Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
184 Pages
Charlotte’s Web is about a young girl named Fern that falls in love with a pig named Wilbur. Wilbur is Fern’s best friend and she saves him from being slaughtered. Wilbur is moved and lives on Fern’s Uncle’s farm. Here he becomes friends with all of the other barnyard animals, especially the spider named Charlotte. Charlotte writes things in her web in order to save the pig. One day the family goes to the fair and Wilbur wins an award. Charlotte dies and Wilbur is very sad. However, he becomes friends with Charlotte’s offspring and his memories of Charlotte and what she did for him are never forgotten.
Personal Rating- 5
This is a great book about friendship. The characters in this story are very loyal to each other and it just demonstrates how to be a good friend and what individuals should expect from loyal friends. Also, this book would be an excellent book to use in the classroom as a read aloud. The book includes many words that would make for good vocabulary words.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying
Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying
by Barbra Park
66 Pages
Junie B. Jones is a very good detective because she has quiet feet and her nose doesn’t whistle when she breathes. Well, at least that is what she thinks. Junie B. has been told by her mother several times not to be spying on people. One day, Junie B. goes to the grocery store with her mother and spots her teacher there. Junie B. decides to be sneaky and spy on her. Junie B. ends up seeing her teacher kiss a man at the store and does not know what to think! Junie B. is stuck in quite a predicament because she can’t tell anyone that she was spying or else she will get herself in trouble! What is a girl to do?
Personal Rating- 5
This is a very adventurous book. Barbra Park was very creative in writing this story. She really got into the character of a five year old and wrote about things they think about. I could just see a little kid seeing their teacher at the store and not knowing what to think seeing them with their family. Again, Junie B. is just a fun and spunky character and that is what makes this series so enjoyable!
by Barbra Park
66 Pages
Junie B. Jones is a very good detective because she has quiet feet and her nose doesn’t whistle when she breathes. Well, at least that is what she thinks. Junie B. has been told by her mother several times not to be spying on people. One day, Junie B. goes to the grocery store with her mother and spots her teacher there. Junie B. decides to be sneaky and spy on her. Junie B. ends up seeing her teacher kiss a man at the store and does not know what to think! Junie B. is stuck in quite a predicament because she can’t tell anyone that she was spying or else she will get herself in trouble! What is a girl to do?
Personal Rating- 5
This is a very adventurous book. Barbra Park was very creative in writing this story. She really got into the character of a five year old and wrote about things they think about. I could just see a little kid seeing their teacher at the store and not knowing what to think seeing them with their family. Again, Junie B. is just a fun and spunky character and that is what makes this series so enjoyable!
Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy
Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy
by Barbra Park
67 Pages
In this book, Junie B. Jones is fascinated with scissors. One day she goes with her dad to the beauty shop and just loves everything she experiences that day. Junie B. becomes inspired to cut her own hair. Junie B. does not do a professional job cutting her hair and is afraid to show her parents how it turned out. Junie B. ends up having to go to the beauty shop again in order to get her hair fixed!
Personal Rating- 5
This is another one of my favorite books! My parents have pictures of me when I was little and I had cut my own hair. Barbra Park does a really good job writing a story about a common thing that all kids do at one time or another. Children become fascinated with scissors and want to cut everything they can. The book is very comical and is a quick read.
by Barbra Park
67 Pages
In this book, Junie B. Jones is fascinated with scissors. One day she goes with her dad to the beauty shop and just loves everything she experiences that day. Junie B. becomes inspired to cut her own hair. Junie B. does not do a professional job cutting her hair and is afraid to show her parents how it turned out. Junie B. ends up having to go to the beauty shop again in order to get her hair fixed!
Personal Rating- 5
This is another one of my favorite books! My parents have pictures of me when I was little and I had cut my own hair. Barbra Park does a really good job writing a story about a common thing that all kids do at one time or another. Children become fascinated with scissors and want to cut everything they can. The book is very comical and is a quick read.
Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal
Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal
by Barbra Park
71 Pages
Junie B. Jones really wants to stay over at her friend Lucille’s house because she believes Lucille is rich. One day Lucille invites Junie B. and another friend named Grace to stay all night at her house. Junie B. is soooo excited and can hardly wait for the day to come! Junie B. gets into all kinds of mischief while at her friends’ house.
Personal Rating- 5
Junie B. Jones is such a fun character to read about. She is just like a typical kindergartner and she is always getting into trouble. Her adventures are comical! Children will enjoy this book because most children enjoy going to slumber parties and again, this is something they can relate to.
by Barbra Park
71 Pages
Junie B. Jones really wants to stay over at her friend Lucille’s house because she believes Lucille is rich. One day Lucille invites Junie B. and another friend named Grace to stay all night at her house. Junie B. is soooo excited and can hardly wait for the day to come! Junie B. gets into all kinds of mischief while at her friends’ house.
