Professor Dewey's Book Talk

McCalip's Class

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Tell me about what you're reading!

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Professor Dewey

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Mrs. Torres' 3rd Grade Class,

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Professor Dewey

Tell Me About What You're Reading

Hey everybody,

I love it when people visit my blog and recommend great books that they are reading. So tell me about the books you are reading! Your book may even become one of my commercials! So check it out!

Happy Reading,

Professor Dewey

MathStart Author

I have a terrific author I want to recommend. Stuart J. Murphy has written 63 MathStart books that help make learning math fun! Did you know that Mr. Murphy didn't like math as a kid, but he really liked drawing and making up stories?? NOW his books use pictures to help kids learn about math! Some MathStart books you should check out are Ready, Set, Hop!   Bug Dance and    Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! With 63 books to choose from, you can have fun becoming a MATH expert! You can learn more about this author and his books by visiting www. stuartjmurphy.com Be sure to let me know which of the MathStart books are your favorites…and visit my website at www.professordewey.com to watch some video commercials about Stuart J. Murphy and more authors!

Happy Reading!

Terrific Author

I’m so excited to tell you about this great author who writes fiction and non-fiction books for kids. His name is David A. Adler and you might be familiar with his Cam Jansen Mysteries. Mr. Adler has also written math books (he used to be a math teacher!), books about the holocaust and biographies. Remember, biographies are books about people’s lives. Find out some fascinating facts about famous people by checking out: A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt, A Picture Book of George Washington, and A Picture Book of Anne Frank. You can learn more about this terrific author and his books at www.davidaadler.com  How cool is that? When you discover some interesting information, be sure to tell me all about it…just click on the Comment link and blog me about what you’re reading! Happy Reading! (PS You can watch a video commercial about this author and others on my website at www.professordewey.com)

Texas Book Festival

I had a SUPER time at the Texas Book Festival in Austin last weekend. I got to meet some terrific authors, read some fantastic books and have a GREAT time in Austin for Halloween. There were no "tricks" though, only "treats"--I even learned how to make a pop-up card! I got to have my books signed by Judy Schachner, Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett, Brian Floca, Bruce Foster, and even Mo Willems (live via satellite!) You need to check out my pics http://www.professordewey.com/txbkfest.html And be sure to visit the author's websites, because they tell all about their books and have some really fun activities, too! 

Happy Reading!

The Professor

More Terrific Authors

Hey everybody...I'm so excited to tell you some of my favorite authors. They each write mostly fiction books (but some also write non-fiction and autobiographies!) If you want to learn more about the books each of these authors have written, be sure to visit my website at www.professordewey.com and click on the Videos tab. Then you can choose Fiction authors and select one or more of the following authors to learn more about:

Marc Brown, Eve Bunting, Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola and Chris VanAllsburg...

They are all such terrific authors--you should Check Them Out!

Tell me about which author is your favorite and which books you're reading--you can even recommend another author who is a favorite of yours!

Happy Reading,

The Professor

Awesome Authors

Two of my favorite non-fiction authors are Gail Gibbons and Seymour Simon. If you like reading-to-learn, you should check out these author's books! Seymour Simon uses awesome photographs and interesting facts about planets, animals, your body and more. Gail Gibbons uses drawings and neat illustrations to explain animals, weather, food and more! These authors also have terrific websites you can visit (see below.) When you've read one of these author's books, comment back to me about what you read and learned. Happy Reading!

Gail Gibbons: http://www.gailgibbons.com/index.htm

Seymour Simon: http://www.seymoursimon.com/index.htm or http://www.seymourscience.com/

The Story of a Life

You know that I love reading and talking about books—both fiction and nonfiction books. Nonfiction - is the opposite of fiction. Books that are nonfiction, or true, are about real things, people, events, and places. If you are looking for a nonfiction book in a library, you will look in the shelves that are organized by NUMBERS in the Dewey Decimal system. A special kind of nonfiction book is called a biography. A biography is the true story of a person’s life. You can usually find biographies in the “92” section of the library. I think it’s really cool to learn about people’s lives and find out fun facts about famous people in biographies! Did you know that “Professor Dewey” is not my real name? If you want to find out how I chose my name, you can visit my website at www.professordewey.com. You can also watch videos about the books I recommend. Tell me about what you're reading by clicking on the Comments link below.  Happy Reading!

Candy From the Sky?

I just read a really awesome nonfiction book called Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot.  This biography is the true story of a little girl who isn’t really famous except that she wrote a special letter to a pilot. People who lived in East Germany after World War II couldn’t get any supplies—even food, so pilots flew over dropping food and supplies with parachutes. Lt. Gail Halverson secretly began dropping candy with little parachutes to the children. One little girl named Mercedes wrote a letter to the “Chocolate Pilot” asking him to drop candy at her house. Because of her letter, Lt. Halversen and Mercedes became friends for life. This is a great book about how ordinary people overcame a tough time after war—you should check it out! Be sure to visit my website at www.professordewey.com to see a video about this book. Be sure to let me know when you read about this “True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy that Dropped from the Sky.”  Tell me what kind of candy you would have like to see dropped by parachute! Happy Reading!