Whoosh!

source: chrisbarton.info

The annual Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (RICBA) goes to the book selected by students in grades 3-5 as their favorite from a list of 20 nominees.

Students who read 3 or more nominated books may vote in February, and students who read 5 or more qualify to participate in the Rooster Games (more info on that to come). To give everyone a head start, I'll be reading a few of the shorter nominees to each class. 

One of these shorter books is Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions. Most kids enjoyed the story; here are some reasons they gave: 

• It had facts and true things.
• You can use your imagination to make lots of stuff.
• I want to invent one day.
• In the summer I can play in the pool with my siblings and we soak each other.
• It had good pictures.
• I like engineering and water guns.
• It tells you should never give up.
• The main character was a really smart kid.
• It was about inventing and I love making stuff and coming up with cool ideas like Lonnie Johnson.
• It taught me about another human's life.
• In summer I use the SuperSoaker all the time.
• I love science and want to be a scientist, so it was so cool!
• I like real stories.
• I enjoyed Lonnie's creativity.

You can learn more on the author's blog.