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3) Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible By: Ursula Vernon

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3) Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible By: Ursula Vernon

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This is a previous blue bonnet winner 2016-2017. I did a recommendation response. This book was super cute to read. I really enjoyed reading this book, it was a twist on Sleeping Beauty, Harriet pokes her finger on a hamster wheel at 12 years of age and fall into a deep sleep. Harriet decides she is invincible until then. This book is exciting and interesting to watch Harriet as she goes on all her different adventures. I would recommend this book to 4rd grade individual read and 3rd grade group read. It was not hard to read and the pictures and word bubbles on the page helped move the story along.

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This is a fantasy book. I did a recommendation response. I recommend this book for 6th grade individual read and 5th grade class read. This book is very exciting to read and I think these students would love it. Thomas is put into a maze and has to help the other boys in the community find their way out. It is thrilling to listen to how they run through the maze each day, and then finally make their escape. These students would love this book and would stay interested throughout the reading. This book is kind of long so I would definitely recommend to encourage your students throughout the whole book, and to not let them stop. Also, there are great activities that can come along with this book.

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This was a poetry book. I did a review response. This book was fun to read the first letters in the words were switched just like Runny Babbit. Each Poem was just like this one. I read the book to my niece and she loved it. It is a pretty long book but she had me read each poem to her. There was one poem about the Rabbit having the Chicken Pox but in the book it was Picken chox. I was dreading the poem books but this book was fun to read. Each poem was about the same Runny Babbit but on a different adventure and meeting different animals, such as other rabbits and a skunk. This poem book was not what I was expecting at all.

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1) Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! By: Laura Amy Schlitz

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1) Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! By: Laura Amy Schlitz

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Watch my Poetry read aloud video:

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1) Lady Liberty A Biography By: Doreen Rappaport

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1) Lady Liberty A Biography By: Doreen Rappaport

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Here is my story map for my Biography book I read: Lady Liberty A Biography By: Doreen Rappaport

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2) Why Do I Brush My Teeth? By: Angela Royston

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2) Why Do I Brush My Teeth? By: Angela Royston

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This is an informational book. I did a recommendation.

I would recommend this book for 2nd graders to read independently, but you could read this book to students as early as Pre-K, for the fact that it is very informative. It has activities throughout the book that you can do with the students such as examining your tooth brush to make sure it is clean. There are pictures of a dentist and how they examine the children’s teeth. When I was reading this book there were some details that I didn’t even know about. My only concern are there are a few larger words that the students may not know and may need help reading, such as Fluoride.

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1)  Can Lizards Disappear? By: Anita Ganeri

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1)  Can Lizards Disappear? By: Anita Ganeri

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This is an informational book. I did a recommendation.
I recommend this book for 3rd grade, I think these students could read this book independently. This book is very informational, and has great facts about reptiles, and birds. When I was reading there were facts and animals that I did not even know about. There were some harder words such as Terrapins that I do not think these students will know how to read, so there should definitely be a teacher around helping them. There are pictures that show the type of animal that is being talked about, and the picture are greatly illustrated. There are true or false and did you know? questions on some pages that will keep the students engaged with the book.

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2) I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 By: Laure Tarshis 

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2) I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 By: Laure Tarshis 

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This was a Historical Fiction book. I did a sticky note response.

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Listen to my 1 minute audio talk about this Cadlecott book:

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1) I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 By: Laure Tarshis

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1) I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 By: Laure Tarshis

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This is a historical fiction book. I did a recommendation response.

I highly recommend this book for grades 5th & 6th.  This thrill seeker about the adventures of George Calder during his time on the Titanic, and how he survived the sinking of the titanic, keeps kids on their toes while they are learning historical facts.  I would not recommend this book to kids any younger than 10 years old mostly because this story discusses the real life events that took place, including the death of many passengers and crew members aboard.  This book is perfect for 10, 11, and 12 year olds because while it gives historical facts, it is a story that students will find interesting, exciting, and dark.

