Title: Bittle
Author: Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan
Publishing: Joanna Cotler Books
Number of Pages: 29
Genre: Picture Book
Summary: This is about a dog (Julie) and a cat (Nigel). They lived in a home and had a sweet life. Then their owners brought a new baby home. They started to get use to her by playing with her and sharing toys and food with her. They would take naps together and they started to love her. They would try to talk to her Julie would try to bark and Nigel would Meow at her so that she would have some one to talk to at night. Then one night Julie started to hollow at her and Nigel tried. A few days later Bittle said her first words and it was her hallowing.
Reaction: This was a fun little book. He was cute how the animals would play with her and how they gave her the nick name of Bittle.
Problems: None
Recommendation: For any of those young kids that has animals, it would be fun for them to read this and see if their pets do the same things with them.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Walter The Baker
Title: Walter The Baker
Author: Eric Carle
Publishing: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Genre: Picture Book
Number of Pages: 27
Summary: This is about a Baker named Walter who made the most amazing bread. He would sell it to the king and queen of where he lived. One day the fresh milk got spilled so he had to use water to make his dough that day. The King and Queen could tell the difference and were not happy at all with Walter and what he had done. The King wanted to send him away but he feared he would miss the amazing bread that Walter could make. So he told Walter that he had to construct a bread that you could see the sun through it three times. So Walter went home and tried all different ways to make a bread like the one that the king had asked for. Finally when he had given up he threw the dough in the air and how it landed it was how it was formed into what we know now a days to be a pretzel.
Reaction: I thought it was really cute the way the story ended up being a fiction story of how the pretzel was made. I enjoyed the story but what really made the story was the pictures that were drawn to fix the story. They showed amazing detail and color and were made out to look like fun and something that would capture your eye.
Problems: None
Recommendation: For any one that finds interest in art work in pictures. These pages will have you going over them for along time.
A Single Shard
Title: A Single Shard
Author: Linda Sue Park
Publishing Information: Yearling
Number of Pages: 148
Genre: Historical
Summary: This is about a boy named Tree ear who was an orphan but got took in by Crane man a crippled old man that has a bad leg. This is the story of how they lived under a bridge and how Tree ear started to work for Min a man that made pottery. This was not an easy task but he was able to start helping him because he had broke one of the pots and had to pay it back. After he had paid off his debt he continued to work for him. Min was a very talented potter and he was very patiate with his work. So there came a time when a Royal was coming to the island in search of some one to make potter for the palace. Min worked really hard but he was lacking something that another potter had master. So the Royal came to Min house and asked him to try to make something like that Potter and carry it to the palace so that they could see it. Min went through lots of pots until he finally had two that were ready to be taken. So Tree ear offered to take the Pots to the Palalce as a favor and while he was journey two men stopped him and destroyed his pots. He then went back to find pieces of the pots to take to the palace so they could see the work even if it wasn't whole. They loved it and Min became the marker for the palace.
Reaction: I was really impressed with the story line that was in this book. I have to admit when I started reading it I did not think it was going to catch my attention at all or that I would even enjoy readying the book. I was wrong this book really interested me and made me really look forward to the next page or what else was going to happen in the story.
Problems: This book is a little advanced I don't know if it will catch the attention of a young child like it caught the attention for me.
Recommendation: To any one that is looking for a fun way to learn about history.
Author: Linda Sue Park
Publishing Information: Yearling
Number of Pages: 148
Genre: Historical
Summary: This is about a boy named Tree ear who was an orphan but got took in by Crane man a crippled old man that has a bad leg. This is the story of how they lived under a bridge and how Tree ear started to work for Min a man that made pottery. This was not an easy task but he was able to start helping him because he had broke one of the pots and had to pay it back. After he had paid off his debt he continued to work for him. Min was a very talented potter and he was very patiate with his work. So there came a time when a Royal was coming to the island in search of some one to make potter for the palace. Min worked really hard but he was lacking something that another potter had master. So the Royal came to Min house and asked him to try to make something like that Potter and carry it to the palace so that they could see it. Min went through lots of pots until he finally had two that were ready to be taken. So Tree ear offered to take the Pots to the Palalce as a favor and while he was journey two men stopped him and destroyed his pots. He then went back to find pieces of the pots to take to the palace so they could see the work even if it wasn't whole. They loved it and Min became the marker for the palace.
