Karen’s Book Nook

Making my way through the Newbery Medal winners, I came across this one, Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis in the online audio book section of my library. I’m hoping to get through the 5+ hours of listening before it expires while I’m away for the weekend.

I’m currently reading this 2007 Newbery Medal winner via mp3 while working around the house. This one is The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. I love to read good children’s/young adult literature and they can usually be quick reads. This week is all about making preparations for the Rendezvous so I’ll listen in while sewing.

I downloaded The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo via audio book as part of my quest to make it through all of the remaining Newbery Medal winners on my TBR list. I’ve got some sewing to do this weekend and I’ll listen while I work.

I just finished the audio book, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry and discovered that although I can’t transfer the audio to an Apple product, I can transfer to my iriver. (Unfortunately, the iriver is stuck in record mode and will need to be replaced before training camp, but I did find an old Sandisk mp3 player in a drawer that works fine for this purpose.) So, I won’t be limited to listen on my desktop pc but can take it with me. After all.. that IS the purpose of an audio book, IMO. (Looks like my podcast queue will grow even larger and I’ll get further behind but I’m in the mood to read so it’s fine with me.

I just downloaded the third book in the trio, Messenger and expect that it’ll be just as good as The Giver and Gathering Blue. Anyone who has not tried good children’s literature should give it a whirl. Some of my favorite books have been Newbery Medal Winners that I’ve read as an adult.

I downloaded the audio book Gathering Blue from my local library. This is a sequel to Lois Lowry’s The Giver, perhaps the most read book among teacher candidates while in college taking reading methods. I’ll listen between podcasts and everything else I’m reading/listening to. (Unfortunately, it can only be downloaded to PC not Mac so I have to listen on my desktop computer and can’t transfer to my iPod.)

This is a quickie that I picked up at the school book fair. I keep it on my desk and pick it up while I’m eating my lunch. I’ll likely blow through the rest of it in one sitting while on vacation next week. One of the students was interested in it so we both bought it and we’ll discuss it together. I actually love Children’s Literature and want to catch up with reading the latest Newbery Medal Award winners this summer.