Teachers Are Readers Too!
Posted by Kim Murphy on 30 Jun 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School
From my experience, teachers generally have a love of reading. I know one of my favorite activities is to curl up with a good book, and there’s no better time to read than during the summer months! Magazines abound with recommended summer reading lists and best books for the beach. So I thought we would try our own little teacher-approved recommended reading list on The Mailbox® Blog. What are you planning to read during the summer months? What are some of your favorite books from past summers? Type me a quick note to name your all-time favorites! Then you can use the recommendations to jot down a list of potential books to read. Hey, all of these books are teacher-approved—just like our ideas in The Mailbox® magazine!
All the best,
Kimberly
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I could not conceive of being without a book to read. I’ve read some of the books mentioned above and highly reccommend THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins. My favorite books are the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie is always involved in some kind of mischief and the reading is light and full of laughter at her (and her family’s) antics. I just finished reading The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Mr. Hosseini is a great author. Bring along a box of tissues. Happy Summer Reading!
I love reading young adult literature. I teach a summer school age program and like to read with them. I have several favorite series including first and best Gregor the Overlander, and Harry Potter of course, Charlie Bone and the Children of the Red King, and Percy Jackson The Olympian series. I’m now reading 100 Cupboards and am hooked. It’s so difficult to keep kids interested in reading but I am intent on keeping reading number one on my summer curriculum:) I also like Jodi Piccoult books, my favorite being Keeping Faith.
“My Sister’s Keeper”…awesome, but a box of tissue is required!! Southern literature (Yes, I’m from SC!!!),…try Dorothea Benton Frank’s Pawley’s Island, Shem Creek, nPlantation, and Isle of Palms. Pawley’s Island II is coming out in Aug. Can’t wait!!
I enjoyed reading all or your comments, but no one mentioned The Outliers by Maxwell Gladwell. It is non-fiction and a fascinating read. It explains in terms of culture, family, and generation how the Beatles, Bill Gates, Asians with math, and many others are so successful. I couldn’t put it down.
I’m in a teacher/knitting-reading group and we try to read a book a month and discuss it when we get together on Fridays. My favorite so far has been City of Thieves by David Bennioff.
Oh my, where to start!
Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins I also read the sequel Advanced Reader Copy of Catching Fire due out Sept 1st! Both are EXCELLENT - for older teens
Girl in a Cage - Jane Yolen
Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marrs
Schooled- Spinelli
Star Girl
Wednesday Wars- Schmidt
Most of the books I read are teen books or tween books to keep ahead of my students. It allows me to have a list of books in my mind for particular students once I get to know their interests. The list above are all books I enjoyed so much!
A good list to check out are the Sonlight Curriculum books (Read Alouds) there are books on that list that every child should read and are often overlooked.
Summer and school year I love listening to mystery books on CD while I am in the car or grading papers after school. But during the summer, I also try to read all of the new Bluebonnet Award Books and Newberry Honor Books. Then I will have some suggestions for my students.
I, too, must read every night before I can sleep. I would like to recommend The Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. Don’t get discouraged at the beginning; It took me the first eighty pages to get hooked. It is a fascinating read and on my top ten list. Isn’t it great to have a hot, lazy day devoted to pleasure reading?
My wonderful, loving, dedicated mother has dementia. The book “Still Alice” was a wonderful tribute to all the people we love that has this disease. It is written from the patients point of view. This book made me cry but also gave me insight of what my mother went through in the first stages. Excellent.
I love to read, but don’t find much time during the school year. I love the summer when I have a chance to catch up on my reading. I really enjoyed The Shack, but my favorite authors are Debbie Macomber and Karen Kingsbury. I also read several professional books each summer and of course my Mailbox magazines (including about 10 years of back issues) to see which ideas I’ll use this school year.
I plan to order The Cornerstone by Angela Powell to read before the summer’s over. Enjoy your summer reading everyone!
I am reading THE DAILY 5 and THE CAFE BOOK by “the sisters.” I also enjoy Christian romance novels that take place in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors - “Plain Truth”, “Keeping Faith”, “Change of Heart”, “Handle With Care” are just some of her books - amazing!
“PS - I Love You” - SO much better than the movie!!!
Happy Summer everyone!