New books from the book fair
We had our Scholastic book fair this week and there was a grand assortment of books. There were two new ones I'd been hearing about but hadn't read, so I got to read this them this week! The first one is a picture book. It's called "All Are Welcome" by Alexandra Penfold. It's a story told in rhyming verse about how school is a welcoming place. The illustrations are warm and inviting and show a range of people who look different, sound different, and worship different from me. This is going to be a terrific book for talking about classroom and school community. I think it would be appropriate for little kids, but I think big kids, even middle or high schoolers, could appreciate it too. Unfortunately, Scholastic only sent me three and when I tried to reorder, they were out of stock. I think this shows that a LOT of people are enjoying and appreciating what a good book this is. So you need to look for it too! The second one was...