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Age: Preschool
Animals: Zoo
Not the greatest developed story but it is perfect for preschoolers with a lovely dose of humor. I really enjoyed the spread that included all the silly pictures taken of the Geri as they try to get him to "regular" size. Let it be noted that this is not a book about bullying or accepting one's difference because the other giraffes are all about inviting lil' Geri into their world.
Animals: Zoo
Not the greatest developed story but it is perfect for preschoolers with a lovely dose of humor. I really enjoyed the spread that included all the silly pictures taken of the Geri as they try to get him to "regular" size. Let it be noted that this is not a book about bullying or accepting one's difference because the other giraffes are all about inviting lil' Geri into their world.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Family: Baby with older sister
Life's not easy for a baby, what with an inability to speak and no teeth to chew yummy foods like pizza. This was a remarkably refreshing book for older siblings with new baby siblings in their life.
Family: Baby with older sister
Life's not easy for a baby, what with an inability to speak and no teeth to chew yummy foods like pizza. This was a remarkably refreshing book for older siblings with new baby siblings in their life.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Animals: Penguin, cats
Such conniving cats! And poor, poor Penguin--caught up in the cat's plan to catch some fish. But Penguin isn't stupid and soon realizes their intentions. It was fun to see the Penguin blend into his surroundings (people wearing black and white).
Animals: Penguin, cats
Such conniving cats! And poor, poor Penguin--caught up in the cat's plan to catch some fish. But Penguin isn't stupid and soon realizes their intentions. It was fun to see the Penguin blend into his surroundings (people wearing black and white).
Age: K-2nd grade
You may not think that weasels could plot world domination, and you'd be totally right! These weasels have the best intentions at heart. They believe themselves crafty problem solvers and have an entire laboratory dedicated to science. Just as they are counting down to complete world takeover, the lights go out and someone trips over the power cord to the all-powerful machine. The machine reads "IT'S BROKEN" (without power, apparently) and the weasels become over-zealous with a desire to fix it, going to great lengths to solve a pretty simple problem.
A cute read, suited for kids starting to read themselves or long, indulgent reads (due to all the weasel asides).
You may not think that weasels could plot world domination, and you'd be totally right! These weasels have the best intentions at heart. They believe themselves crafty problem solvers and have an entire laboratory dedicated to science. Just as they are counting down to complete world takeover, the lights go out and someone trips over the power cord to the all-powerful machine. The machine reads "IT'S BROKEN" (without power, apparently) and the weasels become over-zealous with a desire to fix it, going to great lengths to solve a pretty simple problem.
A cute read, suited for kids starting to read themselves or long, indulgent reads (due to all the weasel asides).
First line: "Tom glances behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way."
I was fascinated by the complexity of Tom Ripley but the plot seemed to stagnate and go in a circle after Dickie's death.
I was fascinated by the complexity of Tom Ripley but the plot seemed to stagnate and go in a circle after Dickie's death.
Age: 1st grade-3rd grade
This would be a great book to use in the classroom because there is ample opportunity to discuss the purpose of the book. Great for accepting yourself for who you are and it might provide an interesting discussion for being a newcomer in a strange land.
This would be a great book to use in the classroom because there is ample opportunity to discuss the purpose of the book. Great for accepting yourself for who you are and it might provide an interesting discussion for being a newcomer in a strange land.
Age: 1st-2nd grade
Perfect for older kids that want detailed characters. Although there is no plot throughout the book, each ghost receives its own biography. Not quite as interesting as it could have been, it still will be fun for 1st and 2nd graders.
Perfect for older kids that want detailed characters. Although there is no plot throughout the book, each ghost receives its own biography. Not quite as interesting as it could have been, it still will be fun for 1st and 2nd graders.
Age: High School, Adult
Tough Issue: Teens with cancer
First line: "Late in the winter of my 17th year my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death."
John Green, you sly dog, you've done it again. These characters are so ridiculously authentic and beautiful that, having moved onto other stories, I still cannot let them go.
"I had a moral opposition to eating before dawn on the grounds that I was not a nineteenth-century Russian peasant fortifying myself for a day in the fields" (137).
Augustus: "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only Earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you" (153).
Tough Issue: Teens with cancer
First line: "Late in the winter of my 17th year my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death."
John Green, you sly dog, you've done it again. These characters are so ridiculously authentic and beautiful that, having moved onto other stories, I still cannot let them go.
"I had a moral opposition to eating before dawn on the grounds that I was not a nineteenth-century Russian peasant fortifying myself for a day in the fields" (137).
Augustus: "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only Earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you" (153).
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Tool enthusiasts will love this and can enjoy this picture book for several reads given its detail and variety of tools. Beyond those construction and tool lovers, though? Not so much.
Tool enthusiasts will love this and can enjoy this picture book for several reads given its detail and variety of tools. Beyond those construction and tool lovers, though? Not so much.
Age: Preschool
Although Hot Rod Hamster doesn't have much character other than being furry and super enthusiastic, Lord finely executes this high-appeal picture book for the preschool age. Hot Rod Hamster visits the fair with his friends, enjoying his surroundings for half the book then subbing for a Monster Truck driver who broke his glasses. Lord provides a rhyming narration coupled with dialogue speech bubbles that gives this simple picture book an enjoyable read.
Although Hot Rod Hamster doesn't have much character other than being furry and super enthusiastic, Lord finely executes this high-appeal picture book for the preschool age. Hot Rod Hamster visits the fair with his friends, enjoying his surroundings for half the book then subbing for a Monster Truck driver who broke his glasses. Lord provides a rhyming narration coupled with dialogue speech bubbles that gives this simple picture book an enjoyable read.