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Author: David Shannon

Illustrator: David Shannon

Publisher: Scholastic
Year: 2004

Number of Pages: 33

Grade Level: 2nd

Theme: Learning to be yourself and be comfortable in your own skin

Genre: Fiction

Topic: Identity, insecurities

Summary: Camilla woke up with stripes all over herself, and she felt so embarrassed to go to school. She was made fun of and laughed at during school. She felt ashamed and insecure. No doctors could figure out what was wrong with her. She

Personal Response: I feel like we can all relate to this book one way or another. Often times I find myself spending a lot of time worrying about what others think of me. I see and feel the effect that this has on my mental health.  I think this has such an important lesson about being comfortable in our own skin. It doesn't matter your shape, skin color, height, etc... You need to be confident and comfortable in your skin!

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Author: Stacy McAnulty

Illustrator: Stevie Lewis

Publisher: Henry Hold and CO

Number of Pages: 40

Grade Level: ages 4-9

Theme: Sticking together

Genre: fiction

Topic: All about the moon

Summary:

PERSONAL RESPONSE:

I thought this was a really cute story about the Moon and its importance! It is informational but also keeps you engaged and entertained with its lightheartedness. It would be great for younger grades- especially those who are learning about the moon!

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Author: Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrator: Liz Amini-Holes
Publisher, Date: Annick Press, 2010
Page Number: 156
Grade Level: 4-8
Genre: Biography
Summary: This is a story about a young girl who is wanting to go to residential school to learn & read. She is one who loves to read, but once her family gives her wishes to go to the school, it becomes a nightmare all in one.
Personal Response: This book caught me by surprise with where it was leading to. I had some idea with what might happen in the book, but I was not expecting this at all. It hurt me even being the reader, seeing all the pain this young 8 year old went through. All she wanted to do was to read because it was her desire, yet when she went to these schools, tormenting came along with it. It breaks my heart knowing that there are people out there who have gone through similar things, but just keep it buried inside, too scared to bring it to the surface. I am very glad she shared her story to all of us.

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Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Date: 1942
Publisher: Harper
Pages: 48
Grade Level: Pre-K- 1st
Genre: Fiction, Picture Book, Children's Literature
Summary: A little bunny tells his mother that he is going to run away, becoming variously a fish, a rock on a mountain, a crocus in a hidden garden, a bird, a sailboat, a circus acrobat, and finally a little boy, until he resigns himself to stay where he is and remain her little bunny.

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Author: Jane & allen Ahlberg
Illustrated: Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Date: 1978
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages: 32
Grade Level: K-2nd
Genre: Picture book
Summary: Peach Pear Plum is an I spy book which encourages children to find familiar characters in the pictures and ends with The Three Bears rescuing Baby Bunting from the river and taking her to the picnic where children can spot all the characters that they have met along the way
Personal Response: I thought this book is a fun way to get your child interested in learning and reading.

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Author: Joe Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Date: 1989
Publisher: Puffin Book
Pages: 32
Grade Level: Pre-K- 3rd
Genre: Children's Literature
Summary: the traditional Three Little Pigs story is told from the point of view of the Wolf.  His story is that he just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar in order to make a cake with his granny.  So he visited his neighbor who had a house of straw. Unfortunately the wolf also had a cold and his sneeze knocked down the first pig’s straw house. The stick house of the second pig did not fair much better as the wolf kept sneezing.  The third pig, who lived in a brick house, was just downright rude and insulted the wolf’s granny.  This made the wolf so angry that he was banging on the door just as the police drove up.  Once the media got hold of the story of the arrested wolf, they blew the whole thing out of proportion.  The wolf was framed.
Personal Response: This Book made me laugh out loud. I thought it was a great spin on the traditional fable tale. Especially with media being very popular in todays society i thought it was a great perspective to show the wolfs side.

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Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Alex Scheffler
Date: March 23, 1999
Publisher: Dial Books
Pages: 26
Grade Level: Pre-K-1st
Genre: Children's literature, Picture Book
Summary: A rhyming story about a clever little mouse and a monster. When mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest, he invents tales of a fantastic creature called a Gruffalo to scare off his enemies.
Personal Response: All the things the mouse thinks about, that's what the Gruffalo becomes, The moral of the story is, really, no matter how small or how big you are, you can get yourself out of any situation. It's one of those stories that feels very familiar.

