It's Monday! What Are You Reading? = Link-Up!

Today I'm linking up with Unleashing Readers for:

Life in the Wild Series by Nicholas Oldland

Due to a family health situation, I retired last June.  When I left, I took these books by Nicholas Oldland with me:

These books are entertaining and wry.   The author uses a lot of figurative language which I love.  Every year on the third grade MCAS, there were questions about figurative language, and these books give an excellent opportunity to introduce and reinforce this concept in a fun way.

Click here to hear Hockey in the Wild read by me on my Youtube channel!

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dagliesh

I fell in love with this "based on real life story" the first time I read it, and I made sure to read every November when I was teaching.  Sarah is an 8 year old girl who travels through the woods of Massachusetts and Connecticut to help her father build the family's new home.  Sarah meets and plays with the Native American children.  

Check out me reading this book on my Youtube channel!

Now that I'm retired, I really miss reading aloud to my students.  It was always one of my favorite times of the day!