Reaction: I was really impressed with the story line that was in this book. I have to admit when I started reading it I did not think it was going to catch my attention at all or that I would even enjoy readying the book. I was wrong this book really interested me and made me really look forward to the next page or what else was going to happen in the story.
Problems: This book is a little advanced I don't know if it will catch the attention of a young child like it caught the attention for me.
Recommendation: To any one that is looking for a fun way to learn about history.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Love that Dog
Title: Love that Dog
Author: Sharon Creech
Publishing: Joanna Cotler Books
Number of Pages:86
Summary: This is about a boy whose teacher who tries to inspire who students about Poems by giving them different examples. She really inspires one of her students that he starts to write these amazing poems but he doesn't want any one know that he is writing them so she just puts them on the board but doesn't put up his name. Then he starts to write more and signs his name and then kids would comment on how much they like them. He writes poems about things that he knows like when his dog gets hit by a car. His teacher shares a poem by a man that really inpires him that he writes him a letter so that he will come visit and so he does and the boy thanks him by writing him a poem to say thank you and saying that he has stolen some of his idea from some of the poems that he wrote.
Reaction: These book was so funny and was full of fun poems that make you laugh
Problems: None
Recommendations: To those who think they love poems. This will make them love them and excited them to read more and want to learn more about writing them and it will just make them laugh.
Author: Sharon Creech
Publishing: Joanna Cotler Books
Number of Pages:86
Summary: This is about a boy whose teacher who tries to inspire who students about Poems by giving them different examples. She really inspires one of her students that he starts to write these amazing poems but he doesn't want any one know that he is writing them so she just puts them on the board but doesn't put up his name. Then he starts to write more and signs his name and then kids would comment on how much they like them. He writes poems about things that he knows like when his dog gets hit by a car. His teacher shares a poem by a man that really inpires him that he writes him a letter so that he will come visit and so he does and the boy thanks him by writing him a poem to say thank you and saying that he has stolen some of his idea from some of the poems that he wrote.
Reaction: These book was so funny and was full of fun poems that make you laugh
Problems: None
Recommendations: To those who think they love poems. This will make them love them and excited them to read more and want to learn more about writing them and it will just make them laugh.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Title: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publishing: A Yearling Book
Number of pages: 217
Summary: This is about a Boy named Turner that is made to move when he dad gets offered a job as a minister on the coast of Maine Coast. This is about a story how he makes friends with a black girl named Lizzie and how he tries to help her and her family stay on Malaga Island. The main land wanted to drive them out cause they did not think that they are paying there way that they did not deserve their land and they don't properly own it so they must leave. Turner's dad in the beginning did not believe in him but in the end he losses his life by trying to help his son. In the end Malaga Island is made to move and they police sends them into a mental institutation which sadly they all end up dying there.
Reaction: This book was tragicly sad and it was hard to read due to the fact that this was something that actually happened. This made me sad that this could happen in the world but that was the time back then. Other then that the writing was very described it and was well worth the read.
Problems: People sometimes have trouble with reading about the history cause its not all that happy but people need to learn from the past so it doesn't happen again
Recommendations: To any one that likes history.
Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publishing: A Yearling Book
Number of pages: 217
Summary: This is about a Boy named Turner that is made to move when he dad gets offered a job as a minister on the coast of Maine Coast. This is about a story how he makes friends with a black girl named Lizzie and how he tries to help her and her family stay on Malaga Island. The main land wanted to drive them out cause they did not think that they are paying there way that they did not deserve their land and they don't properly own it so they must leave. Turner's dad in the beginning did not believe in him but in the end he losses his life by trying to help his son. In the end Malaga Island is made to move and they police sends them into a mental institutation which sadly they all end up dying there.
Reaction: This book was tragicly sad and it was hard to read due to the fact that this was something that actually happened. This made me sad that this could happen in the world but that was the time back then. Other then that the writing was very described it and was well worth the read.
