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.

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.

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.

Bittle

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.

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.