phew, done with the school year – missed a week on the blog – so for those of you tuning in late, the first three books are from a week back – last week, there was just one book read (hey, i was a busy guy:)

“the born again runner” – great book for starting running – principally for adult runners – but it would work for anyone – the author had a wonderful back story to why he restarted running – very recommendable

“the kings of distance” – from 1968 in great britain, a book on the five best runners – the author updated the book at the end – just an amazingly unique take – a book like that would be hard to find today – so i really enjoyed it

“the baseball whisperer” – great for teachers and those who love baseball, a story of a man who for 30-plus years, took a group of college kids in the middle of nowhereville, iowa and built a great summer league team of champions – the way he involved the community would make you think of columbiana

“pudge” – great catcher of all-time – his biography – very different life than i thought – including that he now raises flowers as a hobby – neat guy

happy reading!

mayfield

starring Snatchael and Victoria

so proud of my sixth grade and their sales:)

“falling” by mcgovern – that’s not the full title – but that’ll get you to a really good book – should be BOB for high school – which means i think most of my seventh and eighth grade could read it and appreciate it – the POV rotates from a gifted girl to a girl with down syndrome – and how both girls learn to lead fuller lives – the down syndrome girl is recovering from a traumatic event – the gifted girl just seems to be waiting to start her life – book was good about reiterating that we don’t know people until we know them – also, that all of us are worth learning about – i really recommend it – especially since we’re done with class:)

j

starring a sick Snatchael – and Victoria on camera

so all three of our books are on amazon…

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=shakespeare+scary+sonnet+stories

the book i read this week was wonderful: “The secret life of the american musical” – just an awesome book – lots about story development – obviously, how that happens in a musical – but that relates well to books in general – lots of good nuggets in there – makes me think we should watch musicals the final week of school:)

i’m actually reading a YA book this week – it appears to be very good

mayfield