Personal Rating- 5
Junie B. Jones is such a fun character to read about. She is just like a typical kindergartner and she is always getting into trouble. Her adventures are comical! Children will enjoy this book because most children enjoy going to slumber parties and again, this is something they can relate to.
Grandfather Tang's Story
Grandfather Tang’s Story
by Ann Tompert
32 Pages
This is a good book to use if you are a teacher teaching Tangrams. The book explains a little bit about the history of Tangrams. A grandfather is telling a story to his grandchild about animals while using Tangrams to visually create the animals in the story for his grandchild. Grandfather Tang quickly switches the Tangrams around to make the next animal in the story.
Personal Rating- 5
This book is an excellent teacher resource. It provides a fun and exciting way to teach Tangrams to students. The teacher can quickly read the book to the students and then let them practice making up their own stories using Tangrams.
by Ann Tompert
32 Pages
This is a good book to use if you are a teacher teaching Tangrams. The book explains a little bit about the history of Tangrams. A grandfather is telling a story to his grandchild about animals while using Tangrams to visually create the animals in the story for his grandchild. Grandfather Tang quickly switches the Tangrams around to make the next animal in the story.
Personal Rating- 5
This book is an excellent teacher resource. It provides a fun and exciting way to teach Tangrams to students. The teacher can quickly read the book to the students and then let them practice making up their own stories using Tangrams.
Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar
233 Pages
In this book, a teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Greenlake for sealing a pair of shoes. Stanley did not really steal the shoes but he has no way to prove himself innocent. He is sent to the camp and is required to dig holes everyday for his punishment. He tells the story of his family’s history and it all relates to the current events that are happening at his summer camp. Stanley makes really good friends at the camp while he is there. He becomes really good friends with a boy named Zero who ends up having a secret that is key to the outcome of the story.
Personal Rating- 5
This is a great book. When you read the cover, you will probably think that this book does not really sound all that interesting, well, at least that’s what I thought. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down! The way the author tells a story about the family history and then tells a current story about Stanley at the camp is really neat. When you reach the end the whole story comes together and you are left pondering how on earth the author came up with this brilliant idea to write the book this way!
by Louis Sachar
233 Pages
In this book, a teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Greenlake for sealing a pair of shoes. Stanley did not really steal the shoes but he has no way to prove himself innocent. He is sent to the camp and is required to dig holes everyday for his punishment. He tells the story of his family’s history and it all relates to the current events that are happening at his summer camp. Stanley makes really good friends at the camp while he is there. He becomes really good friends with a boy named Zero who ends up having a secret that is key to the outcome of the story.
Personal Rating- 5
This is a great book. When you read the cover, you will probably think that this book does not really sound all that interesting, well, at least that’s what I thought. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down! The way the author tells a story about the family history and then tells a current story about Stanley at the camp is really neat. When you reach the end the whole story comes together and you are left pondering how on earth the author came up with this brilliant idea to write the book this way!
Owen
Owen
by Kevin Henkes
32 Pages
This is a book about a character named Owen who is very attached to his baby blanket which he calls Fuzzy. Owen takes Fuzzy everywhere he goes. The neighbor lady is trying to tell Owen’s parents that they need to take his blanket away. They try many different things in order to get Owen to give up his blanket but nothing works. When Owen starts school, his parents tell him that he cannot take the blanket to school. Owen’s mother gets a brilliant idea and decides to make the blanket into a handkerchief so Owen can still take Fuzzy with him everywhere.
Personal Rating- 5
Every child has an item that is like a security net to them. I had a blanket when I was little that I took with me everywhere. When my parents finally took it away from me I cried. It took me a long time to adjust to not being able to have it at bedtime. This is a good book for all children to read because they can relate with it.
by Kevin Henkes
32 Pages
This is a book about a character named Owen who is very attached to his baby blanket which he calls Fuzzy. Owen takes Fuzzy everywhere he goes. The neighbor lady is trying to tell Owen’s parents that they need to take his blanket away. They try many different things in order to get Owen to give up his blanket but nothing works. When Owen starts school, his parents tell him that he cannot take the blanket to school. Owen’s mother gets a brilliant idea and decides to make the blanket into a handkerchief so Owen can still take Fuzzy with him everywhere.
Personal Rating- 5
Every child has an item that is like a security net to them. I had a blanket when I was little that I took with me everywhere. When my parents finally took it away from me I cried. It took me a long time to adjust to not being able to have it at bedtime. This is a good book for all children to read because they can relate with it.
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