Book Explosion: Pokemon and manga

  • Program Goals
    • Meet the needs of kids transitioning out of my Rock 'n' Read book club
    • Encourage both voracious and struggling readers
    • Attendance: 5 (grades 5-6)
[In 2017/2018 I ran this with a different genre each month. It was only mildly successful, so I'm switching to a different pop-culture, book-related theme each month]

Theme: Pokemon and age-appropriate manga

Projects
  • Buttons (discarded Pokemon book to cut up)
  • Pokemon stickers
  • Perler beads
Books (Pokemon)
  • Art of Pokemon adventures
  • Pokemon cookbook
  • Pokemon Adventures (1)
  • Pokemon Adventures Black & White (1)
  • Pokemon Adventures Black 2 & White 2 (1)
  • Pokemon Adventures Diamond and Pearl Platinum (1)
  • Pokemon Adventures HeartGold & SoulSilver (1)
  • Pokemon Horizon Sun & Moon (1)
Books (manga for younger readers)
  • Baron the cat returns by Hiiragi
  • Beet the Vandel Buster by Sanjo (1) (2 copies)
  • Big adventures of Majoko by Fuji (1)
  • Big Hero 6 by Ueno (1)
  • Boy and the Beast by Hosoda (1)
  • Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP (1)
  • Cardcaptor Sakura (omnibus) by CLAMP
  • Cardcaptor Sakura, Master of the Clow by CLAMP (1)
  • Chi's sweet home by Kanata (1)
  • Complete Chi's sweet home part 1 by Kanata (2 copies)
  • Fluffy, fluffy cinnamoroll by Tsukirino (1)
  • Happy happy Clover by Tatsuyama (1)
  • Hikaru no go by Hotta (1)
  • Howl's moving castle (the manga) by Miyazaki (1) (2 copies)
  • Kiki's Delivery Service by Miyazaki (1)
  • Kingdom Hearts chain of memories by Amano (1)
  • Kingdom Hearts chain of memories by Amano (omnibus) (1)
  • Kingdom Hearts Final Mix by Amano (1) (2 copies)
  • Leave it to pet by Sonishi (1)
  • Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time by Himekawa (1) (2 copies)
  • Ponyo by Miyazaki (1)
  • Spirited away (the manga) by Miyazaki (1) (2 copies)
  • Splatoon by Hinodeya (1)
  • Yo-Kai Watch by Konishi (1) (2 copies)
  • Yotsuba&! by Azuma (1)
Books (manga for older readers)
  • Natsume's book of friends by Midorikawa (1)
  • One piece by Oda (1)
  • Pretty guardian sailor moon by Takeuchi (1)
  • Shugo Chara Chan! by Mizushima (1)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh by Takahashi (1)
Other
  • Amulet: The stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi (2 copies)
  • Capture Creatures by Gibson (2 copies)
  • Click here to start by Denis Markell
  • Howl's moving castle by Diana Wynne Jones
  • Bananya (dvd)
Evaluation
  • 9-20-18
    • Attendance: 8
    • Notes: Success! 3 of the kids were avid Pokemon fans, the others were interested in different books I brought, and I think I am going to have to get a bigger space than the teen area!

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