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Dorros, A., Kleven, E., & Brownstone Book Fund. (1991). Abuela. Dutton Children’s Books.

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Rosalba and her grandmother, her abuela, embark on a magical journey as they fly over the streets, sights, and people of New York City which sparkles below. The story is narrated in English, and sprinkled with Spanish phrases as Abuela points out places that they explore together. The exhilaration in Rosalba’s and Abuela's story is magnified by the loving bond that only a grandmother and granddaughter can share.

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This delightful book has the elements of fantasy in it because it talks about the girl and her grandmother flying all over their city. Although the flying is in her imagination, the girl and her grandmother embark on grand flying adventure. It could be said to have a touch of realistic fiction as well when it tells of the relationship between the girl and her abuela.

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The illustrations are full of lines and shapes with tons of color on every page, which looks to have been done in pencil. The illustrations enhance the text and the copious amounts of color (which reminds me of a fiesta) is visually stimulating. I can see this being a favorite amongst children.

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This would make a great topic for writing. Rosalba talks about all the things her and her grandmother would see if they could fly around. I would encourage my students to write a story about a time they had fun with their own grandmother or grandfather.

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This is a very cute story that depicts the closeness of a Hispanic girl and her grandmother. I feel like the culture is represented in this relationship and can see how my students, as well as myself, could relate to the story. I am also a huge fan of the colorful artwork.

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Mcgovern, A., & Winslow Pinney Pels. (1968). Stone soup. Toronto, On Scholastic.

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Whimsical illustrations and text with helpful repetition describe how a young vagabond gets an old lady to feed him by making soup from a stone. Through the boy's clever ways, the lone ingredient is soon joined by onions, carrots, beef bones, and more.

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This folktale revolves around the universal human concern of generosity and sharing. This variation of the folktale involves only one hungry stranger and one little old lady. It incorporates the type of motif that involves trickery, or outwitting someone else.

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The illustrations are cartoon-like drawings that are appealing to children. The illustrations enhance the text to give greater understanding of what is happening in the story. The illustrations also depict that the story is an old one, judging by the clothes of the characters.

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There are many versions of this book, one I recently came across that involved pigs instead of humans, which makes it a great comparison book. This is a great book to develop a play from or for students to re-tell because it has a lot of repetitive phrases. We could also make our own stone soup in the classroom.

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This is my favorite folktale. I have heard it told many different ways and happened to find this book in my newly acquired classroom library. I love stories that have a moral reasoning for the story. It helps to teach us about how to do better for the betterment of all. This book is something that teaches it is good to be generous to those in need.

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Grodin, E. (2006). D is for Democracy. Sleeping Bear Alphabets.

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Elissa Grodin encourages readers to become knowledgeable citizens as they take a run through the ABC's of citizenship and democracy in the United States of America. Each letter contributes snippets of information containing valid facts, biographies, and questions to spark discussion. D for Democracy is a unique tool that inspires students to act upon their rights and responsibilities as citizens.

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Non-fiction is text in which the emphasis is on the facts and concepts being presented. This book, while it is an ABC picture book, does give facts related to the word being depicted. A great addition for social studies.

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The illustrations of this book are humorous cartoon like figures, some are even caricatures, with an abundance of color. While the book is talking about important aspects of our democratic republic, the illustrations give it a light hearted feel that appeals to children. The illustrations enhance the text and gives depth to the characters presented.

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This is a great book to introduce the concepts of democracy to students. Using this book, I could read a topic, such as "I is for Immigration" as an introduction to immigration and the amendment that gives immigrants the rights of citizenship.

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This is one of my favorite alphabet books. We think of alphabet books as being only for really young children, but this one is suitable for students up to fifth grade learning about our government system and citizen rights.

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Francis Anthony Keating, & Wimmer, M. (2012). George : George Washington, our founding father. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.

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This is a richly illustrated picture book that chronicles George Washington's life from boyhood to his extraordinary leadership position as the first President of the United States of America.

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A biography is a genre that tells a narrative of the life of a real person. This book about George Washington tells about his life from the time he was born up until his second term as President of the United States. It is an accurate depiction of his life based upon cited research, which is located in the last page of the book.

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The illustrations are beautiful works of art. The artist used oil paints on canvas and the use of models to get the images he wanted. Each painting was meticulously researched for costume accuracy and setting. The illustrations give us a look at one of the most important men in our nation's history and brings him to life to enhance the text and deepen understanding.

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This book belongs in the classroom when teaching about the history of the United States. George Washington was a born leader, even from a young age. I can use this book to help students learn what character traits make a great leader. This would also be a good book for students to use for research projects.

