Title: Spain
Author: Kathleen W. Deady
Publishing: Bridgestone Books
Genre: NonFiction
Number of Pages: 24
Summary: This is a book about Spain it talks about the flag and the currency that they use. It takes about how the land is formed and where it is located. It talks about where its located on the earth. It talks about how they live. How in the middle of the day the stores are closed for three hours a day so that every one can go home and have dinners with their families. They talk about how the kids there suppose to go to school from six to sixteen. Some kids attend public school but post take part in private school. To goes into what they eat and what animals live with them then it goes into great detail about the culture and how they are very into dancing. Also they are very into sport such as soccer they like to do a lot of out door activities.
Reaction: The pictures are really old but it was cool that they take out three hours a day to go home and spend with there families
Problems: The information is a little out of date
Recommendation: Any one that is planning of studying aboard or some one that is interested to learn about their families and where they are from.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Even Monsters need Haircuts
Title: Even Monsters Need Haircuts
Author: Matthew McElligot
Publishing Information: Walker & Company New York
Genre: Picture Book
Number of Pages: 31
Summary: This is a book about a little boy whose dad is a barber. But every full moon he goes down to his dad shop and gives monsters hair cut. He talks about how frankinstein always get the same or he never knows what skeleton wants done to his hair. Or how some like it different every time and they always have a fun night. But by the end every one has their hair cut and they turn the shop back to normal. And one of the monsters gives him a ride home so that he will be home before his dad wakes up to go cut human hair.
Reaction: This book was really cute and I love that the little boy is in his panajams the whole book with his slippers on. This was a fun story to read and the pictures made the story come to life.
Problems: None
Recommadations: To any one that has a little boy with a wild imagination. For some one that has a child that loves monsters or loves to play with scissors.
My Book Box
Title: My Book Box
Author: Will Hillenbrand
Publishing Information:Harcourt, Inc
Number of Pages: 27
Summary: This book is about an elephant and a frog that find a box. They don't know what to put into the box they think to put in pasta, sock or it can even be a hat box. They finally decided that it is going to be a book box. They are going to fill it up with books so that they can have books where ever they go. They can take them out side or on an air plane. They can act out the books in the box's. They love the book especially at night cause after reading a book they always have sweet dreams.
Reaction: I wish I had a book box to play with. This book was really cute and fun and the pictures made me laugh
Problems: None
Recommendation: Any one looking into getting their child into reading. This will be a fun way to start be allowing them to have there own book box that they can put together and decorate. They can also pick which books they would like to put in them.
The Runaway Pumpkin
Title: The Runaway Pumpkin
Author: Kevin Lewis
Publishing Information: Orchard Books
Number of Pages: 30
Summary: This book was about three kids on Halloween that decided to play with a pumkin and try to roll it down the hill. So they did and it rolled through the pig pen and mom thought about grandma pumpkin pie. Then the pumpkin continued to roll into grandpa chicken coop where he thought of pumpkin soup. From there the pumpkin kept rolling down the hill. Where poppa Baxter saw it and thought of pumpkin bread. So he was on his tractor and dug it a quick hole to fall in to. From there grandma came out and made all those treats and they eat them for halloween dinner and used the rest of the pumpkin to make a Jake o Latern.
Reaction: This book just made me really hungry. I like the rythems that went along with the book it made it for a fun read to try and guess where the pumpkin would go to next.
Problems: None
Recommedation: For any one looking for a wonderful book the goes along with Halloween.
Boo Boo
Title: Boo Boo
Author: Olivier Dunrea
Publishing Information: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 2004
Number of Pages: 30
Summary: This is about BooBoo the gosling. She is one that likes to eat everything she eats her food and then she continues to walk around and eat every one elses food as well. She eats the chickens food and she eats the goats food. Then she goes for a swim. She then eats the weeds. Then she gets the hiccups. These throw her around and a turtle tells her to drink water and so she does and she gets rid of them. Then she goes back to eating.
Reaction: I want to be a gosling! I think that this book is so cute. I love Boo Boo, she reminds me of myself and how much I eat all the time.
