The Book With No Pictures

by B. J. Novak
Hennepin County Library
genre: picture book

I don't know if I'm just too far removed from reading to young ones or what . . . this didn't really float my boat. The enjoyment comes from the humor in having the reader say silly words and sounds (and then object to it). I'm trying to think of how this could be used in the context of my teachers and their classrooms. Perhaps our Litwits discussion will give me some ideas.

Of Noble Birth

by Brenda Novak
Hennepin County Library audiobook 10 discs
genre: romance, historical fiction
read by Alison Larkin

Liked: romantic tension, character development (at least for Alexandra and Nathaniel), adventure

Disliked: stupid decisions by characters, lack of realism in parts (e.g. Nathaniel being romantically inclined mere hours after escaping the torture and deprivations of a month in the Hulks)