Book Talks and Trailers
The videos listed below are in the form of video booktalks, similar to an in-class booktalk, and video book trailers, similar to a movie trailer but about a book. They are a fun, visual way for students to preview the books that may interest them.
Pinkalicious by Elizabeth Kann
Pink, pink, pink. More than anything, Pinkalicious loves pink, especially pink cupcakes. Her parents warn her not to eat too many of them, but when Pinkalicious does... she turns pink! What to do? 
Book trailer for Pinkalicious 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle A hungry caterpillar eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
Book trailer for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Paris, France is the fanciest city in the world. When Ms. Glass tells the class that the new student is from Paris, Nancy cannot believe her luck.
Book trailer for Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
Stillwater’s stories have different things to say to different people. What do they say to you?
Booktalk for Zen Shorts Grades 3-5
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban When Zoe Elias enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, Zoe discovers that life is full of surprises — and that maybe a little lopsidedness will help her find what she's "really" hoping for.
Book trailer for A Crooked Kind of Perfect Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Book One: Moving Day by Meg Cabot 
Rule 5-Never let your family move into a haunted house. Booktalk for Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Book One: Moving Day
Read-Aloud with Miranda Cosgrove
Amulet #1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
The old house had been in the family for generations, and it began revealing its mysterious and sinister secrets just hours after Emily, Navin, and their mother moved in.
Booktalk for Amulet #1: The Stonekeeper
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
Can a sculpture move? If it's a Alexander Calder mobile, it can.
Booktalk for The Calder Game
Read-Aloud with Blue Balliett
Fire Star by Chris d'Lacey
A research trip to the Arctic, an old enemy, and a new story all combine in an adventure unlike anything David and Zanna have ever imagined.
Booktalk for Fire Star
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup.
Book trailer for Flush
Seekers #1 by Erin Hunter
Three young bears from different species--black, polar, and grizzly — are separated from their families when they are just young cubs. They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey.
Book trailer for Seekers #1
Amulet #1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
The old house had been in the family for generations, and it began revealing its mysterious and sinister secrets just hours after Emily, Navin, and their mother moved in.
The old house had been in the family for generations, and it began revealing its mysterious and sinister secrets just hours after Emily, Navin, and their mother moved in.
Booktalk for Amulet #1: The Stonekeeper The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
Can a sculpture move? If it's a Alexander Calder mobile, it can.
Booktalk for The Calder Game Read-Aloud with Blue BalliettFire Star by Chris d'Lacey
A research trip to the Arctic, an old enemy, and a new story all combine in an adventure unlike anything David and Zanna have ever imagined.
Booktalk for Fire Star Flush by Carl Hiaasen
You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup.
Book trailer for Flush Seekers #1 by Erin Hunter
Three young bears from different species--black, polar, and grizzly — are separated from their families when they are just young cubs. They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey.
Book trailer for Seekers #1 
