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Age: 7th grade-High School
I really disliked Ed, a douchy jock bro and I just couldn't understand why Min fell so fast in love with him.
That being said, I will recommend this book to teens. It's a great romance about first love and opposites attracting. Even though I had no empathy for the relationship, I tried to get to the end (my e-audiobook expired!) because I wanted to see what train wreck finally pushed them apart since being a general asshat wasn't enough. Also, the characters were genuine and believable--a must for most readers. With this in mind, I can see this book being read by females and males alike because the male character isn't hokey and the romance isn't mushy (it is titled "Why We Broke Up" after all).
The audiobook had a great narrator who offered just the right intonation to the guy characters without sounding ridiculous. Like my luck, though, this book had supplementary pieces of artwork that, apparently, added dimension and intrigue.
I really disliked Ed, a douchy jock bro and I just couldn't understand why Min fell so fast in love with him.
That being said, I will recommend this book to teens. It's a great romance about first love and opposites attracting. Even though I had no empathy for the relationship, I tried to get to the end (my e-audiobook expired!) because I wanted to see what train wreck finally pushed them apart since being a general asshat wasn't enough. Also, the characters were genuine and believable--a must for most readers. With this in mind, I can see this book being read by females and males alike because the male character isn't hokey and the romance isn't mushy (it is titled "Why We Broke Up" after all).
The audiobook had a great narrator who offered just the right intonation to the guy characters without sounding ridiculous. Like my luck, though, this book had supplementary pieces of artwork that, apparently, added dimension and intrigue.
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Age: Preschool-1st grade
Math: Sizes (relative to one another)
An incredibly simple and comical way to look at sizes when compared to one another. From these two opposite creature's perspectives, they see themselves as the norm. When they meet each other, they believe the other to be different. The big guy declares the small guy as small and vice versa and both try and refute the other's declaration. Until one enormous hairy foot and one little creature appear to provide perspective. Nothing is ever absolute when comparing dimension!
Math: Sizes (relative to one another)
An incredibly simple and comical way to look at sizes when compared to one another. From these two opposite creature's perspectives, they see themselves as the norm. When they meet each other, they believe the other to be different. The big guy declares the small guy as small and vice versa and both try and refute the other's declaration. Until one enormous hairy foot and one little creature appear to provide perspective. Nothing is ever absolute when comparing dimension!
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Familiar Experience: First party without mom
A relatable experience for many children, Browne hits this older picture book audience on the nose with intriguing glimpses into some very unusual houses as Joe and his mom walk to Joe's friend's house for a party. The illustrations are more mature and unusual, inviting K-2nd graders to take more than a fleeting glance.
Familiar Experience: First party without mom
A relatable experience for many children, Browne hits this older picture book audience on the nose with intriguing glimpses into some very unusual houses as Joe and his mom walk to Joe's friend's house for a party. The illustrations are more mature and unusual, inviting K-2nd graders to take more than a fleeting glance.
Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Food: Baking chocolate cake
Lovely, bouncing rhythm (can read to Itsy Bitsy Spider) where fun abounds at grandma's house. With about 10-15 words per spread, this would make an easy read-aloud to a group celebrating grandmas, baking, winter, or winter holidays (skew towards Xmas, but no holiday is actually mentioned).
Food: Baking chocolate cake
Lovely, bouncing rhythm (can read to Itsy Bitsy Spider) where fun abounds at grandma's house. With about 10-15 words per spread, this would make an easy read-aloud to a group celebrating grandmas, baking, winter, or winter holidays (skew towards Xmas, but no holiday is actually mentioned).
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Fairytale: about the Gingerbread Man
One reluctant boy with a dwindling imagination can't stand listening to one more story about gingerbread men. "They can't run!" he declares. Well, when the class makes their own gingerbread cookies, they are no where to be found, leaving hints along the way. Intrigued by the chase, Marshall decides to solve the mystery of the runaway cookies.
A cute celebration of imagination that does NOT end with a wink to the parents that it was fake the whole time--further nurturing a belief in the fantastical.
Fairytale: about the Gingerbread Man
One reluctant boy with a dwindling imagination can't stand listening to one more story about gingerbread men. "They can't run!" he declares. Well, when the class makes their own gingerbread cookies, they are no where to be found, leaving hints along the way. Intrigued by the chase, Marshall decides to solve the mystery of the runaway cookies.
