Hi Everyone!
I just wanted to review another book that I found so fun to read to your students/children. This book is called Blackout: By John Rocco. This book is so wonderfully illustrated with the setting placed in a city where all the lights have gone out. Remember the blackout that occurred August 14, 2003? I remember exactly where I was. I was finishing up my life guarding shift at a local country club in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Thankfully, it was still light out as people started to spread the word that this blackout effected most of the Northeastern states. Not that this was a major catastrophe, but it will always stick out in my mind as a memorable day in history. This book is so beautifully illustrated with the Midnight sky and the stars illuminating the city streets. This book gives happy moments to children and their family when all digital media is down, family moments are the best! This book is a Caldecott Honor Award winner. I always find myself asking the question: Are we able to survive one of these catastrophes again with so much media in our hands? This question goes for me as well. I can never get off my iPad! Great book. No digital media allowed!
Here's a link if you forgot about the 2003 Blackout:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/14/new-york-city-blackout-2003-photos-power-outage-10-years_n_3755067.html