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2) If You Take a Mouse to School By: Laura Numeroff

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2) If You Take a Mouse to School By: Laura Numeroff

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This is a Traditional Tale. I did a Blog response.
Blog: As a child I always loved the if you give/take a mouse books. If you take a mouse to school is one of my favorites, it shows all the different things the mouse does when he goes to school with his owner, it shows him eating lunch, playing outside, and even writing a book. This book is very comical. The little mouse loves school and everything that comes with it. On one page it shows him doing math very well and spelling out words such as insidious and onomatopoeia. He goes and plays sports such as soccer, basketball and he even rides a skateboard. When I was younger I always wanted to take my pets to school because of this book.

I included some activities and lesson plans you could use with your students using this book:
https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/cause-and-effect-if-you-take-a-mouse-to-school/

https://www.teachwithme.com/blogs/getting-to-the-core/item/4477-if-you-take-a-mouse-to-school-activities

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2) When The Beat Was Born By: Laban Carrick Hill

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2) When The Beat Was Born By: Laban Carrick Hill

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This is a Coretta Scott-King Award Winner. I did a defining quote response.

“Dozens of others all wanted to be DJs just like Kool Herc”

I think this quote is very important in this book. When Clive, or otherwise known as “Kool Herc”, all he wanted to be was a DJ just like his hero, Dj King George. This quote shows that Clive reached his goal and is now a hero to everyone else. It shows that he was dedicated to DJing and did not give up. At the end he threw the best parties and everyone was there. DJ Kool Herc was the creater of hip hop, and many inspired to be just like him, just like he aspired to be just like DJ King George.

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This is a graphic novel. I did a review response. Review: I have never been into graphic books; this was the first real comic book I have read. I really enjoyed this book. It is crazy because one of my cousins is in a rolling derby team so I have always wanted to play in a roller derby game, so I could really connect to this book. Astrid struggles with finding herself and losing friends along the way. Each girl goes through this phase and Jamieson did a fantastic job putting this stage into a book. Astrid really wants to skate in the bout and put a lot of practice and effort in, and she eventually made it, even though she did not get the position she wanted. Towards the end of the book Astrid learned to put other people in front of herself which is something she struggled with from the beginning with Nicole.

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3) Junie B. Jones (almost) A Flower Girl By: Barbara Park

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3) Junie B. Jones (almost) A Flower Girl By: Barbara Park

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This is a realistic fiction book. I did a review response. Junie B. Jones in this book has a boyfriend, she gets mad that he is chasing the new girl. When she told her mom about her boyfriend problems her mother said she was too young to be having these type of problems. To prove to her mom and everyone else that she was becoming a lady (at 6 years old) she decided the perfect opportunity was to be the flower girl at her Aunt Flo’s wedding. She is very disappointed to find out they already had a flower girl, and Junie B. was promoted to alternate flower girl. Towards the end of the book she realizes that it is okay to be “footloose and fancy free”.

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1) There's a Wocket In my Pocket By: Dr. Seuss

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1) There's a Wocket In my Pocket By: Dr. Seuss

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This is a traditional tale. I did a review response.

Review: This short picture book is full of rhyming words, such as the Zlock behind the clock, with weird, strange creatures on each page. Each place he takes his audience he explains what the animals name is and where he is at. The book setting is placed in a young boy’s house where he takes the readers on a tour to show them all the different creatures are in his house. This short tale is very interesting because at the end the boy explains to the readers that he loves his home just the way it is; each creature is special to him in their own way. Little children would love this book because of all the funny looking creatures and silly rhyming words they don’t hear everyday.

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1) Freedom in Congo Square By: Carole Bodton Weatherford

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1) Freedom in Congo Square By: Carole Bodton Weatherford

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This was a cadlecott book. I did a review response for this book. This book had beautiful pictures, very light but detailed. The pages were short and not much was written but it was very deep. Each page was a different day of the week, it told what the slaves were to do that day, and the next page told how many days till Congo Square. The slaves had to pick crops, clean clothes, and fan folks. At the end of the book it showed all the slaves and free African Americans having a celebration in New Orleans because for one afternoon they were free.

