Best books I've read lately

When I was in the school library a couple of weeks ago, I checked in a large hard-back book and noticed it had the Caldecott Medal winner label on it. For those who don't know, Caldecott Awards are given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published each year. You can understand why I was surprised that this very thick novel won for illustrations! It is called The Invention of Hugo Cabret. This book has some regular chapters, but also some chapters with little to no words, only pictures. It was a very good book, and a fascinating way of telling the story. I recommend it to everyone. Kids who don't like to read much like to get it and pretend they've read a very long book. :)

Another good book I read lately is a sci-fi book called Encounter With Tiber, by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes. You can probably guess what caught my eye on this book. I wanted to know what kind of book Buzz Aldrin would write. I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is very long and kind of slow (Christopher thought it was too slow), but I really liked it. It's a good story.