Problems: People sometimes have trouble with reading about the history cause its not all that happy but people need to learn from the past so it doesn't happen again
Recommendations: To any one that likes history.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Passport To Russia
Title: Passport To Russia
Author: Keith Lye
Publishing: Franklin Watts
Number of Pages: 47
Genre: Non Fiction
Summary: This was a book about Russia and what you needed to know if you were going to make a trip out there. They talked about the weather. How in some places it is terribly cold at different times of the year and how sometimes it warms up later in the year. It talks about the population and the home life. They are very family people. They like to get together with their extended family as well for parties and dinners. A lot of their stores are markets that are located out side for people to see all of the different foods. Most of the stores have the farmers that grew it out selling it. They talked about how alot of people don't have cars. That the schools that children get educated at are under Communist rule. Finally that Russia is big on the arts. Which is the plays and the paintings.
Reaction: It was neat to learn about the life that some one would live in Russia. How the Communist worked in schools. Also it was cool they way they display pictures for the subjects in the book so you could get the real idea.
Problems: This book is out dated so some of the information could be wrong.
Recommendations: For those who are traveling to Russia, who have family there or just want to learn something new.
Author: Keith Lye
Publishing: Franklin Watts
Number of Pages: 47
Genre: Non Fiction
Summary: This was a book about Russia and what you needed to know if you were going to make a trip out there. They talked about the weather. How in some places it is terribly cold at different times of the year and how sometimes it warms up later in the year. It talks about the population and the home life. They are very family people. They like to get together with their extended family as well for parties and dinners. A lot of their stores are markets that are located out side for people to see all of the different foods. Most of the stores have the farmers that grew it out selling it. They talked about how alot of people don't have cars. That the schools that children get educated at are under Communist rule. Finally that Russia is big on the arts. Which is the plays and the paintings.
Reaction: It was neat to learn about the life that some one would live in Russia. How the Communist worked in schools. Also it was cool they way they display pictures for the subjects in the book so you could get the real idea.
Problems: This book is out dated so some of the information could be wrong.
Recommendations: For those who are traveling to Russia, who have family there or just want to learn something new.
You Are Special
Title: You Are Special
Author: Max Lucado
Publishing: Crossway Books
Number of Pages: 31
Genre: Picture Book
Summary: This was a story about Punchinello. He was a wemmick. These were people that went around putting stars and dots on people. Stars if they liked them and dots if they did not. They went around putting stars on the talented ones and dot on the ones that were cracked and paint had chipped from falling. Punchinello was one that had alot of dots. He would try to impress people but he would just end up falling and chipping his paint. He tried to stay inside his home most days so he would not get any more dots. Then he meet Lucia. She didn't have any stars or dots they did not stick to her body. Punchinello wanted to be just like her, she said that if he went to go talk to the maker then his dots would not stick either. So punchinello went to see Eli. Eli the maker told him that he loved him no matter what cause he created him and he doesn't make mistakes.
Reaction: What a wonderful book!
Problems:None
Recommendations: For those children who are dealing with being bullied. Or for those that are very shy. Or once that have low self esteem this should help them see that they are worth alot more then they seem.
Author: Max Lucado
Publishing: Crossway Books
Number of Pages: 31
Genre: Picture Book
Summary: This was a story about Punchinello. He was a wemmick. These were people that went around putting stars and dots on people. Stars if they liked them and dots if they did not. They went around putting stars on the talented ones and dot on the ones that were cracked and paint had chipped from falling. Punchinello was one that had alot of dots. He would try to impress people but he would just end up falling and chipping his paint. He tried to stay inside his home most days so he would not get any more dots. Then he meet Lucia. She didn't have any stars or dots they did not stick to her body. Punchinello wanted to be just like her, she said that if he went to go talk to the maker then his dots would not stick either. So punchinello went to see Eli. Eli the maker told him that he loved him no matter what cause he created him and he doesn't make mistakes.
Reaction: What a wonderful book!
Problems:None
Recommendations: For those children who are dealing with being bullied. Or for those that are very shy. Or once that have low self esteem this should help them see that they are worth alot more then they seem.
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