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This is a post modern picture book. I did a review response. I really enjoyed this twist on The Big Bad Wolf. It was interesting to see where all the little pigs went. They would change how they looked based on what story they were in. This type of story shows the authors true artistic ability. The beginning of the story was like the original tale with the wolf trying to blow down the houses. The three little pigs go to different classic tales such as Hey Diddle Diddle. They meet different characters from all the tales, such as a dragon and the cat. They eventually finally want to go home and take the cat and the dragon with them, and the wolf eventually stops trying to blow the house down.

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1) The Girl Who Drank the Moon By: Kelly Barnhill

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1) The Girl Who Drank the Moon By: Kelly Barnhill

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This is a Newberry award winner book. I did a recommendation response.

I would recommend this book for 3rd and 4th graders. This book has a lot going on so at some parts it was hard to follow. I had to reread some parts just to understand who was talking. It was a really fun book to read! Magic played a huge roll in this book and to young kids I feel like they are mesmerized by magic. There were magical creatures such as a swamp monster and a tiny dragon. I feel like these two creatures are what make the book so entertaining and I think young students would enjoy them. 3rd and 4th graders could do different activities associated with this book, such a writing response and vocabulary.

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2) The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch By: Chris Barton

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2) The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch By: Chris Barton

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This is a previous bluebonnet winner. I did a recommendation response. I would recommend this book to 5th grade students. It is very informative about what the black community went through while trying to gain their freedom, and what they went through after they "got their freedom". This book is for a more mature audience, there are some parts in this book that could be hard to read and even the pictures in this book could be hard to look at. It informs the readers of how the African Americans road to freedom was. It shows them how some African Americans had hope, such as John Roy, he was a very well educated man and made his way up in politics. He never stopped trying and he never let the white americans come in his way of succeeding.

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1) In Plain SIght By: Richard Jackson and Jeryy Pinkney

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1) In Plain SIght By: Richard Jackson and Jeryy Pinkney

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For my first Corette Scott-King Award I did a review response. This was a cute book about a relationship between a young girl and her grandpa. Everyday after school Sophie would walk in and go straight to her grandpa and ask how his day was. Each day her grandpa would tell her how it was a good day but he had lost something such as a paperclip, or even a lemon drop. Each time Sophie would find what he lost in plain sight. The last day he was asleep and she hid from him and when he woke she said “Here I am grandpa, like always”. This really showed her relationship with her grandpa, and how kind and giving it was.

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Here is my Story Map for my first bluebonnet book. Make sure to click on it to see the full map.

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1) Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief By: Rick Riordan

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1) Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief By: Rick Riordan

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Here is my 1 minute talk about Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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1) Follow the Moon Home By: Philipee Cousteau

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1) Follow the Moon Home By: Philipee Cousteau

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This is a realistic fiction book. I did a review response.  Review: This book is about a little girl who moves to a new town right next to an ocean. One day she takes her dogs on a walk on the beach, the dogs start to dig a hole when one of the little girl’s classmates come up to her and tell her about the sea turtles and that the hole needs to be filled. That night she noticed that the turtles go towards the brightest lights they see. In this case the homes closest to the beach were the brightest lights. The little girl and her friend start thinking of ways to get the beach houses to turn their lights off at night so the moon is the brightest light. This book is very informative to young children whom may want to help other animals who are struggling with similar problems.

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This is a Realistic Fiction book. I did a defining quote response.

“In the largest of worlds what adventures await the smallest of ships”

I chose this quote because I feel like it explains the whole story in just a few words. Throughout the book, Neftali is told multiple times by his father how small and weak he is, he is the smallest of ships but Neftali does not let this stop him. He is determined to have great adventures in his life, he is going to write about these adventures. From the beginning Neftali loves to go on an adventure no matter how small it is. He is strong-minded in deciding to discover who he is and what the world has in stores for him, he will not put his beliefs or understandings on hold because of who is Father has told him he is.