{"id":1230,"date":"2008-02-27T20:34:36","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T03:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2009-10-31T20:42:27","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T03:42:27","slug":"books-to-engage-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Books to Engage Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Teachers know that boys can be more reluctant to read than girls. But it has been shown that boys can be hooked when they feel that they can connect with the story and become completely immersed in the experience of reading. To win over even the most unenthusiastic boys in your classroom, we&#8217;ve chosen books with more action, humor, and real-life situations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">When picking books on your own, keep in mind that male readers tend to be less interested in features of the text itself and more engaged by the situation in the book and the presentation of the narrative<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong>Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant (PreK\u00e2\u20ac\u201c3)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis popular series is comprised of warm picture books detailing the adventures of Henry and his larger than life dog, Mudge.<br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><em>Like Jake and Me<\/em> by Mavis Jukes (PreK\u00e2\u20ac\u201c3)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis Newbery Honor winner is the story of young Alex and his love for his big strong stepfather, Jake. But Alex realizes that he&#8217;s just as strong when he notices that Jake fears something that he doesn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><em>Henry&#8217;s Baby<\/em> by Mary Hoffman (PreK\u00e2\u20ac\u201c3)<\/strong><br \/>\nHenry wants his friends to see him as cool; he doesn&#8217;t want to have to hang around his uncool baby brother \u00e2\u20ac\u201d until Henry finds out that his friends actually like babies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><em>The Pool Party<\/em> by Gary Soto (1\u00e2\u20ac\u201c4)<\/strong><br \/>\nRudy has just been invited to his first pool party and can&#8217;t think of a good gift to give his friend. Soto delivers a lot of humor during Rudy&#8217;s search for the perfect gift while showing us pieces of Hispanic life and how Rudy deals with an insecure teenage sister, wild grandfather, and many other interesting family members.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The Boys&#8217; War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy (4\u00e2\u20ac\u201c7)<br \/>\nUsing old diaries, memoirs, and letters Murphy pieces together the emotions running through the young soldiers who fought on the Union and Confederate sides of the Civil War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><em>Lord of the Deep <\/em>by Graham Salisbury (4\u00e2\u20ac\u201c7)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is not only a story about deep-sea fishing, but also about the transition of a boy into a man. Mikey has great admiration for his stepfather, Bill, but after meeting two surly fishermen, Mikey&#8217;s trust in Bill is shaken.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><em>Touching Spirit Bear<\/em> by Ben Mikaelsen (4\u00e2\u20ac\u201c7)<\/strong><br \/>\nBully Cole Matthews finally realizes the error of his ways once he is banished to an Alaskan island. Here he begins to hunt a legendary white bear only to face the fact that he is not as tough as he thought he was.<br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><em>Damage<\/em> by A. M. Jenkins (7+)<\/strong><br \/>\nDamage follows young football star Austin Reid and his battle with depression. Austin must go through rigorous training with his football coach, while dealing with the death of his father and the reality that he no longer wants to feel.<\/span><\/span><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers know that boys can be more reluctant to read than girls. But it has been shown that boys can be hooked when they feel that they can connect with the story and become completely immersed in the experience of reading. To win over even the most unenthusiastic boys in your classroom, we&#8217;ve chosen books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,10,16,35,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elementary","category-information","category-kindergarten","category-literacy","category-preschool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}