# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: NIKO  Draws a Feeling
Author: Bob Raczka
Illustrator: Simone Shin
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Publication Date: 2017

C. Plot Summary
This is a story about a boy named Niko that loved to make pictures. The problem is, those that try to make out his pictures have a hard time determining what he draws. No one was able to interpret his drawings until he meets a neighbor, Iris that is able to interpret his feelings based on what Niko drew.
D. Response/Analysis
This book is a very meaningful story that has some strong messages that the reader can gleam from.

Keats does a great job of showing a neighborhood and how a positive light. This multi-cultural book showed a great image of different cultures coming together in one neighborhood to display the talents of their pets. I loved how the illustrators showed the shadows of the characters.  Bold colors where use to show on characters in the story. Light,vague colors were used to help the reader that the setting took place outside, but the details were not as important. I do notice the vague writing on the wall, show a true depiction of how older apartment building look.  Archie improvises finding something showing something else to present. Right before showing his pet, the judges notice an older lady with a cat and immediately gives her an award. Archie's pet wins a ribbon. Every pet wins a ribbon for being unique. I liked the respect that was shown to the older woman and how it made her feel special. It also showed how kids and adult should value the uniqueness of pets. I thought it was interesting that Archie presented a germ to the Judges. This was also an indications to show students that germ s are living things. I liked how the

E. Connections
The most important thing that I noticed was the respect for the elderly. This made me think of Saturdays and Teacakes.
F. Award Won
CLA 2017 Award
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Realistic Fiction

B. Biographic Data
Title: Flossie and the Fox
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Publication Date: 2010

C. Plot Summary
This is a fable  a girl named Flossie how tuck new doll away from the house after being called by Big Mama to come home. Big Mama tell Flossie about a Fox that keep getting away. Without knowing what a fox looks like, Flossie is on her way through the forest. When Flossie encounters the Fox, she is not afraid because she is not convinced that the fox is a real fox, being that she has never seen a fox before. Flossie ends up outsmarting the sly Fox by allow the fox to prove in many ways that he is a fox. The fox is outsmarted be Flossie who know he was a Fox all along.
D. Response/Analysis
I thought this book was very unique. I love how a African American girl is displayed in this fable that is a very interesting story. The illustrator does a great job of making the pictures look realistic. I like how Flossie is brave and cunning, and never lets the fox know what she is thinking at such a young age.
Connections
The teacher can use this text to allow students to make predictions. This story reminds me of Billy Goat Gruff and how the Goat outsmarted their way to freedom. This is a book that can be read aloud to K-1. I liked how the author allow Flossie character to portray that of a Southern African American girl
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: Poems in the Attic
Author: Nikki Grimes
Illustrator: Elizabeth Zunon
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Publication Date: 2015

C. Plot Summary
This is a realistic fiction book filled with poems based on the lives of "military brats" that had to cope with constant transition, making new friends and then having to move on .T
D. Response/Analysis
he author shows how writing helped with the does a great using subheading to show the various places that the character had to travel to. The illustrator did a great job giving the reader a view of what that place possible looked like.
E. Connections
My daughter went to a Elementary school that was close to the Navy base. My daughter  would constantly tell me about classmates  that would move after being at school for 4 -6 months. The teacher can use this book for K-2nd grade during a read aloud. The students can describe the illustration by compare and contrasting.
I like how this shows the that the girls mom was a military kid and she coped by writing. When the girl saw her mother's poems, she was inspired. The teacher can bring out the point that poems do not always have to rhyme. The reading level for this book would probably be 4th-5th grade.
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Author:
Illustrator:
Publisher:
Publication Date: 2010

C. Plot Summary
Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt with four buttons. Event though Pets's buttons began to pop off, Pete continues to sing and count.
D. Response/Analysis
This story show how Pete the Cat shows self control when things are going wrong. His button pop off. The illustrator uses bright colors that make each picture stand out.Pete counts down , singing his song as his button pop off. I like how Math is integrated into this book along students to problem solve. I thought is was neat that the author allowed Pete to see his belly button, that is not talked about much.
E. Connections
This story show how Pete the Cat shows self control when things are going wrong. After loosing all of his buttons, Pete is positive and is happy because he still has his belly buttons.
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: Pete the Cat:I Love My White Shoes Dean
Illustrator: Eric Litwin
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: 2008
C. Plot Summary
Pete is a cool cat that goes walking down the street wearing his new white shoes. As he walks, he steps in things that change the color of his shoes, but her remains happy and keeps walking.
D. Response/Analysis
As he walks into strawberries, which turn his shoes red.Then he walks into blueberries that turns his shoes blue, and then some dirt, which turn his shoes brown. Pete washes the color off of his shoes, and the shoe are white, but now wet, the shows keep trying. All along, Pete the cat keeps sing and walking along
E. Connections
This story is perfect for choral reading. As the teacher reads, the students can repeat. This is a great way to introduce verses.I like how the story has a moral is means, " No matter what yous step in, keep walking along and singing your song."
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: Pet Show
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication Date: 1972

C. Plot Summary
This story is a boy named Archie that is getting ready for a pet show. Archie is going to enter his pet cat into the contest but
realizes that his cat is nowhere to be found.
D. Response/Analysis
This book is a very meaningful story that has some strong messages that the reader can gleam from.