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Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Date: August 8, 2001
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages: 32
Grade Level: Pre-K- 2nd
Genre: Children's Literature, Picture Book
Summary: Room on the Broom considers questions about friendship, helping others, and teamwork. A witch and her cat fly around on a broom and the witch accidentally drops some of her things. Other animals on the ground return her items to her and ask for a ride on the broom.
Personal Response: To reward the four animals for saving her life, the witch asks them to help her brew a magic potion. After the potion has been brewed and the witch has said some magic words, a new broomstick appears. The new flying broom has seats for the witch, the cat and the dog, a nest for the bird and a shower for the frog. This book was great in showing that when someone does something for you it's nice to give back and show appreciation.

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Author: Marcus Pfister
Illustrator: Marcus Pfister
Date 1992
Publisher: North-South Books
Pages: 32
Grade: Pre-k - 2nd
Genre: Children's Literature, Picture book, Fiction
Summary: The Rainbow Fish is the story of a beautiful, colorful, and shiny fish with metallic scales that lives in the sea. Rainbow Fish loves his scales so much; he does not want to share them when asked by a blue fish. The blue fish is so hurt by Rainbow's Fishes' refusal to share that he no longer wants to be around him. the book is about a beautiful fish who finds friendship and happiness when he learns to share.
Personal Response: I personally think this is a great book for young children to read. book about a beautiful fish who finds friendship and happiness when he learns to share. I like that the story is based around morals and the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish.

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Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrator: Chris Van Allsburg
Date: 1985
Publisher: Clarion Books
Pages: 32
Grade Level: Pre-K-3rd
Genre: Picture book, Children's Literature, Fiction
Summary:
The Polar Express tells the story of a young boy who, on Christmas Eve, gets the chance to take a train to the North Pole. The story is about his journey to the north pole. When they finally arrive, Santa Claus announces that one child will receive the first gift of Christmas, and the main character is chosen.
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Author: Nicholas Read
Images: Ian Mcallister
Publisher, Date: Orca Book Publisher, 2022
Number of Pages: 29
Grade Level: K-2
Genre: Nonfiction
Summary: This is a story about a young male wolf who goes to a new island. The island is very small, but it gives him everything he needs to survive. Except, he was the only wolf on the island until a mate came alone all alone.
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Author: Watty Piper
Illustrator: George & Doris Hauman
Date: 1930
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
Pages: 12
Grade: Pre-k
Genre: Children's Literature, Picture Book, Fiction
Summary: A train breaks down, which might cause the toys it is carrying to not get over the mountain in time for the boys and girls. Every train engine, big and small, passes it by until the littlest engine agrees to help. “I think I can, I think I can,” says the Little Blue Engine as it starts up the mountain, a seemingly impossible task.

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Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Date: 1985
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 40
Grade Level: Pre-k-3rd
Genre: Children's Literature, Picture Book, Fiction
Summary: this book is about a boy that befriends a mouse after giving it a cookie. Once getting the cookie the mouse starts to request more items with his milk.
Personal Response: i love this book because it reminded me of my little sister never being satisfied or always wanting more. I found this story to be so funny and light hearted.

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Author: Don Freeman
Illustrator: Don Freeman
Date: 1968
Publisher: Viking children's book
Pages: 28
Grade Level: 4th-8th
Genre: Children's Literature, Picture Book, Fiction
Summary: The book tells the story of a teddy bear named Corduroy, displayed on a toy shelf in a store. One day, a young girl named Lisa arrives at the store with her mother and spots corduroy. She is eager to buy him, but her mother refuses to spend more money. In addition, she notices that the bear is missing a button from his overalls and points this out to Lisa in an attempt to convince her that the bear isn't worth it.
Personal Response: I thought this was a super cute story of finding friendship. Even though lisa's mom discouraged her from buying corduroy the first time, lisa still went back to get the bear. I love that lisa didn't care that Corduroy was missing a button, she just wanted a friend.

