Top 5, December 5-9

Please join in! Email me your "Top 5" - or 4 or 3, whatever number- of the week. Participation is not required, but is a great way to share resources. I've outlined a few categories, but if you have something else you want to share, feel free. I'll post your contributions, too.
Childrens Book:

Judge's The Red Sled just was published - a nearly wordless picture book with beautiful illustrations. Students will need to use their ability to inference with this title. Thomas' The Red Sled is a few years older, but a very good easy/beginning reader. Now, we just need the snow!
Middle Grade/YA Book: Bunheads by Sophie Flack, a first novel about Hannah, a professional ballerina who gives her life to dance, only to wonder (after she meets Jacob, a handsome college student), if she isn't missing out on some things life has to offer.

Adult Book:

Website: Storybird Online helps students create stories using already created illustrations. Can be invididual or collaborative, and teachers can sign up for class accounts.

Blog Post: The Fourth Musketeer has a guest post from Katherine Schlick Noe, whose book I LOVED.

Alternatives to Diary of a Wimpy Kid

iPad App:
A Charlie Brown Christmas - an interactive book availabe as an iPad app for $6.99.