eBranch Blog

September 19, 2006

Books on the Bayou 2006

Books on the Bayou is an annual city-wide reading program. This year's books are:

For Adults...
Rachel Simon. Riding The Bus With My Sister:A True Life Journey
Beth is a spirited woman with mental retardation, who spends nearly every day riding the buses in Philadelphia. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her sister Rachel to accompany her on the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey together that changes Rachel's life in incredible ways and leads her to accept her sister at long last-teaching her to slow down and enjoy the ride.
Reading Guide

For Teens...
Edward Bloor. Tangerine
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Reading Guide

For Middle Schoolers...
Sarah Weeks. So B. It
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agora phobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
Reading Guide

For Pre-Schoolers...
Robert Kraus. Leo the Late Bloomer
Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.

For more information see the Books on the Bayou website.