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This is one of my favorite books in my collection. I would love to have copies of the art in the book to put up in my classroom. I also really like the addition of George Washington's personal rules that he lived his life by. He truly was a remarkable historical figure of great importance.

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Bartone, E. (1993). Peppe the Lamplighter. Lothrop Lee & Shepard.

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Peppe's family is very poor, and though he is just a boy, he needs to find work. Being a lamplighter on the streets of Little Italy is not the job his father had dreamed of for Peppe, but when Peppe's job helps save his little sister, he earns the respect of his entire family.

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Historical fictions tells the stories of history and gives imaginative narratives that are grounded in facts. This story fits in this genre because it is the fictional tale of a boy and his family of immigrants. This tale is set on the streets of Little Italy in New York during the time before street lamps were run by electricity.

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The illustrations do a great job of enhancing the text of this story. The main element of the illustrations in this book is the use of color. Many of the pictures are done in dark colors like charcoal and black with bright sections of bright yellow that depict light. Peppe's job required him to light lamps so he was usually out after dark, so the illustrations help to depict this.

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This book is a good way to introduce the concepts of immigration and how families who immigrated to places like New York lived over a hundred years ago before modern conveniences.

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This was a great book that had me near tears towards the end of the story. Your heart breaks for Peppe when his father looks down on his job, then, you get feelings of happiness when Peppe's job actually helps a member of his family and his father comes to the realization that even a job lighting the street lamps is important.

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Ezra Jack Keats. (1998). Peter’s Chair. Penguin.

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Peter's Chair is a story about a boy adjusting to changes in his family life with the addition of a new baby. As Peter struggles to share his parents' attention with his new sibling as the family makes this transition, he doesn't feel noticed or heard.

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Martin, R., & Shannon, D. (2011). The rough-face girl. Puffin.

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This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin girl wins the heart of a mysterious being who lives by the lake near her village. The powerful Invisible Being is looking for a wife, and all the girls in the village vie for his affections.

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Gunderson, J. (2016). No Lie, Pigs (and Their Houses) Can Fly! Raintree.

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A humorous retelling of the fairy tale as told from the point of view of the misunderstood wolf, who suffers from "uncontrollable breathing syndrome" and really just wants to be friends.

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Freedman, C. (2011). Aliens in Underpants Save the World. Simon and Schuster.

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Aliens in Underpants Save the World is primarily a picture book with a four line rhyme on each double page that narrates the story of a group of friendly aliens who save the world. Heading to Earth for a pants-pinching mission, their mission looks to be interrupted as they see a huge meteorite heading towards earth. Fearful for their future supply of underpants, the aliens race to earth to collect and stitch together as many underpants as possible, in order to repel the meteorite back to space.

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Barrett, J., & Barrett, R. (2013). Pickles to Pittsburgh : Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2. Little Simon.

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Tasty things can happen in your dreams, and some of them can be downright delicious -- just ask Kate! In a dream, she and Henry fly to the land of Chewandswallow, where broccoli is as big as trees and it rains popcorn. She gets the idea to transport the giant food from a town that has too much to places that have too little.

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This book is a delightful book about aliens in spaceships that try to save Earth from a meteorite using underpants. The elements of science fiction are evident even though this book is a picture book. Aliens and space are common elements of the science fiction genre, and this book is a great way to introduce this genre to young students.

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The illustrations use bold coloring in a cartoon style with what could be painted pictures. The illustrations are very detailed and helps readers imagine what the aliens and people in the story are doing which enhances the rhyming text.

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Lee Bennett Hopkins. (2001). Marvelous Math. Aladdin Picture Books.

‌Marvelous Math: a Book of Poems is a fun, colorful book containing poems all on the subject of mathematics. The specific format of the poems varies from poem to poem; some are longer, some only a few lines long. However, all of the poems contain some variation of rhyming words. The content of the poems range from multiplication facts to a short poem about a calculator.

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Soto, G., & Martinez, E. (2011). Too Many Tamales. Paw Prints.

‌This a story about a child named Maria who thinks she has lost her mother’s ring while making tamales. She recruits her cousins’ help, during the holiday tradition, to help her eat her way out of trouble. When they eat all the tamales, and there is no ring, Maria and her cousins have to decide to do what is right and tell the truth.

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The story has a vivid, realistic setting that supports the events of the story. The characters are credible and do not stereotype the culture represented. It is well written for the age group it is intended for and the problem is believable and solved in a culturally grounded way.

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The illustrations enhanced meaning, and help to establish the mood, setting, characters, and theme of the story. The illustrations definitely enhance the emotional impact of the story.

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Advice to Maria

In the story, Maria hides the truth about losing the ring from her mom. To help students understand the importance of honesty and exercise their writing skills, have them write a letter to Maria telling her what she should have done differently. For example, students may write that Maria should have told her mom right away when the ring went missing, because being honest with her mother is even more important than the ring itself. This activity is ideal for second-graders to encourage them to become more comfortable with writing longer text.

