrarians feel a round this time of year, I'm really excited and also nervo us, ready for it to begin and be over at the same time. :)   S o, as we begin our final Summer Reading '13 plans and family's every where plan their summer vacation, think about unplugging the kids (and yourself) from your individual iPhones, iPods, iPads, and tuning into a great book together ; take turns reading aloud , or better ...

More great books to reads from the magic lady , this time: MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOKS Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko All Alone in the Universe, by Lynne Rae Perkins Among the Hidden, by Margaret Haddix Bone from a Dry Sea, by Peter Dickinson Catherine Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau and its sequels Crash, by Jerry Spinelli Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen Dovey Coe, by Frances O’Roark Dowell East by Edith Pattou Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson The Giver, by Lois Lowry The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson Holes, by Louis Sachar Homecoming, by Cynthia Voigt Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer- and other novels House of the Scorpions, by Nancy Farmer Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke and its sequel Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck and its sequel The Loon Feather, by Iola Fuller Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien Love tha...

And still more ... 5th Grade Recommendations: Aurora County All-Stars, by Deborah Wiles, any books by her Becoming Naomi Leon, by Pam Munoz Ryan BFG, by Roald Dahl Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson Castle in the Attic, by Elizabeth Winthrop Dealing with Dragons series, by Patricia Wrede Donuthead, by Sue Stauffacher Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg George Washington’s Socks, by Elvira Woodruff The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke and its sequel Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert O’Brien My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall P.S. Longer Letter Later, by Paula Danzig...

More from the magic lady of my college day...   4th GRADE RECOMMENDED BOOKS Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (Great audio edition available, too!) Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich and sequel, Game of Silence The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (Start with Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is really the first book!) A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke (Great audio edition available, too!) Enola Holmes mysteries, by Nancy Springer Frindle, by Andrew Clement Gooseberry Park, by Cynthia Rylant Ida B., by Katherine Hannigan Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, by Julie Andrews Edwards Little House series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Great audio editions available, too!) Mandy, by Julie Andrews Edwards Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli (Great audio edition available, too!) Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers The Moffats by Eleanor Estes, and others by her Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry Poppy series, by Avi Prince of ...

Keeping on with the recommendations from the magic lady, wherever she is now... 3rd GRADE RECOMMENDED BOOKS A to Z Mysteries, by Ron Roy Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White Clementine and its sequel, by Sara Pennypacker Cobble Street Cousins series, by Cynthia Rylant Dog Diaries, by Betsy Byars A Fairy Called Hilary, by Linda Leopold Strauss Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown Gadget War, by Betsy Duffey Hannah, by Gloria Whelan The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Matt Christopher sports books, by Matt Christopher Next Spring an Oriole and its sequels, by Gloria Whelan PeeWee’s Tale and its sequels, by Joanna Hurwitz Ramona series, by Beverly Cleary Roxie and the Hooligans, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Shredderman series, by Wendelin Van Draanen Sideways Stories from Wayside School series, by Louis Sachar S.O.S. Files, by Betsy Byars Sword in the Tree, by Clyde Bulla Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café, by Judy Cox

Keeping that promise ... 2nd GRADE RECOMMENDED BOOKS Picture books to read aloud Animalia, by Graeme Base Anansi and the Talking Melon, by Eric Kimmel (and others in the series) The Boy and the Ghost, by Robert SanSouci Charlie Parker Played Bebop, by Chris Raschka Click Clack Moo, by Doreen Cronin The Day of Ahmed’s Secret, by Florence Perry Heide Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, by Mo Willems Fables, by Arnold Lobel The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart The Gold Miner’s Daughter, by Jackie Mims Hopkins Lon Po Po, by Ed Young Mrs. Katz and Tush, by Patricia Polacco Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, by John Steptoe Old Henry, by Joan Blos Rumplestiltskin, by Paul O. Zelinsky Sitti’s Secrets, by Naomi Shihab Nye A Story for Bear, by Dennis Haseley Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon Stone Soup, by Jon Muth Talking Eggs, by Robert SanSouci Thundercake, by Patricia Polacco Tops and Bottoms, by Janet Stevens Twelve Dancing Princesses, by Marianna Mayer Second Grade Chapter b...