Keats does a great job of showing a neighborhood and how a positive light. This multi-cultural book showed a great image of different cultures coming together in one neighborhood to display the talents of their pets. I loved how the illustrators showed the shadows of the characters.  Bold colors where use to show on characters in the story. Light,vague colors were used to help the reader that the setting took place outside, but the details were not as important. I do notice the vague writing on the wall, show a true depiction of how older apartment building look.  Archie improvises finding something showing something else to present. Right before showing his pet, the judges notice an older lady with a cat and immediately gives her an award. Archie's pet wins a ribbon. Every pet wins a ribbon for being unique. I liked the respect that was shown to the older woman and how it made her feel special. It also showed how kids and adult should value the uniqueness of pets. I thought it was interesting that Archie presented a germ to the Judges. This was also an indications to show students that germ s are living things. I liked how the

E. Connections
The most important thing that I noticed was the respect for the elderly. This made me think of Saturdays and Teacakes.
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: Saturday's and Teacakes
Author: Lester L. Laminack
Illustrator: Chris Soentpiet
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Publication Date: 2004

C. Plot Summary
This story is about a person who reminisces about when he was between nine or ten and couldn't wait to go to make Teacakes with his Grandma on on Saturday.
D. Response/Analysis
Lamerick does a great job on taking us down memory lane. I love the loved how the illustrations showed the boy on his way to Grandma's house. As the boy rides his bike you see a picture of him from behind. The narrator remembers the very streets and houses that he passed. He speaks about the details of the gas station. The author uses different text formats to show conversations he had with himself. Lamerick uses a lot of imagery and vivid descriptive words to describe the specific events. He communicate sounds he heard, and how he anticipate going to his Grandmother's home. The illustrations show with the text does not. One can see the the loving relationship between the boy and his Grandmother. It shows how Grandmother is glad to see her grandson and it shows how baking Teacakes is apart of their tradition. Lamerick shows the narrators respects his Grandmother and helps her out mowing the yard. The illustration shows Grandma picking tomatoes ,which indicates that Grandma grows some of her food.
E. Connections
I lived in South Caroline for 2 years, so this book does remind me of living in the country.
I would use this book for Social Studies for ages K-2nd  grade. When teaching "point of view"students can hunt for keywords such as "I", "me" "my" and "we". This book can be an example of narrative writing. Student can also write about a past experience that they remember.

F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Picture Book

B. Biographic Data
Title: Henry, I Love YOu
Author: Eloise Green field
Illustrator: Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: 2003

C. Plot Summary
This book is based on a series of poems told by a little girl. The girls seems to have phase , "Honey, I Love. This is a rhyming poem about a girl who loves her life. The one thing that she does not loves is having to go to bed.
D. Response/Analysis
I thought the the illustrator did a great job of adding details that the text did not mention. The illustration shows that the girl loves the fall based on the bare tree with falling leaves. The reader can make an inference that the girl likes the winter sea that it is winter by looking at the bare tree or the snowman. The illustration shows her smiling while it is raining. We can make a inference that she live in the North because of how she refers to her cousin and his southern accent. The phrase "Honey, is a term that adults use." It seems like that was probably a popular term used during that time.

E. Connections
I was able to make connections. I remember the time when people in my hometown would say"Honey" at the start of a sentence. I was born in Paterson, NJ.   When I moved South Caroline, I  and would go to visit family up North, my cousins would tease me about my accent
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
| Genre: Historical Fiction

B. Biographic Data
Title: Rose Blanche

Author: Roberto Innocenti
Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti
Publisher:  Creative Paperbacks

Publication Date: 1985
C. Plot Summary:
This is book is about a young Russian girl by the name of Rose Blanche who tells her story about her encounter as she witnesses a boy being taken by Nazi soldiers. Rose’s curiously leave

D. Response/Analysis
This is book is about a young Russian girl by the name of Rose Blanche who tells her story about her encounter about the Holocaust and her eye- witnesses of a boy being taken by Nazi soldiers. Rose’s curiously leave her town and follows the truck. Rose soon realizes that these soldiers are taking the boy to lock him up along with other captives.  Roberto Innocenti. Rose soon discovers people locked up, weak and fraile. Rose then begins to sneaks from home, skipping meals, so that she can take to those in need. The illustrator does a great job of cause Rose background to be dull and Rose cgharacter us ub a brighter color.
E. Connections
This story show how one brave, courageous girl can show empathy to those in need, sacrificing her needs for some one needs. This story can be used for student 4th-6th, based on history.
F. Award Won
None
E.Picture

# data[].attributes.body
A. Genre: Historical Fiction

B. Biographic Data
Title: Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Author: Ellen Levine
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication Date: 2007
C. Plot Summary
This is a true story the life of Henry “Box” Brown.  Henry is a slave boy who desires one day to experience freedom. After Henry’s wife and kids are sold into slavery, he goes through desperate measures by mailing himself to freedom.
D. Response/Analysis
I think that Levine does great job of telling a great story in in a kid-friendly way. I think that Levine choice of warm colors help to draw on to the reader’s emotions. I like the illustrations are vivid and help the read know just enough to understand the text. The topics of slavery, unfairness, and the inequality was clear but the story was told in light-hearted way for children to comprehend. This story can be used for students K-5th grade.
E. Connections

This story is powerful because it shows that the character. The teacher can use graphic organizers to help students sequence real events, study character traits, identify cause and effect.

F. Award Won
Caldecott Medal 2008