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This book is a great way to teach students to look for rhyming words, as well as teach them how to read the text with rhythm. I also think this would be a good book to introduce the topic of meteorites for a science lesson.

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I give this story a 5 star rating because it is a wonderful story that teaches children about being honest. I love that it also gives some insight about another culture’s holiday tradition and can be used in many ways to expand children’s knowledge about the culture it represents and make comparisons to their own holiday traditions.

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Realistic fiction has a strong sense of actuality. They are made up stories but have the possibility of events that could actually happen in real life. In Peter's Chair, the events and emotions that happen do reflect the thoughts and feelings that real children do experience when having a new sibling at home.

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The content is interesting and understandable by it’s intended readers. The book contains a purposeful selection of quality poetry, and contains a variety of poem structures.

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This book is a Native American version of Cinderella. It is a wonderful version of the tale that brings with it the culture and beauty of the Native American people. It has elements of fantasy with the notion of an unseen being.

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Like most fairy tales involving animals, the animal characters have human thoughts and feelings. They dress like people, and engage in human-like activities such as cooking and living in a house. The story is set in the classic "country" setting that is prevalent in most fairy tales. This is a unique twist to the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs.

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This is a very humorous book about aliens. It is absolutely perfect for young readers and has plenty of imagination. The topic of underwear is always funny to the age group this book is intended for, although it is a fun read for all ages.

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This book has a fantastical way of introducing a world that rains plenty of food and the quest of two children who explore the town of Chewandswallow. They learn that the town used to be normal until food starting falling from the sky. Now it is used to feed the needy countries in the world. All of this happens in Kate's dreams, but it is nonetheless fantastic. The elements of the book (setting, illustrations, theme, etc) align well within this genre.

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The illustrations are done in watercolor paints and are absolutely wonderful for the intended audience. The illustrations enhance the words of each poem to help give the words a visual meaning.

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I would use this book to introduce math concepts before teaching them. I would also have students illustrate their own poster with the poem to create an art wall.

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I give this a 4.5 star rating because it introduces a topic that most people struggle with through the use of poetry. I really like the different aspects of mathematics the book covers as well as the quality of the illustrations. It is a very colorful addition to a classroom library.

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The media/technique and style of art featured in this book is the outline style, more specifically cartoon art. The illustrations use ludicrous distortions of characteristics to evoke laughter. Without the words, readers can easily follow the story by what the illustrations imply. The illustrations definitely enhance the story.

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This book relies strongly on visuals, the comic book-like drawings are full of action and detail. Another nice touch is that the pages illustrating Kate's dream are done in full color, while those depicting her awake state are in black-and-white. There's so much going on in the illustrations that young readers can forgive the lack of action in the story line itself. These types of illustrations are popular among children when selecting a book.

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The illustrations of this book never ceases to amaze me. I am always in awe of the way Native American culture is represented in the art of these types of picture books. It reminds me of how close Native American people are to nature. The lines and colors create beautiful images, the illustrations enhance the text and help readers formulate a deeper understanding. Truly a masterpiece.

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The illustrations are simple drawings with lines and color that does kind of remind me of the 1990's. They are detailed just enough to enhance the text and add the emotion that Peter is feeling.

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This is a wonderful way to give readers a different perspective on a familiar tale that may or may not have been thought of before. I will be using this as a compare/contrast activity with my students which I hope will inspire my students to look at familiar stories in different ways.

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This book could be used in the classroom to inspire discussions about hunger, famine, and relief efforts at home and abroad.

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This is a great addition for comparing and contrasting various Cinderella tales. This can be used with traditional versions, fractured versions, as well as other stories from different cultures.

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This book is a great social-emotional tool for teaching about changing families and getting older. Many students can relate and see themselves in this story.

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I feel that the style is very familiar, which is something I tend to look for in a fairy tale like this one. I love the colors that are used and the style of the illustrations because they remind me of the Looney Tunes cartoons that I loved as a child. My personal opinion is that this book is a great quality addition to a literature collection.

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I think this is a good book to include in the literature collection because of the illustrations, the comic book style of writing, which appeals to kids, and the familiar-ness of the story because of the movies. I feel this is could be a useful and fun way to address the issue of hunger.

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This is one of my absolute favorite versions of the Cinderella tale. I love everything about this book, from the text to the illustrations. This is a great addition to my collection to add more multicultural books to my classroom.

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This is a classroom favorite of mine, especially for young students because of the social-emotional aspect that the book helps to teach. It deserves a spot in my collection because of how my students may be able to relate to the text and tell their own story.