I Can Read Carnival + The Dragon Stone

Welcome to the November 2011 I Can Read: A Carnival for New Readers

Join us for this monthly meme that celebrates easy readers and illustrated chapter books to encourage kids working to become successful readers.

Around the middle of each month, we’ll collect reviews of easy readers and/or short chapter books. Each host picks a 3 to 5-day window where visitors leave links to favorite easy readers and illustrated chapter books, offer tips or ideas about reading with new readers, or personal stories with memories or experiences with the kids in your life.

Don’t have a post that fits those criteria this month? Not a problem, your review can be from the previous year. So in November 2011, feel free to pull a post going back to November 2010! To learn more about Easy Readers and Early Chapter books, click this link.

Please leave your links in the comments and I will add the to the roundup from November 15-17. (If you have not commented on this blog before, your comment will need to be approved. Thanks!)

And now for my early chapter book…

The Dragon Stone (The Rocky Cave Kids)
by Dian Curtis Regan (Author) and Stacy Curtis (Illustrator)
83 pages

Booktalk: While searching for a glimpse of a rare Spinosaurus rumored to be in Rocky Creek, Miggy discovers an even-rarer Dragon Stone.

Is the stone’s magical power really meant for Miggy alone? Even if the very existence of the Clan is in danger? How brave can a cave girl be?

Snippet:
“Guess what?” Miggy said, excited to show her prize to Stone. In a flash, she remembered what else the grannies had said about dragon stones: they bring luck only if their owners keep them a secret.

Playing by the Book joins the carnival with Three Books by Atinuke

NC Teacher Stuff reviews the charming early reader The Abandoned Lighthouse

My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)
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