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Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Fairytale: fractured 3 Little Pigs
A humorous meta tale about the 3 Little Pigs and the lack of pink paint. The gradual introduction of the illustrator is very well played and very intriguing--perfect for Kindergarten-2nd grade.
Fairytale: fractured 3 Little Pigs
A humorous meta tale about the 3 Little Pigs and the lack of pink paint. The gradual introduction of the illustrator is very well played and very intriguing--perfect for Kindergarten-2nd grade.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Animal: Pet dog
The story is a little meh with this one, but I can see younger kids wanting to read this over and over again because it has memorable images (the green hat, the boxes holding the images and text on every page) and perhaps the beauty is in its simplicity.
Animal: Pet dog
The story is a little meh with this one, but I can see younger kids wanting to read this over and over again because it has memorable images (the green hat, the boxes holding the images and text on every page) and perhaps the beauty is in its simplicity.
Age: preschool
Dewdney has a fantastic way with rhyme that is pleasing but not overpowering--and she can present a fantastic storyline. This will definitely be my go-to book for preschoolers that might be experiencing a bossy classmate. The story includes being bossed around and being called names, an instruction of what to do ("Being bullied is no fun! Walk away and tell someone"), and a resolution. Sure, the ending may be resolved too nicely but it's nice to see a happy ending for this audience.
Dewdney has a fantastic way with rhyme that is pleasing but not overpowering--and she can present a fantastic storyline. This will definitely be my go-to book for preschoolers that might be experiencing a bossy classmate. The story includes being bossed around and being called names, an instruction of what to do ("Being bullied is no fun! Walk away and tell someone"), and a resolution. Sure, the ending may be resolved too nicely but it's nice to see a happy ending for this audience.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Animals: Monkeys
The ending was great but the rest wasn't quite as quirky as I thought it would be.
Animals: Monkeys
The ending was great but the rest wasn't quite as quirky as I thought it would be.
Age: Middle School-High School
Fairytale: Cinderella, fractured
I just loved the romance between Cinder and Kai and their personalities meshing was very believable. Cinder's character by herself was very well written and I loved her strengths (selflessness for her sister, valiant, playful with Kai, smart, interesting backstory) and her weaknesses (self-conscious). It was neat to see that her submissiveness to her step mother was a concern of self-preservation since Cinder was owned by the mother and could easily be sent away to prison or to death. I just wish there was more discussion of cyborgs and why they are considered second-class citizens since they are humans just with synthetic parts.
Amidst all of these enjoyable moments, I was really really annoyed about how predictable it was.
Fairytale: Cinderella, fractured
I just loved the romance between Cinder and Kai and their personalities meshing was very believable. Cinder's character by herself was very well written and I loved her strengths (selflessness for her sister, valiant, playful with Kai, smart, interesting backstory) and her weaknesses (self-conscious). It was neat to see that her submissiveness to her step mother was a concern of self-preservation since Cinder was owned by the mother and could easily be sent away to prison or to death. I just wish there was more discussion of cyborgs and why they are considered second-class citizens since they are humans just with synthetic parts.
Amidst all of these enjoyable moments, I was really really annoyed about how predictable it was.
Spoiler
From around page 75 I knew that Cinder was the lunar princess and Meyer just kept dragging it on like it was a big suspenseful mystery. If it's that obvious (especially since it's based on a princess fairytale) then reveal it at the beginning. Was there nothing else that could have been the clencher for the end?
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Quite obviously didactic, this provides a really unique and useful way to explain eating slowly and enjoying the remarkable food that you eat.
Quite obviously didactic, this provides a really unique and useful way to explain eating slowly and enjoying the remarkable food that you eat.
Age: High School
The geek humor was beautiful and any book with a nerd convention is a-okay in my book. The audiobook narrator's vocal choice for Doug was peeerfect and really helped the dead pan humor. I actually really enjoyed a lot of this book, but the occasional gay bashing was just ridiculous. Rex played it off as humor or "what kids these days are doing" but he pulled this card way to often in the book, using "gay" as a derogatory term and having the main character grossed out by the thought of gay people. It seemed like he tried to redeem himself with a positive lesbian character, but the negative was just too potent.
The geek humor was beautiful and any book with a nerd convention is a-okay in my book. The audiobook narrator's vocal choice for Doug was peeerfect and really helped the dead pan humor. I actually really enjoyed a lot of this book, but the occasional gay bashing was just ridiculous. Rex played it off as humor or "what kids these days are doing" but he pulled this card way to often in the book, using "gay" as a derogatory term and having the main character grossed out by the thought of gay people. It seemed like he tried to redeem himself with a positive lesbian character, but the negative was just too potent.
Age: Preschool+
Lovely rhymes accompany this fun celebration of activities to do in the winter.
Lovely rhymes accompany this fun celebration of activities to do in the winter.