A cute celebration of imagination that does NOT end with a wink to the parents that it was fake the whole time--further nurturing a belief in the fantastical.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Things That Go: train, jumbo jet, helicopter, space rocket, dump truck, cruise ship, submarine, container ship
This feels like an early introduction to cross section books for older children and achieves it with just the perfect amount of information and intrigue.
I'm not sure how long this will last in the stacks because there are about 5 lift-the-flaps on each page and some of them are either too small to reinforce or they have very unusual shapes that kids might tear accidentally.
Things That Go: train, jumbo jet, helicopter, space rocket, dump truck, cruise ship, submarine, container ship
This feels like an early introduction to cross section books for older children and achieves it with just the perfect amount of information and intrigue.
I'm not sure how long this will last in the stacks because there are about 5 lift-the-flaps on each page and some of them are either too small to reinforce or they have very unusual shapes that kids might tear accidentally.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Familiar experience: Hiccups
Hiccups claim their next victim and everyone decide they know the best way to get rid of them. Covering all the activities associated with getting rid of hiccups, Elliott still cannot make them disappear until the friend that has been laughing at Elliott all day gets his comeuppance, gasping the hiccups right out of Elliott.
It was fun to see the cultural similarities that exist where hiccups are involved. I also appreciated that Elliott loses his hiccups when he gasps for his friend's safety, not because he laughs at his folly.
Familiar experience: Hiccups
Hiccups claim their next victim and everyone decide they know the best way to get rid of them. Covering all the activities associated with getting rid of hiccups, Elliott still cannot make them disappear until the friend that has been laughing at Elliott all day gets his comeuppance, gasping the hiccups right out of Elliott.
It was fun to see the cultural similarities that exist where hiccups are involved. I also appreciated that Elliott loses his hiccups when he gasps for his friend's safety, not because he laughs at his folly.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
A delightful introduction to mystery stories, Hermelin the mouse finds he is quite apt at finding lost things and helping out the people of Offley Street. The tid-bit stories are inviting and great for older picture book readers/listeners but the plenitude of mysteries means they are short and don't allow room for investigation.
Also, the story is not entirely about solving mysteries. When Hermelin is invited to a party in his honor he scares the residents of Offley Street when they realize that he is a mouse. Disheartened to know that people view him as a pest he is about to leave when someone reaches out for his help to start up a detective agency.
A delightful introduction to mystery stories, Hermelin the mouse finds he is quite apt at finding lost things and helping out the people of Offley Street. The tid-bit stories are inviting and great for older picture book readers/listeners but the plenitude of mysteries means they are short and don't allow room for investigation.
Also, the story is not entirely about solving mysteries. When Hermelin is invited to a party in his honor he scares the residents of Offley Street when they realize that he is a mouse. Disheartened to know that people view him as a pest he is about to leave when someone reaches out for his help to start up a detective agency.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
This self-centered dog is quite the treat as he proclaims his identity in complete defiance of any ownership--except, that is, he being the owner of his man pal. Although we're led to believe this pooch is living on his own, Stein gives little hints that he is not a stray when he's rolling on a rug and chewing on slippers, eventually introducing his owner.
Stein shows that Dog has control in the best possible dog ways. He got a leash for the man because how else is Dog supposed to lead him around? As the dog laps up some ice cream dribbles, Dog 'complains' that "you always have to clean up after them."
This self-centered dog is quite the treat as he proclaims his identity in complete defiance of any ownership--except, that is, he being the owner of his man pal. Although we're led to believe this pooch is living on his own, Stein gives little hints that he is not a stray when he's rolling on a rug and chewing on slippers, eventually introducing his owner.
Stein shows that Dog has control in the best possible dog ways. He got a leash for the man because how else is Dog supposed to lead him around? As the dog laps up some ice cream dribbles, Dog 'complains' that "you always have to clean up after them."
Age: 1st-2nd grade
Missy finds out a way to battle the neighborhood bully by devising a story that scares his socks off. Teachers will find this book particularly useful because it provides a nice model for proper verbal and written storytelling.
Missy finds out a way to battle the neighborhood bully by devising a story that scares his socks off. Teachers will find this book particularly useful because it provides a nice model for proper verbal and written storytelling.