Introduction

Hello! Welcome to my blog that will be solely devoted to the Literature for Children and Young Adults course I am currently taking at Texas Woman's University. My goal is to fulfill requirements to acquire an MLS with a School Librarianship Focus. Please note all reviews of literature are subject to course requirements. 

The other day when I was teaching my students in our third grade class, we had an announcement over the speaker. It was about the Accelerated Reader program we utilize at school. Each month the top readers from each grade level are invited to a party in the library with our fantastic librarian. When one of the students in our class was called, another student immediately asked, "Ms. Massey, what do students get to do at the AR parties?" Stealing a glance and mischievous smile from my top reader who remained quiet as if in on the act with me, I said almost instantly "well, you get to party with the books." Naturally, the class laughed. They thought the idea preposterous. Then we all thought about it before I said, "you read the books and enjoy them. Maybe the books enjoy you too. It's a celebration of stories living on through you."


So, in essence, the books like to party too!