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Author: Munro Leaf
Illustrator: Robert Lawson
Date:1936
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
Pages: 32
Grade Level: Pre-K- 2nd
Genre: fiction, Picture book, Children's Literature
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Author: David Shannon
Illustrator: David Shannon
Pages: 32
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Grade Level: Pre-K - 3rd
Genre: Picture book, Comedy, Fiction and Children's Literature
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Author: Robert Munsch
Illustrator: Sheila McGraw
Pages: 31
Date: August 1, 1986
Publisher: Firefly Books
Grade: K- 5th
Genre: Children's Literature, Picture book, Fiction
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Author: Judi Barrett
Illustrator: Ron Barrett
Pages: 32
Date: August 1978
Publisher: Atheneum Books for young readers
Grade: pre-k- 4th
Genre: Picture book, Fantasy, Fiction
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Author: Eric Carle
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Pages: 26
Publisher: World of Eric Carle
Date: June 3, 1969
Grade level: baby to kindergarten
Genre: picture book, children's literature, fiction

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Author: Bill martin Jr.
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Date: 1967
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 28
Grade Level: pre-k - 1st
Genre: Picture book, Children's Literature

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Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Date: september 14, 1989
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Pages: 36
Grade Level: Pre-k - 1st
Genre: picture book, children's Literature, fiction
Summary:
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Title: Frog and Toad are friends

Author: Arnold Lobel

Publisher: Harper Collins

Date: 1979

Number of pages: 64

Grade Level: 1st-3rd Grade

Genre: Children’s Fiction/Chapter book

Theme: Friendship

Topic: What Frog and Toad do together

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LITERARY ELEMENTS:

Main Character: Frog and Toad

Setting: Outside, Toad & Frogs homes

Plot: This book covers 5 days of what Frog and Toad do together. The first day, Frog helps Toad get motivated to clean his house. The second day, they fly kites together. The third day, they tell ghost stories. The fourth day is Toad's birthday and Frog gets Toad a hat. The last day Frog wants to be alone because he appreciates his life and his friendship with Toad and wants to soak it all in.

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Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Nancy Ekholm Burket
Date: July 17, 1961
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
Pages: 160
Reading level: 4th- 5th
Genre: Children's novel and fantasy
Theme: Never too late to make friends
Summary:
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Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake & Michael Foreman
Date: 1964
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
Pages: 176
Grade level: 4th- 5th
Genres: Novel, Children's Literature, Fairy Tale
Topic: Golden ticket
Theme: Greed, Bad parenting, Wealth vs. Poor
Summary:
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Author: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Carolyn Leigh
Illustrator: Amy Bates
Publisher, Date: Blue Apple Books, 1954
Page Number : 37
Grade Level : K-2
Genre: Fantasy
Summary : This is a book of the tale we have all watched. Peter Pan comes into Wendy's room looking for his shadow. Wendy wakes up & hand Peter his shadow. When she is stitching his shadow back on, her brothers ask Peter all the questions of where he is from. Peter teaches them everything about Neverland. From there he teaches them how to fly & they all head to Neverland.
Personal Response: I enjoy this book & this tale because it allows kids to be imaginative & dream big with their lives. Neverland is all about how the kids dream there and when they keep dreaming they come true.

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Author: Joseph Slate
Illustrator: Ashley wolff
Date: 2003
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages: 48
Genre: Fiction, Picture book
Grade: Pre-k - kindergarten
Theme: sickness
Topic: why we stay home from school and work when sick
Summary:
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Author: E.B White
Illustrator: Garth Williams
Date: October 15, 1952
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 192
Grade level: 3-7th
Genres: Novel, Children's Literature
Summary:
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Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Date: September 3, 1947
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages:32
Grade level: Pre-K
Genre: Picture book, Children's Literature
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Title: Thunder rose
Author: Jerdine Nolen
Illustrator: Kadir Nelsons
Date: 2003
Published: HMN Books for young readers
Pages: 32
Grade: k-2nd
Genre: childrens literature
Summary:
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Title: The Egyptian Cinderella

Author: Shirley Climo

Illustrator: Ruth Heller

Publisher: Harper Collins

Date Published: 1992

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: Preschool-3

Genre: fairytale

Theme: everything works out as it should

Topic: princess

Artistic Elements: Colors are bright and realistic

Literary Elements: This book is about a girl, Rhodopis, who is a slave in Greece. She receives a pair of slippers from her master that make her happy. Suddenly, the shoe is stolen by a bird and is dropped in the pharaohs lap. He is detemrined to find the owner of the slippers and make her the queen.

Personal Thoughts: This book is quite entertaining and cute, and it has a strong moral lesson.

