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Age: Preschool-1st grade
Animals: Kildeer bird
A bird pops out of its shell and discovers the world around it. The unusual species is a refreshing take on a common topic. I like when the baby bird discovers itself in the reflection of the lake, much like a baby's fascination with mirrors.
Animals: Kildeer bird
A bird pops out of its shell and discovers the world around it. The unusual species is a refreshing take on a common topic. I like when the baby bird discovers itself in the reflection of the lake, much like a baby's fascination with mirrors.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Concept Skill: Colors
Another lovely English-language book by Thong filled with Spanish phrases and Hispanic culture. This is also a nice book that discusses color for an older age range, but it does not discuss color mixing or how colors are made.
Concept Skill: Colors
Another lovely English-language book by Thong filled with Spanish phrases and Hispanic culture. This is also a nice book that discusses color for an older age range, but it does not discuss color mixing or how colors are made.
Age: Preschool
Animals: Pet hamster
A great representation of the word "humongous" with no hyperbole here. That hamster is BIG. Sure the storyline doesn't make much sense because it is purely based on a "what-if" situation but the photographs make it seem so real! What if your hamster kept eating and eating until he became humongous?!
Animals: Pet hamster
A great representation of the word "humongous" with no hyperbole here. That hamster is BIG. Sure the storyline doesn't make much sense because it is purely based on a "what-if" situation but the photographs make it seem so real! What if your hamster kept eating and eating until he became humongous?!
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Nature: rehabilitating junkyards
A fun rhyming exploration of the mounds of trash within a junkyard. The Munching Machines start clearing out the trash by shoving all that nastiness in their mouths. The illustrations are a contained sort-of messiness that allow you to focus on the items mentioned in the text, creating a kind of search-and-find. The picture book takes an interesting turn as the Munching Machines perform more than digesting trash--they bring back trees, and parks, and playgrounds to the once trashed area.
There is one problem point that children will be sure to point out. After all the rubbish is swept away, one small stack remains. BUT IT IS NEVER CLEANED UP OR TALKED ABOUT AGAIN. Oh, the unfinished misery.
Nature: rehabilitating junkyards
A fun rhyming exploration of the mounds of trash within a junkyard. The Munching Machines start clearing out the trash by shoving all that nastiness in their mouths. The illustrations are a contained sort-of messiness that allow you to focus on the items mentioned in the text, creating a kind of search-and-find. The picture book takes an interesting turn as the Munching Machines perform more than digesting trash--they bring back trees, and parks, and playgrounds to the once trashed area.
There is one problem point that children will be sure to point out. After all the rubbish is swept away, one small stack remains. BUT IT IS NEVER CLEANED UP OR TALKED ABOUT AGAIN. Oh, the unfinished misery.
First line: "It has been sixty-four years since the president and the Consortium identified love as a disease, and forty-three since the scientists perfected a cure."
Being a reader that rarely continues into a series (there's just too many books out there!), I'll actually be reading the next one. This was a well written dystopian novel that leans heavily on a few characters and their relationships with each other and with their world. Kids that liked the fast pace plot of The Hunger Games and Divergent may not find it in Delirium, but they will leave this novel with a sense of connection to the characters and its world. It also has a pretty suspenseful ending.
Being a reader that rarely continues into a series (there's just too many books out there!), I'll actually be reading the next one. This was a well written dystopian novel that leans heavily on a few characters and their relationships with each other and with their world. Kids that liked the fast pace plot of The Hunger Games and Divergent may not find it in Delirium, but they will leave this novel with a sense of connection to the characters and its world. It also has a pretty suspenseful ending.
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Age: Preschool-1st grade
Similar to Z Is for Moose, this is a cute take on a character that wants more "page time" from the book. The premise is very simple, the words are minimal and you will breeze through this book. But that is what makes it fun, especially when Donut the bear finally gets a story but the next spread is the last page. What Benton succeeds with this character is the compassion that the audience holds with him because he is most certainly cut off short by a quite rude narrator, providing an excellent juxtaposition and not just a "greedy" bear.
