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Episode 58: "Hummingbird" by: Natalie Lloyd

08/06/24 • 15 min

Book Tastings- hook, chapter 1 reading, read aloud, circle time, picture books, YA Fiction, YA Books, classic books, relevant books

Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading?

Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the first chapter of "Hummingbird" by: Natalie Lloyd.

Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as "fragile" just because she has osteogenesis imperfecta (otherwise known as brittle bone disease) so she's thrilled when she finally convinces her parents to let her attend Macklemore Elementary. Olive can't wait to go to a traditional school and make the friends she's always longed for, until a disastrous first day dashes her hopes of ever fitting in.

Then Olive hears whispers about a magical, wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives near Macklemore. It'll be the solution to all her problems! If she can find the bird and prove herself worthy, the creature will make her most desperate, secret wish come true.

When it becomes clear that she can't solve the mystery on her own, Olive teams up with some unlikely allies who help her learn the truth about the bird. And on the way, she just might learn that our fragile places lead us to the most wonderful magic of all . . .

If you enjoyed this first chapter please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast.

Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Hummingbird.

Loved this book and interested in seeing what else these authors have written be sure to check out Natalie Lloyd.

Enjoy,
Anne

Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading?

Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the first chapter of "Hummingbird" by: Natalie Lloyd.

If you enjoyed this first chapter please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast.

Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Hummingbird.

Loved this book and interested in seeing what else these authors have written be sure to check out Natalie Lloyd.

Enjoy,
Anne

Previous Episode

Episode 57: "Attack of the Black Rectangles" by: Amy Sarig King

Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading?

Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the first chapter of "Attack of the Black Rectangles" by: Amy Sarig King.

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he's outraged.

Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story.

But who?

Even though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else), Mac has been raised by his mom and grandad to call out things that are wrong. He and his friends head to the principal's office to protest the censorship... but her response doesn't take them seriously.

So many adults want Mac to keep his words to himself.

Mac's about to see the power of letting them out.

If you enjoyed this first chapter please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast.

Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Attack of the Black Rectangles.

Loved this book and interested in seeing what else these authors have written be sure to check out Amy Sarig King.

Enjoy,
Anne

Next Episode

BONUS Episode 3: "Pisa Loves Bella: A Towering Tale of Kindness" by: Kimberley Lovato

Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading? Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the book "Pisa Loves Bella" by: Kimberley Lovato.

Welcome to Pisa!

I'm thrilled you dropped by.

I'm Bella the bell tower-

Eight stories high!

And so begins this uplifting rhyming tale told by Bella, Italy's famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. For hundreds of years, Bella has felt proud of her gravity-defying tilt. But her confidence is tested one day when she overhears hurtful words about her appearance. Bella responds by making a big change, one that leaves the residents of Pisa and visitors from around the world worried that their treasured tower will never be the same again.

If you enjoyed this book please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast. Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Pisa Loves Bella. Loved this book and interested in seeing what else this author has written be sure to check out Kimberley Lovato. Enjoy, Anne Disclaimer: I have received a free copy of this book to record live on my podcast. THANK YOU!!!