My hands aren't really clean until I've washed them twelve times.
I would put this in a middle school library. I think the topics used in this book are too advance for many elementary students.
The Someday Birds | 
I would put this in a middle school library. I think the topics used in this book are too advance for many elementary students.
pickThis book is very realistic for some children today. Charlie's grandma is now in charge of her and her three siblings after her father just received a head injury in Afghanistan. He father is now not making much conversation with anyone and is stuck in the hospital. Charlie also deals with some mental illness's too. Many children can see themselves in Charlie's character as they too many be struggling from mental illness's
Don't need notes
We'll be birds
To make you look in
Look up this morning
You and me
Get you off your feet🎶
If I were a bird, I‘d want to be a painted bunting-so colorful
#birds #julycoldplay
pickWhat a great story! Told from the perspective of a 12yr old boy with Autism/OCD, this book is humorous, touching, and entertaining. Who wouldn‘t want to go across the US in an old RV with your three siblings and a mysterious Bosnian stranger?! Loved it. Ages 12+
My fav childhood snack, Swedish sour-milk sprinklers with sugar (it is better than it sounds), with a childrens book! #thereadingwomen @thereadingwomen #readathon
Sally J. Pla's debut novel is the poignant story of 12 year old Charlie, whose autism complicates his understanding the world, including his family. The love of birding becomes a metaphor for human behavior.
#HumpDayPost @MinDea
1. Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan.
2. Fave candy-jelly bellies
3. Hmmm baby boomer?
4. Fossil watch
5. Walk around the lake, read, create
Picnicking at our favorite place, @TheBookmarkPR 💜💜💜💜 (missing @gibblr @Figgy @Gissy ) #thebookmarkpr
pickGreat middle grade read. Pla tackles a lot of tough topics in this novel. Charlie has OCD and he and his siblings face an unknown future as their journalist father returns from Afghanistan with a head injury. The road to recovery is long and they are joined on a cross country road trip by Ludmila, a young woman who survived the war in Bosnia and has a connection to their father. Pla's novel is fantastic!
Grateful for this gray and dreary Good Friday that I have off work- and the extra reading time. Just started this one this afternoon.
pickA boy, a family roadtrip, and many birds. I'd wanted to read a book on birding after reading a great article on it, but everything seemed non-fiction or WAYYY too dark. This is a sweet, fantastic read. The prose is so wonderful to read, and this book delivered so many emotions to me that it's hard to describe. A character also has Aspergers/OCD and it is written in an honest, understanding way that I appreciated.
