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A book tasting kit: turn the classroom into a café for books
Book tasting printables
Five sheets: the menu, a placemat for each seat, tasting notes for each reader, a sign for each table, and the tables' book lists for your readers' age.
The book tasting menu
- To start. Look at the cover and the title. Read what's on the back or the first page. What do you guess it's about?
- The main course. Read for five minutes from the beginning. Who is in it? Where are you?
- Dessert. Give it a rating on your tasting notes, and tick it if you want the whole meal.
The tables: six free books of each kind
For ages 8 to 10; the kit for 5 to 7 and for 11 up prints its own lists. Every book is free to read or print in Peabody's library, so a table can be a tablet.
Funny books
- Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom (level 9)
- Davy Crockett and the Frozen Sunrise (level 9)
- Dumpling Takes the Lead (level 9)
- Mavis and the Greedy Mayor (level 9)
- The Elevator Plan (level 9)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (level 9)
True books
- A Day on the Space Station (level 9)
- Dinosaurs Are Still Here (level 9)
- Eight Arms (level 9)
- The First Steps (level 9)
- Vikings Did Not Wear Horns (level 9)
- Why Do We Have Seasons? (level 9)
Animal stories
- Biscuit and Ask, Wait, Stroke (level 9)
- Dinosaurs Are Still Here (level 9)
- Dumpling Takes the Lead (level 9)
- Eight Arms (level 9)
- Goodbye, Waffles (level 9)
- Mavis and the Greedy Mayor (level 9)
Adventure and mystery stories
- Tam and the Wind-Up Tractor (level 9)
- The Boxcar Children (level 9)
- The Long Way Down (level 9)
- The Squeaky Gate (level 9)
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier (level 9)
- Treasure Island (level 9)
Fairy tales and fables
- Cinderella (level 9)
- Hansel and Gretel (level 9)
- Puss in Boots (level 9)
- Rumpelstiltskin (level 9)
- Snow White (level 9)
- Snow White and Rose Red (level 9)
Myths and legends
- Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom (level 9)
- Davy Crockett and the Frozen Sunrise (level 9)
- Echo and Narcissus (level 9)
- John Henry (level 9)
- Phaethon and the Sun Chariot (level 9)
- Pecos Bill (level 8)
How to run a book tasting
- Set six tables, one kind of book each, with the sign standing up and six books (or tablets open to Peabody's stories) on each.
- Give every reader a placemat and their tasting notes.
- Ten minutes a table: the cover, five minutes of reading, then a rating. Ring a bell to move.
- At the end, each reader picks one book from their ticks to read in full. Want a club after? The any-book club kit has a theme club that fits.