Curricular Connections: I would have an older student, maybe third grade, compare this version of Cinderella to another.

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Author: Deborah Ellis
Illustrator: Deborah Ellis
Publisher/Date: 05/03/2018 Oxford University Press
Pages: 80
Grade level: 4-8 grade
Genre: graphic novel
Theme: family
Topic: oppression
Artistic Media: This book is a graphic novel, so the illustrations are done in a comic style. The illustrations are very colorful, and include word bubbles, panels, background color, motion lines, etc.
Literary Elements: This book is a graphic novel. The main character Parvana has to help her family when they are in need. They live in Afghanistan and are under Taliban rule, and due to this her father got arrested by them. This leave Parvana the only one that is able to provide for the family, only she cant do it as herself. It is illegal for girls to work, therefore she has to pretend like she is a boy in order to make money for her family.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed this graphic novel. this book showed oppressions, determination, and perseverance, all good things for children to read about. I thought it was really informative to learn about how people live under the Taliban rule.

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Title: The Rough Faced Girl
Author: Rafe Martin
Illustrator: David Shannon
Date Published: April 13, 1998
Age group: 4 to 8 years old
Reading level: grades 3 to 8
Pages: 32
Theme: You can't hide the intent of your heart
Topic: History, fairytales
Genre:  fairytales
Illustrations: Beautifully painted with acrylics

Synopsis: The rough-faced girl lived in a beautifully painted wigwam in a small Indian village. She lived with her father and two beautiful sisters. The roughed-faced girl got her name from all the soot and scars she got from tending to the fire. Her sisters were wicked in hard, vain, and unkind and they wished to go see the Invisible man, who lived at the edge of the village. He was invisible and it was said that if you could see him, you would be able to marry him and become rich. Many girls tried and failed to see him, going as far as lying straight to the invisible man's sister who was monitoring who could and could not see him. The rough-faced girl wanted a chance to see him, so she dressed
up and walked to his wigwam. She was successful and was able to marry the invisible man.

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Title: Ban this book
Author: Alan Gratz
Illustrator: None. There are no pictures in this book
Date Published: September 26, 2017

Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
Age group: 9-12 years old
Reading level: 4th grade to 6th grade
Pages: 256
Theme: Family and school injustice
Topic: Books, growing up, social justice
Genre: Fiction
Illustrations: None

Synopsis: Amy Anne Ollinger was upset to find that her favorite book, The Messed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was removed from the shelf of her elementary school library. Why? Because it was banned. And who decided to do such a thing? The librarian wasn't one to do it but rather another student's mom who had a lot of bearing on the decision because of her connections and money. Mary Anne had the opportunity to speak up about the decision and state her feelings at a board meeting but lose her nerve and didnt speak up at the board, leaving her favorite book still off the shelf and still banned. More books are being banned because the same mom keeps making complaints about the books and the school board agrees and makes the school librarian pull them off the shelves. Amy Anne is furious. She believes no books should be taken off the shelves because they don't like what's inside of them! Heck, half the books they are banning are ones the school board never read but they are scared of the content inside the books. Mary Anne and some of her friends decide that there's only one thing to do to combat the censoring: start an illegal locker library of copies of the banned books donated by her fellow students.

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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Date: April 1, 2006
Number of Pages: 416
Visual Elements: The cover of the book is very detailed and purposeful. It has elements throughout the story incorporated into the cover art.
Grade Level: 10-14 years
Genre: Fiction Novel
Themes: Friendship, perseverance, individuality
Setting: Greek Mythological World

This story is an action packed novel that follows a son of Poseidon, a satyr, and a daughter of Athena through life threatening battles. This story teaches a lot about friendship as well as discovering yourself. It is truly an amazing book that I would absolutely have in my future classroom.

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Title: Room on our rock

Author: Kate and Jol Temple
Illustrated: Terri Rose Baynton

Publisher: Kane Miller Books/ EDC Publishing

Publication Date: Janurary 1, 2019

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: Pre k-1st

Genre: Fiction

Literary Elements: Room on our Rock is a powerful allegorical exploration of the emotions and fears that drive exclusion, persecution, and rejection of refugees. Read conventionally, it tells the tale of a group of seals who fear the approach of a strange pair of seals, one a child, whose rock is being overwhelmed by the sea.

