[LM_NET] ELEM: BOOK REVIEW: Hooray for Reading Day! by Margery Cuyler

[Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@TONIBUZZEO.COM>]

Hooray for Reading Day! by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Arthur 
Howard.  Simon & Schuster, 2008. 978-0-689-86188-8

Hooray for a book about Reader's Theater!  Jessica, star of Stop Drop 
and Roll and 100th Day Worries, returns in this picture book about a 
freckle-faced worry wort who stumbles and trips as she tries to read 
in first grade.  Her rude classmates laugh at her wayward attempts 
even though Mr. Martin corrects their ill behavior while continually 
bolstering Jessica's courage.  But when Mr. Martin announces a 
"Reading Theater" day with parents in attendance and instructs 
students to practice their lines and come in costume, Jessica just 
knows she's sunk.  Luckily, though, her worries lead her to the best 
solutions, a frank talk with her family (where she learns her mom was 
once a struggling reader too) and an audience-her dog Wiggles-who 
will listen uncritically as she practices and 
practices.  Furthermore, the audience that Reader's Theater provides 
does just what research shows it will do-gives Jessica a purpose for 
reading fluently and successfully. Howard's watercolor illustrations 
emphasize Jessica's emotional journey and bring added humor to this 
realistic and much-needed story.  Suggested grades K-3.


Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Buxton, ME 04093
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
The Library Doors, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott (Upstart 
2008) BRAND NEW

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