The BFG

We've been reading one of my very favorite books, The BFG by Roald Dahl. I can't say that I love the movie (the book is ALWAYS better in my opinion) but the kids really enjoy seeing the characters come to life. Here's the whole movie on YouTube...

Reading Dahlathon

One of my very favorite authors is Roald Dahl. I fell in love with his books when I was young and have been sharing him with my students since I started teaching. I'm not sure if this site is new but I stumbled across it for the first time today... http://www.roalddahlclub.com/

In September, in honor of Dahl's birthday, they began a reading challenge. Any child, living in the United States between the ages of 7 and 13 can earn The Official Dahlathalon Award for reading just three Roald Dahl books.

Whether or not your child chooses to participate, the website is great fun!

Calling All Captain Underpants Fans!

Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta books, has a new book out TODAY! I found the following description of the book on Scholastic's blog: "In this new book, Harold Hutchins and George Beard create two kung-fu cavemen named Ook and Gluk who get sucked back in time to 500,001 BC in the area of present-day Cleveland, Ohio. They have to defeat evil Big Chief Goppernopper and his reckless future great grandson. But that's nothing a little kung-fu can't handle."



On the Captain Underpants website, you can find lots of fun and even educational activities including Professor Poopypants' Change-o-Chart 2000, where you can find out your silly name. Mine is Crusty Lizardchunks. :)

I also found some videos of Dav explaining how to create flip-o-ramas on YouTube. As always, access YouTube with caution!