Personal response: I thought this was a really cute book, it shows children the emotions of what can happen when someone tells you no or is just plain mean to you for no reason. I also liked the illustrations throughout the book

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Author: Jeff Kinney
Illustrator: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Amulet Books
Date: 2007
Number of Pages: 217
Visual Elements: This is hardcover chapter book. It has many drawn cartoon illustrations throughout the book.
Grade Level: 3rd - 7th
Genre: Graphic Novel, Fiction
Theme: Friendship, Middle School, Humor
Synopsis: Welcome to Greg Heffley's Journal! This journal, written by Greg, walks us through what it's like to be in middle school and the desire to be the most popular kid. Greg and his best friend, Rowley, endure some struggles along the way in attempt to remain friends.
Personal Response: It truly embodies what it's like the be in middle school. The feeling of being in 6th grade and feeling so small, along with the constant want to be most popular, are 100% relatable.

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Author: Paul Goble
Illustrator: Paul Goble
Publisher: Atheneum Publisher
Date: 1978
Number of Pages: 32
Visual Elements: This is a hardcover picture book. Illustrations are made with pen, ink, and watercolor.
Grade Level: K - 2nd
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Native American Folktale
Synopsis: This story is about a girl who preferred to run with the wild horses, over being in her village. One day when she was laying in the sun, a storm came and chased everyone away from the area and onto unfamiliar land. The girl found peace here. However, men from the village came to get her and brought her back to the village. She expressed her longing to remain with the wild horses, and her parents allowed her to.
Personal Response: This book communicates a Native American Folktale to young readers and provides a great example for plots, including a climax and rising/ falling action.

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Author/Illustrator: Disney/Ron Dias and Bill Lorencz
Publisher: Golden/Disney
Date: 2005
# of pages: 24
Genre: Fairy tale/folklore
Grade level: age 2- 1st grade
Theme/topic: rags to riches, dreams come true
Literary elements: Cinderella is treated by her stepfamily as a servant after her father died. All was well until there was an invitation by the prince to attend his ball. Cinderella wound up going to the ball by crying until she manifested a fairy godmother that granted her wish to attend the ball but had to leave before the clock struck midnight. Cinderella leaves behind a shoe and the prince searches for her. Happily ever after.
Visual elements: cartoon visuals from the movie displayed throughout the text with some reimaginings.
Response to the book: This book is really a condensed version of the movie. I enjoyed it, but thought about it differently after reading the Egyptian Cinderella. I wonder what other notable changes can be made to this tale.

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Author/Illustrator: Cece Bell
Date published: Sept 2014
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
# of pages: 248
Genre: Graphic novel, memoir
Grades: 3rd-7th grade
Literary elements/Themes: A coming of age story that shows representation for a deaf person and their experience throughout their childhood in search of a real friend. The golden rule, kindness, individuality.
Visual elements: The book has so much context given with different backgrounds, cartoon-like animal characters that remind me of Arthur, the PBS kids series.
Response to the book: This book was very relatable to me even though Cece and I have little in common. It was refreshing to see such an honest depiction of awkward grade school encounters. I wonder what Cece's memoir would be like if she never left Ms. Dorn's class with the other deaf students that she had for classmates. I'd be interested to see how those experiences would contribute to being more outspoken when it comes to dealing with new people that aren't accustomed to having deaf people around them.

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Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Date: 1964
Publisher: Harper Collins Publisher
# of pages: 64
grades: 1st-3rd
Genre: poetry
Themes: self sacrifice
Literary elements: the tree and the boy carry on a relationship where it relies on give and take and changes throughout time
Visual elements: fantasy like application of colors, green is shown a lot throughout the pages

Response to the book:  This book shows students how to understand healthy relationships and find ways to compromise where we don't take advantage of each other. That applies even when a party is willing to continue giving. When I was younger, I used to treat my parents this way. Basically I would continually expect them to get any and every thing that I thought I needed without thinking about the cost or sacrifice

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:

Title: Big Pumpkin

Author: Erica Silverman

Illustrator: S. D. Schindler

Publisher: Aladdin

Date: August 31, 1992

Number of pages: 32

Grade Level: Pre K - 3rd Grade

Genre: Children's Fantasy

Theme: Fiction

Topic: The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine.

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

Main Character: Witch

Setting: Woods, in the witches garden and kitchen

Plot: The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine. It’s so big the ghost can’t move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there’ll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day.

