A blog with three buds

Hi all! I'm a former ESOL teacher, current Kindergarten IA, future librarian/media specialist, and lifelong lover of books! I'm starting this blog to:

• Showcase multicultural literature and wonderful literature in all forms
•  Highlight a variety of literature for different age levels
• Just wax super-enthusiastic about all the books I'm excited about!

But why three books, in particular? Because -

• I want to feature a variety of books representing a topic, one at the lower primary grade level, one at the middle elementary level, and one at the upper elementary or even YA level, so teachers/parents/students of all ages can benefit
• Threes are a tiny bit magical, in some way - from the three wishes in fairy tales to the unwritten photography rule (not rule of thirds) that anything in threes is just more interesting to the eye (three ducks in a pond rather than two, three kids in a scene rather than five, etc) 
  
• Three books at once are digestible, easy to view and consider without being a giant post of to-reads (although I love those, too)

In keeping with the 3's rule, I'll be posting three mini-review parts about each book:

• A summary - just describing the book and what generally happens
• A personal response -my experience with using the book, what I love about it or not, what resonates with me as a reader and a sharer of literature with kids, and sometimes just me fangirling being ebullient about how amazing the book is
• An evaluative critique - this is where it gets more lit-crit-style, though don't worry - I'll be keeping the jargon on the shelf -  this will be an analysis of what elements (in both text and picture) just "work" well to create a phenomenal children's literature experience for all.

So, this is where it begins! Looking forward to posting whenever I can and connecting with fellow teachers, book enthusiasts, future-and-current librarians, and parents and kids! Whatever else happens, I hope this blog helps highlight some of the amazing works there are out there - those with awards and without, small-press and large-press, fiction and nonfiction, and all exciting!

See you soon!

-Amber :)