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Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Animals: Pond
One grumpy bird is pushed to the extreme when several animals want to share his perch. Turns out his perch wants to eat him. And does. The silliness of the foolish bird give this a giggable ending.
Animals: Pond
One grumpy bird is pushed to the extreme when several animals want to share his perch. Turns out his perch wants to eat him. And does. The silliness of the foolish bird give this a giggable ending.
Age: 4th-middle school
Tough Issue: Foster care
First line: Sitting in the back of the social worker's car, I try to remember how my mother has always said to never show your fear.
Disabilities: Autism
A well-balanced perspective on being suddenly thrust into foster care, Carley Connors must cope with her mother's betrayal and try to live with a family of strangers. Hunt really provided a well-thought out presentation of a tween trying to figure out who to trust in her shattered world.
After her mother holds Carley down as Carley tries to flee from her abusive step-father, resulting in Carley and her mother in the hospital, Carley is put into a temporary foster home where she must wait until her mother gets better. While with the Murphys, Carley is pulled into their world and becomes attached to the children, but particularly attached to the mother--a considerate, overly sweet mother figure that she has never had.
Carley's emotional responses felt real, sometimes hostile, and well-developed while Hunt kept her likable in the reader's eye. This story also provides a welcome alternative to evil foster care situations and mean foster care mothers while maintaining a compelling story. The ending is far from ideal for the readers, but its realistic approach is commendable without completely sugar coating a real world situation.
Tough Issue: Foster care
First line: Sitting in the back of the social worker's car, I try to remember how my mother has always said to never show your fear.
Disabilities: Autism
A well-balanced perspective on being suddenly thrust into foster care, Carley Connors must cope with her mother's betrayal and try to live with a family of strangers. Hunt really provided a well-thought out presentation of a tween trying to figure out who to trust in her shattered world.
After her mother holds Carley down as Carley tries to flee from her abusive step-father, resulting in Carley and her mother in the hospital, Carley is put into a temporary foster home where she must wait until her mother gets better. While with the Murphys, Carley is pulled into their world and becomes attached to the children, but particularly attached to the mother--a considerate, overly sweet mother figure that she has never had.
Carley's emotional responses felt real, sometimes hostile, and well-developed while Hunt kept her likable in the reader's eye. This story also provides a welcome alternative to evil foster care situations and mean foster care mothers while maintaining a compelling story. The ending is far from ideal for the readers, but its realistic approach is commendable without completely sugar coating a real world situation.
Age: Middle School
Tough Issue: Pregnancy
An interesting look at pregnancy from two points of view: an accidental pregnancy in a teen girl and a mother that is infertile. What gives the story even more intrigue is that these situations are seen through the eyes of a middle school girl, a protagonist whom the reader is not supposed to agree. She is someone who has a really hard time empathizing with the two women and instead selfishly judges both women without knowing the real story.
This should definitely be discussed with a group and I'm so sorry that I missed my Book Club's discussion!
Tough Issue: Pregnancy
An interesting look at pregnancy from two points of view: an accidental pregnancy in a teen girl and a mother that is infertile. What gives the story even more intrigue is that these situations are seen through the eyes of a middle school girl, a protagonist whom the reader is not supposed to agree. She is someone who has a really hard time empathizing with the two women and instead selfishly judges both women without knowing the real story.
This should definitely be discussed with a group and I'm so sorry that I missed my Book Club's discussion!
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Clothing: Shoes
This is a fantastic read-aloud full of suspense and an adorable shoe destroyer aptly named Shoe Dog. In the end, his owner tricks Shoe Dog into playing with a slipper cat--which is oddly alive (?!) because it responds to Shoe Dog's loving slobber with a smile and switches to somewhat of a surprised face when Shoe Dog's owner praises him. Anyways, overall it is a truly fun read-aloud.
Clothing: Shoes
This is a fantastic read-aloud full of suspense and an adorable shoe destroyer aptly named Shoe Dog. In the end, his owner tricks Shoe Dog into playing with a slipper cat--which is oddly alive (?!) because it responds to Shoe Dog's loving slobber with a smile and switches to somewhat of a surprised face when Shoe Dog's owner praises him. Anyways, overall it is a truly fun read-aloud.
Age: 8th-12th grade
After his crush, Hannah, commits suicide, Clay Baker receives a package with no return address. Inside are several cassette tapes, each identifying 13 individuals who sent Hannah down a spiral of self-hate and loneliness which led to her suicide. At first, Clay can't figure out where he fits in but soon realizes that the social stigma placed on her caused a reluctant fear for anyone to reach out to her.
While many readers love this book for its harrowing and warning tale to treat others with respect, I could not get into the narrator, Clay, because he was never really introduced. Sure, it was Hannah's story but Clay's purpose seemed pretty useless.
I would not suggest this for someone who was close to another that committed suicide because it somewhat glamorizes the process.
After his crush, Hannah, commits suicide, Clay Baker receives a package with no return address. Inside are several cassette tapes, each identifying 13 individuals who sent Hannah down a spiral of self-hate and loneliness which led to her suicide. At first, Clay can't figure out where he fits in but soon realizes that the social stigma placed on her caused a reluctant fear for anyone to reach out to her.
While many readers love this book for its harrowing and warning tale to treat others with respect, I could not get into the narrator, Clay, because he was never really introduced. Sure, it was Hannah's story but Clay's purpose seemed pretty useless.
I would not suggest this for someone who was close to another that committed suicide because it somewhat glamorizes the process.
Age: 4th-6th grade
"Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing" (Goodreads featured review).
Selznick employs his unique format in an astounding way: two separate stories told 50 years apart (one words, one pictures) that begin with relatable themes and mood and ultimately weave together in plot line. While this idea was astounding with a great mystery unfolding, I feel like Ben's friend provided a weird adversary that deterred him from uncovering the mystery. Although this hiccup hurt the story for me, I still liked the book's presentation of Deaf history and culture, the unfolding mystery, the unique storyline, and the beautiful artwork.
"Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing" (Goodreads featured review).
Selznick employs his unique format in an astounding way: two separate stories told 50 years apart (one words, one pictures) that begin with relatable themes and mood and ultimately weave together in plot line. While this idea was astounding with a great mystery unfolding, I feel like Ben's friend provided a weird adversary that deterred him from uncovering the mystery. Although this hiccup hurt the story for me, I still liked the book's presentation of Deaf history and culture, the unfolding mystery, the unique storyline, and the beautiful artwork.
Age: Infant-Preschool
Fantastic, large, crisp photography accompanies slightly obnoxious, uncreative text encouraging someone to teach the speaker to climb, hop, share, play, etc. Regardless of the language, I will absolutely use this in my one-year-old storytime.
Fantastic, large, crisp photography accompanies slightly obnoxious, uncreative text encouraging someone to teach the speaker to climb, hop, share, play, etc. Regardless of the language, I will absolutely use this in my one-year-old storytime.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
An imaginative girl thinks of the most random things to do today. The charm of this book is how randomly logical these things are to a child.
An imaginative girl thinks of the most random things to do today. The charm of this book is how randomly logical these things are to a child.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Boyd uses a remarkable and imaginative use of negative art as a boy casts his flashlight across the forest revealing the color hidden in the night. The pages are full of action and different objects, encouraging the reader to pause and explore the scenery.
Boyd uses a remarkable and imaginative use of negative art as a boy casts his flashlight across the forest revealing the color hidden in the night. The pages are full of action and different objects, encouraging the reader to pause and explore the scenery.