Sep 17

Many Thanks and One Warning

By Michael Kindness Uncategorized Add comments


Okay. Wow. Ann and I just found out that we won the Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW) Award for Best Book Club Blog! We are stunned and so very grateful to all of our fans! The other blogs shortlisted for this award are incredible and we did not expect to win. Please check out our fellow nominees; you’re sure to love them!

One of the cool ideas that the organizers of BBAW came up with was a topic for every day of the week, something that bloggers could all write about. Today’s topic is “blog about a book you read only because you discovered it on another book blog.” I was lucky enough to be a judge for both the KidLit and Spiritual BBAW categories. Because I have a little boy, I took note of many of the picture books discussed on the blogs I reviewed. I requested 20 of those books from the library to see which ones would be hits with the little guy. One of them definitely was.

Now, for that warning I mentioned: Do NOT read Dinotrux to a 4 year-old boy unless you are willing to read it several times a day, every day. This story of prehistoric trucks (Craneosaurus, Dumplodicus, Garbageodon, etc.) and the havoc they caused, was an instant hit and always causes giggles. It’s not due back to the library for two weeks, but I bought a copy yesterday because I know it’s in my best interest to always have it ready for bedtime. Here’s a video trailer author Chris Gall created for the book:

Many thanks to the fine folks at A Fuse #8 Production blog for turning me on to this wild, fun and fantastic picture book!
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We encourage you to write down or print out the title information and shop at your local bookstore. Titles link to LibraryThing, a social networking site that allows you to catalog your home library. LibraryThing also links to various online purchasing options. Here are the books from this post:
Dinotrux by Chris Gall, Little, Brown Young Readers hardcover
(all information is for the U.S. editions).
  • http://everydayreading.blogspot.com Janssen

    Congratulations!!!

  • http://everydayreading.blogspot.com Janssen

    Congratulations!!!

  • http://wovenbywords.blogspot.com Mimi

    Congrats on your 2009 win!! I will check out that book that you warned us about. Sorry!! :)

  • http://wovenbywords.blogspot.com Mimi

    Congrats on your 2009 win!! I will check out that book that you warned us about. Sorry!! :)

  • http://www.readingandwritingpodcast.com Jeff Rutherford

    On the subject of dinosaurs, if you have a dinosaur fanatic in the family, PBS just started airing a new kids show – Dinosaur Train.

    My five-year-old is totally hooked.

    http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/index.html

  • http://www.readingandwritingpodcast.com Jeff Rutherford

    On the subject of dinosaurs, if you have a dinosaur fanatic in the family, PBS just started airing a new kids show – Dinosaur Train.

    My five-year-old is totally hooked.

    http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/index.html

  • http://carolinebyline.blogspot.com Caroline Starr Rose

    Congrats! And what a great idea for a picture book. I’ll have to bring it home on my next library trip.

  • http://carolinebyline.blogspot.com Caroline Starr Rose

    Congrats! And what a great idea for a picture book. I’ll have to bring it home on my next library trip.

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Michael Kindness

    Jeff- My 4yo won’t watch anything else these days. He only gets one show in the morning and one in the evening and lately it’s ALWAYS Dinosaur Train, even though he’s seen the same episodes over and over!

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Michael Kindness

    Jeff- My 4yo won’t watch anything else these days. He only gets one show in the morning and one in the evening and lately it’s ALWAYS Dinosaur Train, even though he’s seen the same episodes over and over!

  • http://www.readingandwritingpodcast.com Jeff Rutherford

    We’re the same, except Zach gets two shows in the afternoon. His dad can’t bear to hear a TV before 9 a.m.. I’m weird :)

    We have a DVR and the 4 Dinosaur Train episodes are all saved. By now, he’s memorized every line.

  • http://www.readingandwritingpodcast.com Jeff Rutherford

    We’re the same, except Zach gets two shows in the afternoon. His dad can’t bear to hear a TV before 9 a.m.. I’m weird :)

    We have a DVR and the 4 Dinosaur Train episodes are all saved. By now, he’s memorized every line.

  • Chris Kovach

    Congratulations!!! Well deserved.

  • Chris Kovach

    Congratulations!!! Well deserved.

  • http://www.apooobooks.com Yasmin

    CONGRATULATIONS on your win!

  • http://www.apooobooks.com Yasmin

    CONGRATULATIONS on your win!

  • http://linktoink.blogspot.com/ Hazra

    Congratulations on the award!

  • http://linktoink.blogspot.com/ Hazra

    Congratulations on the award!

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