I’m looking for a book about…

“I’m looking for a book about…” is a monthly reading/reviewing group bringing together bloggers and readers across the globe which aims to create a resource that’s fun and useful to parents, teachers and librarians, as well as hopefully providing a stimulus to those of us who love to review books to seek out something new and unusual.

Not only do I believe in enriching literacy through play, I’m also passionate about enriching play through literacy – in other words, finding books on the topics/themes that are of particular interest to my girls, reading stories together that extend their play and introduce new ideas, and this is how “I’m looking for a book about…” was born.

I’ve always been interested in ways of finding books by subject/theme – that was the idea behind Fantastic Fiction for Kids, and also the topic of this post: “Finding kids’ fiction by subject/theme“. But here’s how “I’m looking for a book about…” works…

What? A monthly round-up of reviews of books on a specific topic/theme

Why? To create a resource for people wishing to find children’s books on a particular theme/topic, to foster a community here on Playing by the book and amongst those of us who love to read and review children’s books

Who? YOU! Me! Us

How? Write a review of a children’s book which fits the monthly theme (published well in advance). The book can be a new one, an old one, a picture book or a teen/YA book, a poem, a non-fiction book – anything goes, as long as it is a children’s book that somehow relates closely to the given month’s theme/topic.

When? The 2nd Monday of every month

Where? Publish the review on your blog, then come here to join the monthly link up.

Image: John 'K'

As this is about creating a resource, relevant old reviews are more than welcome (although I hope you’ll take “I’m looking for a book about…” as an opportunity to write a new post) and you can submit more than one post per month

Monthly topics

May 14 – Elves and fairies
June 11- The seaside, beaches and oceans
July 9 – Space (planets, solar system, space travel)
August 13 – (Starting) school
September 10 – Disability
October 15 – Music
November 12 – Books/authors/writing/illustrating
~~December 10 – Dance~~ Sorry – due to having to have surgery I won’t be able to host December’s carnival.

2013 January 14 – Green issues eg sustainability, recycling,
2013 February 11- Bullying
2013 March 11 – Ancient civilizations
2013 April 8 – Gardening, plants
2013 May 13 – Inventing and inventors
2013 June 10 – Dance
2013 July 8 –
2013 August 12 – Human rights (to coincide with 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech)
2013 September 9 -
2013 October 14 -
2013 November 11 – War, peace and conflict
2013 December 9 -