Book of the Month

Here is our Book of the Month!

Today during Daily 5 in Mrs. Koster's class, two readers were spotted reading our book of the month for "Read to Someone". They were using the check mark to remind them to check for understanding after each partner read aloud. This month, our school is exploring Bon Apetit: The Delicious Life of Julia Child. We expect to learn a lot about Julia Child because no one in our class even knew who she was until we heard about this book! We are glad Mrs. Phillips chose this book and readers have enjoyed exploring it's many illustrations and interesting style of writing.

These readers chose the Book of the Month to read during "Read to Someone"! Mrs. Koster overheard them stopping to check for understanding and notice interesting facts about Julia Child.

This week in reading and writing workshop, we are discussing book recommendations, book blurbs, and book reviews. Readers and writers, look at the book review below written about our Book of the Month!

In a starred review, Publishers Weekly raves, "Chef and TV personality Julia Child likely would have delighted in and hooted over this wide-ranging picture-book biography.... Readers young and old will devour this fete pour les yeux."

Follow Julia Child—chef, author, and television personality—from her childhood in Pasadena, California, to her life as a spy in WWII, to the cooking classes she took in Paris, to the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, to the funny moments of being a chef on TV. This is a comprehensive and enchanting picture book biography, told in many panels and jam-packed with lively, humorous, and child-friendly details. Young chefs and Julia Child fans will exclaim, "ooooh la la," about this book, which is as energetic and eccentric as the chef herself.

Here is a photo of Julia Child on her television show! 

Readers and Writers, Use what you are learning in class about good book recommendations to comment about this book review. What makes this a great book review? Have you read the book yet? If so, what are some things you learned about Julia Child? What were your favorite features of this book? Why do you think Mrs. Phillips chose this book as our school's Book of the Month? If you have not read the book yet, what do you expect to learn from the book?