Update on the Blind Speed Dating

A few of the books borrowed by year 5 and 6 students after the Blind Speed Book Dating:

• Boom!  by Mark Haddon (Amazon)
• Teacher’s Pet by Morris Gleitzman (Morris Gleitzman website)
• Bumface by Morris Gleitzman (Morris Gleitzman website) (x2)
• The Borrowers by Mary Norton (Wikipedia)
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein (Wikipedia)
• Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall (Wikipdeia)
• Sounder by William H. Anderson (Wikipedia)
• Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett (Wikipedia) (x2)
• Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks (Amazon)
• Somewhere Around the Corner by Jackie French (Jackie French website)
• There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar (Wikipedia)
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (Wikipedia)
• Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster (Wikipedia)
• Unmentionable by Paul Jennings (website)
• Ace by Dick King Smith (Amazon)
• Don’t Pat the Wombat by Elizabeth Honey (review)
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (Wikipedia)
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Wikipedia)

I find it interesting to see that the range of books being borrowed includes more demanding classics  such as The Hobbit or The War of the Worlds, humorous titles eg from Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings, and animal books like Ace and Black Beauty. Some books have been in hot demand, with students placing reserves on titles snaffled early by their classmates.

I think it will be really interesting to follow this up further next week, through asking students to comment on the book they chose from the blind date – has been a good read? Would they recommend it?

Off to grab a book for the weekend!