Classes started today, so I will be doing more professional reading than I want to think about right now. I have a junior class of 25 students who will be working with emergent readers, so if any of you have a favorite children's book, let me know and we'll try to add it to our library.
Last night I finished a book for high school kids with ADD or LD who are applying to college. It was well written and very well organized. I have to submit a review of that today. Not exactly scintillating reading! But, still a worthwhile book.
I have also been reading Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park for my gender study project. When I read one of the gender study books, I count the male and female characters. The main character of this book is female and she has a male best friend. I haven't finished the count, but it looks like there are about an equal number of males and females. So, far, the study has shown that there are tons more males in children's books than females and the roles of the characters are very gender stereotypical. All the doctors are male, all the nurses are female, etc. Not sure what my conclusion will be, but it has been interesting to look at the books in a new way.
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