PERSONAL RESPONSE:

This is my absolute favorite children's book. I used to read this every night before I went to bed. I love how the characters are spooky but not over the top. I absolutely love the wording/ and rhyming that the author used throughout this whole book.  I must be bias because pumpkin pie is my favorite!!!

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Title: People in my family

Author: Jeff moss

Illustrator: Carol Nicklaus

Publisher: Random House

Date: Jan 1987

Number of pages: 24

Grade Level: Pre K - 3rd Grade

Genre: fiction/ educational

Theme: fiction

Topic: Counting up to five member in the seasem family

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Title: Tangerine Dress

Author: Christine Baldacchino

Illustrator: Isabelle Malenfant

Publisher: Groundwood Books

Date: 2014

Number of pages: 32

Grade Level: K- 4th Grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Fiction

Topic: Being confident in yourself and bullying

Literary elements:
Main character: Morris
Setting: School and home
Plot: Morris has a great imagination. He paints amazing pictures and he loves his classroom's dress-up center, especially the tangerine dress. It reminds him of tigers, the sun and his mother's hair. The other children don't understand--dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the spaceship his classmates are building--astronauts, they say, don't wear dresses. One day Morris has a tummy ache, and his mother lets him stay home from school. He stays in bed reading about elephants, and her dreams about a space adventure with his cat, Moo. Inspired by his dream, Morris paints a fantastic picture, and everything begins to change when he takes it to school.

Personal Response:
I love this book with all my heart! i think the author did a great job writing this story. She mad morris a very unique character with a unique circumstance. Its okay for boys to wear whatever makes them happy especially if its a dress. this book shows children that even if you are different or dress different we all need need to be kind to one another.

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Title: Drum Dream Girl

Author: Margarita Engle

Illustrator: Rafael Lopez

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Date: 2015

Number of pages: 48

Grade Level: Pre K - 1st grade

Genre: fiction

Theme: fiction

Topic: Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream.
Literary Elements:
Main character:  Inspired by the childhood of Chinese Afro Cuban drummer Millo Castro Zaldarriaga,
Setting: Cuba 1930's
Plot: Drum Dream Girl is the story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a mixed race Cuban girl, who defied gender roles in the 1930's music scene. The girl and her story show the importance of family, teacher, and music-education support to expose and develop our children's musical talents.

Personal Response: I think this book is a good example of challenging stereotypes and breaking the limits of gender norms. I also liked how the Drum Dream Girl let nothing stop her from being herself. books like these are important because they teach that we should not judge people for being who they are and that we should embrace differences and be more accepting.

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Title: Dreamers
Author: Yuyi Morales
Illustrator: Yuyi Morales
Publisher: Neal Porter books under Holiday House
Date: september 4, 2018
Number of pages: 40
Grade level: K - 3rd
Genre: non-Fiction
Theme: Dreamers is a celebration of what immigrants bring with them when they leave their homes. It's a story about family. And it's a story to remind us that we are all dreamers, bringing our own gifts wherever we roam.
Topic: It chronicles Yuyi Morales' journey from Mexico to the United States with her young son, Kelly.

Literary Elements: A mother moves to America to help with a dying relative and to marry. She has a baby and she is amazed by the country, but she has a hard time feeling like she has a place. Until, she finds the public libraries. She has never seen anything like them. She loves the books and uses the color picture books to learn English.

Personal response: The story of a single mother immigrant coming to The United States from Mexico not knowing how to read or speak english. The challenges through the book you can see Yuyi and her son go through. Getting on the train and not being able to read the map, or playing in the parks water fountain and police telling her to get out but she cannot understand what they're saying. The emotions on the characters faces. The detail to why certain pictures are in the book. So much thought went into the illustrations. For me that's where the book shines. The words help tell the story but the emotion you feel from the illustrations when they are in the public library are heartwarming. A chance to learn for free, no judgement, no rush.

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Title: Golden Compass
Author: Phillip Pullman
Publisher: Penguin House
Date: July 1995
Number of pages: 432
Grade level: 5th - 12th
Genre: Fantasy Fiction, novel, children literature
Theme: Dust
Topic: The Golden Compass follows 11-year-old Lyra as she embarks on a quest to save her best friend, Roger. In Lyra's world, which exists parallel to the reader's world, all humans have dæmons, physical manifestations of a person's soul and conscience that take the form of animals.

