Shelf Help January 2020
Welcome to Shelf Help, a quick look at new and noteworthy books to read with your BOOK IT! students. BOOK IT! wants to make it easy to keep up with literary trends and popular reads to keep your students interested. This month we are featuring books that encourage your students to march to the beat of their own drum.
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Books
Pokko and the Drum
This is a beautifully illustrated picture book written and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe. What were Pokko’s parents thinking when they gave her a drum? The drumming is too loud inside their tiny mushroom home, so Pokko’s father sends her outside where other musicians join her to create a magical forest band.
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr and the Speech that Inspired a Nation
This book offers a behind the scenes look at the people who worked with Dr. King to create his famous “I Have a Dream” speech and how he prepared to deliver it. This inspiring, powerful book is a great addition to any classroom or library.
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson
This book shares the story of Frederick August Kittel Jr. and his love of words and reading. As a child, he learned to read by looking at cereal boxes and was an avid visitor of the Philadelphia Public Library. Despite his many rejections, Frederick persevered and became a renowned African-American playwright.
