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Age: Preschool-1st grade
Juna's friend Hector moves away without getting a chance to say goodbye. Juna is left wondering what happened to her best friend and each night she enters her imagination to try to find her friend. Bahk accepts Juna's imagination as real within the story, capturing the fun imagination of this little girl without belittling nods to the adult reader that establishes what is real and what is not real.
Juna's friend Hector moves away without getting a chance to say goodbye. Juna is left wondering what happened to her best friend and each night she enters her imagination to try to find her friend. Bahk accepts Juna's imagination as real within the story, capturing the fun imagination of this little girl without belittling nods to the adult reader that establishes what is real and what is not real.
Age: Kindergarten-3rd grade
Tough Issue: Death
History: World War
Phew. This book leaves much to be discussed and would best be facilitated by a teacher while doing a unit on war or loss. While the text is relatively minimal, the topic is heavy as the main character dies and is shown dead, leaving his wife a widow with an unborn child. The text is ominous and sadly nostalgic, yet realistic, so teachers will want to help students process this sad reality of our history and modern day wars.
Tough Issue: Death
History: World War
Phew. This book leaves much to be discussed and would best be facilitated by a teacher while doing a unit on war or loss. While the text is relatively minimal, the topic is heavy as the main character dies and is shown dead, leaving his wife a widow with an unborn child. The text is ominous and sadly nostalgic, yet realistic, so teachers will want to help students process this sad reality of our history and modern day wars.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Edie comes to rely on the compliments she receives about her clothes. She becomes so desperate for recognition that she starts to create eccentric ensembles that I thought were pretty cool but elicited weird looks and, eventually, disregard. Stripped of her layers, she realizes that she was lost underneath them. It turns out that Edie's classmates have been kind and complimentary the whole time but not about Edie's clothes but her personality.
Perhaps this would be a good discussion book but it felt too didactic yet also confusing. Docking another star, I dislike computer generated illustrations for picture books, but that is more personal than anything.
Edie comes to rely on the compliments she receives about her clothes. She becomes so desperate for recognition that she starts to create eccentric ensembles that I thought were pretty cool but elicited weird looks and, eventually, disregard. Stripped of her layers, she realizes that she was lost underneath them. It turns out that Edie's classmates have been kind and complimentary the whole time but not about Edie's clothes but her personality.
Perhaps this would be a good discussion book but it felt too didactic yet also confusing. Docking another star, I dislike computer generated illustrations for picture books, but that is more personal than anything.
Age: Infant
A little boy barrages the moon with self-centered questions, wondering if the moon does the same things as him. Kids might like it but it's rather trite.
A little boy barrages the moon with self-centered questions, wondering if the moon does the same things as him. Kids might like it but it's rather trite.
Age: 4th-middle school
Although the cover already feels outdated with its poor photoshop appearance, the content has a wonderfully engaging magazine layout, a conversational yet informative tone, and an incredible variety of historical styles. By keeping the content rather brief about each style, the author has been able to include more worldwide fashion than just Euro-centric. I'll definitely be recommending this!
Although the cover already feels outdated with its poor photoshop appearance, the content has a wonderfully engaging magazine layout, a conversational yet informative tone, and an incredible variety of historical styles. By keeping the content rather brief about each style, the author has been able to include more worldwide fashion than just Euro-centric. I'll definitely be recommending this!
It's one of those books where you're absolutely certain the publisher missed a page in the printing. Leonardo's sheep, George, has a problem: when it rains he shrinks. Leonardo tries to construct new inventions to save George the trouble of shrinking and finally develops an umbrella which whisks the sheep away into the sky. The plot ends with this last sentence:
The last few pages are photographic reconstructions of Leonardo's inventions that are mentioned in the book, which is really cool, and 5 paragraphs addressing certain aspects of the real Leonardo DaVinci (Who was Leo?, In what way was he a genius?, What did he invent?, How do we know about all these inventions?, What about George's umbrella?, and Where can Leo's inventions be seen today). I just wished the story wasn't so painful.
So he swiftly gathers up his notes, his compass, his carpenter's meter, and of course his eraser, and begins to calculate some more...With or without a machine, he will find his little George!So we're not really sure what happened to his magical sheep.
The last few pages are photographic reconstructions of Leonardo's inventions that are mentioned in the book, which is really cool, and 5 paragraphs addressing certain aspects of the real Leonardo DaVinci (Who was Leo?, In what way was he a genius?, What did he invent?, How do we know about all these inventions?, What about George's umbrella?, and Where can Leo's inventions be seen today). I just wished the story wasn't so painful.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Love the illustrations, love the story, and love the wild west twang. Baby Javier has a mighty beard and a macho-ness that impresses Billy (Mustache Baby) so much that Billy must have him as his sidekick. But, both babies keep trying to out-do the other, escalating the tension until an all out wrestling match ensues. Thankfully, mama is there to offer some wise words of advice that leads the two into a lasting friendship. Best part of the book? Bad-guy mustache and Bad-guy beard.
Love the illustrations, love the story, and love the wild west twang. Baby Javier has a mighty beard and a macho-ness that impresses Billy (Mustache Baby) so much that Billy must have him as his sidekick. But, both babies keep trying to out-do the other, escalating the tension until an all out wrestling match ensues. Thankfully, mama is there to offer some wise words of advice that leads the two into a lasting friendship. Best part of the book? Bad-guy mustache and Bad-guy beard.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Science: Animals and eyesight
Who stole the Queen's shadow? Royal Detective Mantis Shrimp attempts to identify the culprit as each animal use its eyesight weaknesses and strengths to prove its innocence. Such a wonderful blend of a fictional mystery, illustrations that helped describe the scientific facts, and intriguing comparisons and contrasts between the eyes of these animals.
Science: Animals and eyesight
Who stole the Queen's shadow? Royal Detective Mantis Shrimp attempts to identify the culprit as each animal use its eyesight weaknesses and strengths to prove its innocence. Such a wonderful blend of a fictional mystery, illustrations that helped describe the scientific facts, and intriguing comparisons and contrasts between the eyes of these animals.
Age: Prechool-Kindergarten
Fractured Fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
A cute, bubbly fractured tale that is perfect for reading aloud which follows the original tale fairly well. I enjoyed the incorporation of vehicle vocabulary and kids will dig the action.
Fractured Fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
A cute, bubbly fractured tale that is perfect for reading aloud which follows the original tale fairly well. I enjoyed the incorporation of vehicle vocabulary and kids will dig the action.
An amazing blend of story line and art that delves into an egotistical character's self-induced loneliness.