Literary Elements: The novel begins in an alternate world that is similar to Earth. Lyra Belacqua, a young girl who has been given shelter by the scholars at Jordan College at Oxford University. Lyra has a  “daemon,” Pantalaimon (In Lyra’s world, daemons are the external forms of people’s souls.) Lyra and Pantalaimon learn that Lord Asriel, Lyra’s uncle, is about to be poisoned by the Headmaster for mysterious reasons. They warn Lord Asriel in time to save his life. Later, they overhear Lord Asriel telling the scholars at Jordan about a strange substance he is researching called “Dust.” Lord Asriel is able to convince the scholars to fund his further explorations of Dust, which require him to travel to the northernmost reaches of the globe. All of this greatly excites Lyra’s curiosity about Dust.

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Title: Brown Girl Dreaming

Author: Jacqueline Woodson

Publisher: Penguin Group

Publication Date: August 28, 2014

Number of Pages: 336

Grade Level: 5th- 10th

Genre: Poetry, Novel, Children's literature, Biography, Autobiography

Type of Poem: Verse

Literary Elements: Racism, Activism, and the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Brown Girl Dreaming focuses on the experience of growing up as an African-American child during the 1960s and early 1970s, a period of intense energy and organization surrounding questions of race and racial justice.

Personal response: I really enjoyed this book and what it stood for. Jacqueline writes Brown Girl Dreaming as a memoir of her childhood experiences growing up in the north and the south during the 1960's/ 70's. I thought this book was very unique because I have never seen a memoir written in verse or as poetry. I thought this book was very honest with what she was going through at that time.

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Title: Ice! Poems about polar life

Author: Douglas Floriam

Illustrator: Douglas Floriam

Publication Date: December 2020

Number of Pages: 48 pages

Grade Level: 2nd-5th

Genre: Children's grade book/ Poetry book

Type of Poem: Rhythm poem

Literary Elements: This book is about global warming and climate change. Book also talks about all the animals that live in the ice and the different between the north and south poles. I enjoyed how the author use rhyming throughout the whole book to make the information more enjoyable for children. I thought it was great that Douglas also illustrated his own book. The pictures are very child like and warming!

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Title: When aiden became a brother
Author: Kyle Lukoff
Illustrator: Kaylani Juanita
Publisher: New York : Lee & Low Books Inc.
Date: 2019
Number of pages: 32
Grade level: Pre-k - 3rd
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Transgender
Topic: transitioning from a girl to a boy

Literary Elements: When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl’s room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. After he realized he was a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of life that didn’t fit anymore, and he settled happily into his new life. hen Mom and Dad announce that they’re going to have another baby, and Aidan wants to do everything he can to make things right for his new sibling from the beginning—from choosing the perfect name to creating a beautiful room to picking out the cutest onesie. With a little help, Aidan comes to understand that mistakes can be fixed with honesty and communication, and that he already knows the most important thing about being a big brother: how to love with his whole self.

Personal Response: With today's society and topics like transgender not being shunned or swept under the rug i think it's so important for children to understand and accept what transgender means. Teaching children at a young age to love and accept yourself for who you are no matter if you're different is the foundation to a happy life.

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Junie B, Jones and the stupid smelly bus

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:

Title: Junie B. Jones, And the stupid smelly bus.

Author: Barbara Park

Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

Publisher: Random House

Date: 1992

Number of pages: 80

Grade Level: 1st - 3rd Grade

Genre: Fiction/Humor

Theme: Fiction

Topic: Riding the bus for the first time

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

Main Character: Junie B. Jones

Setting: School, Home, and Bus

Plot: In this book, Junie B. is extremely nervous about attending school and riding the bus for the first time. She manages to successfully finish her first day and bus ride; however, she doesn’t want to ride the bus home because of a rumor that a student told her. As a result, she tries to hide and avoid riding the bus home, but she becomes even more nervous
because she is lost and alone, and in the end, she learns an important lesson about what happens when you try to hide from your problems.

PERSONAL RESPONSE:

This book hit home for me because in kindergarten i had the meanest bus driver. I was so scared to ride by myself for the first week of school. I think this book is awesome for younger children that do have to start doing things on their own. it shows that even though there are scary tasks in this world we can overcome any obstacle.