i got beat on which item comes next – in my defense, there was no established pattern in the square, triangle, titled square, octagon, blank, triangle rotation

against that defense, i missed pizza, hot dog, taco, blank, hot dog, taco 🙂

“tread lightly” – book on the why’s of running – specifically from the knee below – the impact of training shoes – it was all very interesting – very detailed – the title was a misnomer – wasn’t really about how you run so much as the development of distance running

“three times lucky” – highly recommendable easy read – was an elem BOB this year – all the elem BOBs were at the library the other day – amazing to me b/c i couldn’t find any of them back last fall – all checked out to the end of time – so three times lucky was a mystery – and it twisted enough that it wasn’t predictable – plus, even better, nascar was involved!!!

“wizard of oz: A to Z” – oh, i did love this book – probably most b/c i gave it to my mom to read first and she loved it – so we could share in a good book – basically, a comprehensive guide to the movie – starting with the book and ending with disney and warner brothers fighting over who owns what and what they can film – as always, judy garland comes out a depressing read – sad, sad story for dorothy – i went back and rewatched the movie – which was very worthwhile

“12 huge mistakes parents make” – guy that presented at first baptist in columbiana in february has a book out – and it’s really good – outside parents, for teachers – one idea he proposed that i like: kids should be able to give progress reports to parents/teachers – i definitely think kids are shortchanged a voice often – like they are told to be quiet, to obey – and not to question adults – but adults question people all the time…

more on tragedy bear to come this week!!! 🙂

maf