Problems: None
Recommendation: To those that are starting out reading this is a great book.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Gorilla, Monkey & Ape
Title: Gorilla, Monkey & Ape
Author: Ian Redmond
Publishing Information: Dorling Kindersley
Genre: Informational
Number of Pages:64
Summary: This book started out telling us the difference in the human bone structure and in an monkey. The way the skelton will have a curved back with a monkey and we are to stand up straight or how their hands are formed curved and ours is straight out. Then it goes into different types of monkeys and what they eat, where they live, are they awake at night and what they look like. It goes into great detail about how they communicate with each other. It takes about myths that people have about monkeys and also about people that have made a great impact on the monkey world and how they have learned from them and help them not be hunted and killed. Then it goes into detail of how they are being hunted and sold for their skins or their skelton structure. This is something that alot of people are trying to fix so that they won't keep losing monkeys
Reaction: I didn't know there were so many different type of monkeys! This was really informational and what really caught my attention was how the skelton were so different with the back structure and the hands. Also something that made me sad is how many monkeys are gettting killed so they can be sold and how people are going to any lenghths to get them.
Problems: None
Recommendation: For any one that is interest in working with animals. That they want to work aboard with monkeys.
Author: Ian Redmond
Publishing Information: Dorling Kindersley
Genre: Informational
Number of Pages:64
Summary: This book started out telling us the difference in the human bone structure and in an monkey. The way the skelton will have a curved back with a monkey and we are to stand up straight or how their hands are formed curved and ours is straight out. Then it goes into different types of monkeys and what they eat, where they live, are they awake at night and what they look like. It goes into great detail about how they communicate with each other. It takes about myths that people have about monkeys and also about people that have made a great impact on the monkey world and how they have learned from them and help them not be hunted and killed. Then it goes into detail of how they are being hunted and sold for their skins or their skelton structure. This is something that alot of people are trying to fix so that they won't keep losing monkeys
Reaction: I didn't know there were so many different type of monkeys! This was really informational and what really caught my attention was how the skelton were so different with the back structure and the hands. Also something that made me sad is how many monkeys are gettting killed so they can be sold and how people are going to any lenghths to get them.
Problems: None
Recommendation: For any one that is interest in working with animals. That they want to work aboard with monkeys.
Astronomy
Title: Astronomy
Author: Kristen Lippincott
Publishing Information: Dorling Kindersley
Genre: Informational
Number of pages: 64
Summary: This book starts out with the history of the universe and what people thought was out in the world. It goes into detail and why they thought it to be this way. It was then covered different ways of measuring the earth distance and recording and discovering using different objects of measure that fell all over the place with being sourable or not. From there they talk about how the earliest telescope was made and how it worked and how over time people have perfected it with new ways. To learn more then went into how to study rainbows and what they meant to the universe and how they were made. Then came in radio telescope. Huge machine that would transmit different information for satellites back to earth so that they could study them more closely. Finally they go into detail how they were able to send space ships up into space to rely on taking pictueres so we could gather more information about the unknown. Then finally the book finished with a bunch of information on the planets. How big they are and how they are formed if they have any moons circling around them.
Reaction: This book was really cool! I loved all the information that I learned about early telescopes and all the different information about the planets. Also it was really cool to look at the different pictures that they had taken from space.
Problems: None
Recommindation: To any young child that shows any interest in space. Or for any children hoping to spark some interest in it they could put this book out in their class room and see if any children look through it.
Author: Kristen Lippincott
Publishing Information: Dorling Kindersley
Genre: Informational
Number of pages: 64
Summary: This book starts out with the history of the universe and what people thought was out in the world. It goes into detail and why they thought it to be this way. It was then covered different ways of measuring the earth distance and recording and discovering using different objects of measure that fell all over the place with being sourable or not. From there they talk about how the earliest telescope was made and how it worked and how over time people have perfected it with new ways. To learn more then went into how to study rainbows and what they meant to the universe and how they were made. Then came in radio telescope. Huge machine that would transmit different information for satellites back to earth so that they could study them more closely. Finally they go into detail how they were able to send space ships up into space to rely on taking pictueres so we could gather more information about the unknown. Then finally the book finished with a bunch of information on the planets. How big they are and how they are formed if they have any moons circling around them.
Reaction: This book was really cool! I loved all the information that I learned about early telescopes and all the different information about the planets. Also it was really cool to look at the different pictures that they had taken from space.
Problems: None
Recommindation: To any young child that shows any interest in space. Or for any children hoping to spark some interest in it they could put this book out in their class room and see if any children look through it.
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