Similar to Z Is for Moose, this is a cute take on a character that wants more "page time" from the book. The premise is very simple, the words are minimal and you will breeze through this book. But that is what makes it fun, especially when Donut the bear finally gets a story but the next spread is the last page. What Benton succeeds with this character is the compassion that the audience holds with him because he is most certainly cut off short by a quite rude narrator, providing an excellent juxtaposition and not just a "greedy" bear.
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
I wanted to love this book because, hey, Toni Morrison, but there are some...complications. The beginning of the book depicts Louise, a girl dressed in a rain coat heading to an undisclosed location. We are told that she is "sometimes lonely or sometimes sad" but the narrator offers uplifting (but not poetically pleasing) reassurances to her uncertainties with the world. The artwork is dark and oftentimes scary, perhaps allowing the listener to see what Louise sees. However, I think the scary situations layer themselves and might evoke too much fear in the listener, especially with this line, "Is that a bird of prey from which you'd better run?"
Louise finally reaches her destination: a library! The illustrations brighten and we finally see a relaxed smile on Louise. This next observation is truly picky, but I was a little confused to see Louise first looking at the older kids section, but then we see her lying on the ground with picture books. How old is she? That being said, the perspective audience of this book is a little hard to pin down. The repetition in the beginning is lovely, but better suited for a younger audience. But the scary scenes are best suited to an older audience.
The book has a sweet ending with horribly executed writing, leaving you with an unpleasant taste in your mouth. Oh, Toni, I know this was dedicated to librarians and I wish there weren't these shortcomings! But, alas.
One final note: she does not receive a new library card, as the description says. Perhaps there was a lot of (unfortunate) editing with this picture book...
I wanted to love this book because, hey, Toni Morrison, but there are some...complications. The beginning of the book depicts Louise, a girl dressed in a rain coat heading to an undisclosed location. We are told that she is "sometimes lonely or sometimes sad" but the narrator offers uplifting (but not poetically pleasing) reassurances to her uncertainties with the world. The artwork is dark and oftentimes scary, perhaps allowing the listener to see what Louise sees. However, I think the scary situations layer themselves and might evoke too much fear in the listener, especially with this line, "Is that a bird of prey from which you'd better run?"
Louise finally reaches her destination: a library! The illustrations brighten and we finally see a relaxed smile on Louise. This next observation is truly picky, but I was a little confused to see Louise first looking at the older kids section, but then we see her lying on the ground with picture books. How old is she? That being said, the perspective audience of this book is a little hard to pin down. The repetition in the beginning is lovely, but better suited for a younger audience. But the scary scenes are best suited to an older audience.
The book has a sweet ending with horribly executed writing, leaving you with an unpleasant taste in your mouth. Oh, Toni, I know this was dedicated to librarians and I wish there weren't these shortcomings! But, alas.
One final note: she does not receive a new library card, as the description says. Perhaps there was a lot of (unfortunate) editing with this picture book...
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Animals: Farm
Nature: Farming, Gardening
This definitely deserves to be read-aloud, but make sure you read it a few times beforehand so the sudden inclusion of "E-I-E-I-O" doesn't throw you off.
Animals: Farm
Nature: Farming, Gardening
This definitely deserves to be read-aloud, but make sure you read it a few times beforehand so the sudden inclusion of "E-I-E-I-O" doesn't throw you off.
The illustrations are beautiful but the emotionless, minimalist writing hampers the whole book. I did, however, enjoy the fact that all the Europeans are seen as indistinguishable silhouettes.
The following review puts it well. "The overall story perspective is NOT that of the child protagonist, but rather that of a "subjective" other explicating facts, which allows (even leads) young readers to infer a Disney-like capture, integration into European society, and uneventful return home with few emotional upheavals for the child/ young man" Goodreads user Ruth.
The following review puts it well. "The overall story perspective is NOT that of the child protagonist, but rather that of a "subjective" other explicating facts, which allows (even leads) young readers to infer a Disney-like capture, integration into European society, and uneventful return home with few emotional upheavals for the child/ young man" Goodreads user Ruth.