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Age: Preschool-1st grade
Emotions: Confidence
A spot-on depiction of a very curious cat through panels of illustrations that feel like a movie. When this little kitty cat pounces after a bird and falls several stories, he is scared to explore, until his inner jungle beast is awoken once more. A simple premise with a fine execution.
Emotions: Confidence
A spot-on depiction of a very curious cat through panels of illustrations that feel like a movie. When this little kitty cat pounces after a bird and falls several stories, he is scared to explore, until his inner jungle beast is awoken once more. A simple premise with a fine execution.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Sports: All
An excellent book for the classroom that will provoke discussion about what it means to be athletic (passion vs. strength) with a very diverse cast of characters. At first, I was bothered by the boring, simple text but I appreciate its ability to open up dialogue about the complexity that is occurring in the large illustrations. This would also be an excellent book to use in a special education classroom.
Sports: All
An excellent book for the classroom that will provoke discussion about what it means to be athletic (passion vs. strength) with a very diverse cast of characters. At first, I was bothered by the boring, simple text but I appreciate its ability to open up dialogue about the complexity that is occurring in the large illustrations. This would also be an excellent book to use in a special education classroom.
Sure, people will still pick this up but woof. The text feels very forced, the vocabulary is boring, and the negative contrast approach is unusual, to say the least. Soooooooo many other books about mom are out there. Find them.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Point of lolment: Can I just have some cookies?
The illustrator and author present a seamless interaction between a bored, night-owl Duck and his sleepy neighbor Bear. The juxtaposition between the two friends incites laughs throughout the whole book, as Duck busies himself around Bear's house while keeping Bear up with his innocent yet poorly timed intrusion. The text and illustrations work perfectly together in this hilarious take on a time-old classic plot.
Point of lolment: Can I just have some cookies?
The illustrator and author present a seamless interaction between a bored, night-owl Duck and his sleepy neighbor Bear. The juxtaposition between the two friends incites laughs throughout the whole book, as Duck busies himself around Bear's house while keeping Bear up with his innocent yet poorly timed intrusion. The text and illustrations work perfectly together in this hilarious take on a time-old classic plot.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Book is always passed up at the bookstore by shinier, newer titles. Until a girl finally takes him home. Book is happy but soon finds out that the girl has a slobbery, dirty dog (named Eggcream--points given for originality). When Book fall into a mud puddle, the girl decides to make Book a decorative jacket--the same jacket that is one the book you're reading! A cute tie-in but the story had zero wow factor and the illustrations felt unrefined, and not in a good way. A sweet attempt but a mediocre result.
Book is always passed up at the bookstore by shinier, newer titles. Until a girl finally takes him home. Book is happy but soon finds out that the girl has a slobbery, dirty dog (named Eggcream--points given for originality). When Book fall into a mud puddle, the girl decides to make Book a decorative jacket--the same jacket that is one the book you're reading! A cute tie-in but the story had zero wow factor and the illustrations felt unrefined, and not in a good way. A sweet attempt but a mediocre result.
It starts with a mixture of ideas, words, feelings, and sounds then in jump the characters. Next comes the action and the plot. Finally the ending tops it off. The illustrations and idea for the book are fun and lighthearted but the organization of the pieces that go into the cake/book got very confusing, even for a book with so little text. Sadly, nothing great about this one.
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Art: Drawing
Carlin invites readers to share her imaginary world with her, where she draws inspiration from real life and depicts it on the page. Carlin's narrative voice is casually inviting and encouraging, asking the reader/listener to join with her in creating their own world. What a delightful concept with superb execution!
Art: Drawing
Carlin invites readers to share her imaginary world with her, where she draws inspiration from real life and depicts it on the page. Carlin's narrative voice is casually inviting and encouraging, asking the reader/listener to join with her in creating their own world. What a delightful concept with superb execution!
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Science: Scientific method, experimentation
Scientist is friends with Viking and Pirate, but Viking and Pirate are terrible enemies. Scientist decides to employ some experiments to bring together his friends but meets less than desirable results. But he doesn't give up! He keeps experimenting, adjusting his solutions each time until he comes to the right one. Cute, funny, with a very basic introduction to the scientific method.
Science: Scientific method, experimentation
Scientist is friends with Viking and Pirate, but Viking and Pirate are terrible enemies. Scientist decides to employ some experiments to bring together his friends but meets less than desirable results. But he doesn't give up! He keeps experimenting, adjusting his solutions each time until he comes to the right one. Cute, funny, with a very basic introduction to the scientific method.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Mr. Brown had no friends and he didn't want any but secretly he was lonely. One day as the fox was sleeping, a woodpecker thought Mr. Brown's hat would make a lovely nest and pecked a hole right through it while inviting his friends to roost. At first upset with this intrusion, Mr. Brown soon adores his feathered friends and the lovely songs they fill the air with. A great invitation to develop inference, the birds leave when the weather gets cold (but why, the author does not say) and Mr. Brown is left worrying about them. After he finally falls asleep, he wakes up from his hibernation to find that the birds returned and his hat has turned into a tree. The text is written with a perfect touch of suspense and character and the illustrations are detailed and inviting.
Mr. Brown had no friends and he didn't want any but secretly he was lonely. One day as the fox was sleeping, a woodpecker thought Mr. Brown's hat would make a lovely nest and pecked a hole right through it while inviting his friends to roost. At first upset with this intrusion, Mr. Brown soon adores his feathered friends and the lovely songs they fill the air with. A great invitation to develop inference, the birds leave when the weather gets cold (but why, the author does not say) and Mr. Brown is left worrying about them. After he finally falls asleep, he wakes up from his hibernation to find that the birds returned and his hat has turned into a tree. The text is written with a perfect touch of suspense and character and the illustrations are detailed and inviting.
Age: Middle School-High School
Forgive me, Stacy (via recommendation) but I just could not finish this book. I was reading Tiger's Curse while simultaneously reading Paulo Bacigalupi's Drowned Cities which is a masterfully written dive into the human psyche in times of war. It was incredibly intense but expertly crafted and I am still amazed by how sensitive and authentic the writing was.
Tiger's Curse has a much lighter writing style, meant to be read fast without much introspective reflection and the juxtaposition was too jarring for me. In comparison, the writing felt rudimentary including Houck's inability to progress the plot without inserting awkward dialogue that would blatantly tell rather than fluidly describe. However, this has received great reviews from other readers and I will definitely recommend this book to teens. It is an intriguing premise and teens will revel in a fun fantasy book that doesn't feel so obnoxiously intellectual.
Forgive me, Stacy (via recommendation) but I just could not finish this book. I was reading Tiger's Curse while simultaneously reading Paulo Bacigalupi's Drowned Cities which is a masterfully written dive into the human psyche in times of war. It was incredibly intense but expertly crafted and I am still amazed by how sensitive and authentic the writing was.
Tiger's Curse has a much lighter writing style, meant to be read fast without much introspective reflection and the juxtaposition was too jarring for me. In comparison, the writing felt rudimentary including Houck's inability to progress the plot without inserting awkward dialogue that would blatantly tell rather than fluidly describe. However, this has received great reviews from other readers and I will definitely recommend this book to teens. It is an intriguing premise and teens will revel in a fun fantasy book that doesn't feel so obnoxiously intellectual.