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Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Max is the main character of the story and he is a little boy with a huge imagination. He believed he was a “wild thing”, or in other words a monster, and throughout the story he began to travel to where the “wild things” live. Once he got there he became king of the wild things and they all became friends. After having a lot of fun with the wild things/ animals, he finally “traveled” back home.

I think this book is important for children's literature because it allows these kids to use there imagination and creativity.

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The main character, Vashti, is a little girl in her art class at school that has a bad attitude towards art because she believes that she cannot make art. To spite her teacher after being asked to draw anything, she draws a single dot on the paper and gives it to her teacher. To her surprise, the next day the teacher hung up her artwork for the whole class. This gave Vashti confidence in her art and she began to make more and more artwork.

I think that The Dot is important to children's literature because it is such a simple story that tell you, you can do anything you put your mind to.

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The main character is a young girl named Liberty Johansen. The book begins with Liberty’s parents separating, and her dad ends up moving out of their house altogether. This creates a lot of confusion for Liberty and her little sister because their mother refuses to answer any questions about their fathers whereabouts. Because of the situation, Liberty is struggling at middle school with multiple things, and one is with her friends. Throughout the whole book Liberty talks about her fascination with stars and space (especially meteors). Although she struggles for a while throughout the book, she learns to accept her parents divorce and all her other problems because of her love for a certain meteor, and the stars.

I think that this book is important to children's literature because many children may be having parents going through a divorce, and it could help them relate to the story.

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The story begins with a little boy named Peter, waking up to a very snowy day. So, like any other kid, Peter decides to play in the snow throughout his neighborhood all day long. When he came back inside his mom helped him take off his cold clothes and get to bed. When he fell asleep he had a dream that the sun came out and melted all of the snow. But when he woke up, he was surprised to see all the snow outside!

I think that this picture book is important to children's literature because it is playful, and can make them excited to go play outside like he is.

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A family moves from Ireland to America in Massachusetts. The main character Roisin, starts off by not making a single friend and being bullied by these girls (especially Zara) at school and online for things like her clothes, what she eats, where she’s from, etc. She had a friend Lily that she made online before she came over here but when they met in real life, Lily blew her off. Between these bullies and Roisin’s brother, Michael, at home, she feels so alone and having a really hard time to start in America. When Zara posts a mean post about Roisin, Roisin finds a friend named Haley online that hates mean girls which Zara is. Finally, Roisin has a friend (Haley). As time went on, Lilly became friends with Roisin again, and Haley became very jealous of this. This is when Lily starts thinking that Haley is sketchy and after Roisin tries to meet up with Haley and fails, she begins to think she is sketchy too. With many crazy events happening, it is found out at the end of the story that Haley is actually a Robot that was trying to become more powerful by becoming Roisin’s friend. In the end, they all defeat the robot and their lives go back to normal.

I think this book is important to children's literature because it teaches children a lesson about making friends on the internet.

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The story begins with the narration of a little fish, and this little fish decides to steal a hat off of this “sleeping” big fish. Throughout the rest of the story the little fish is swimming away, thinking that he is getting away with stealing this big fish’s hat, when really the big fish is following him. In the end, the big fish steals his hat back from the little fish, leaving the little fish with no hat.

This book is important for children's literature because it teaches them about karma, and how you won't get away with stealing something.

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The story begins with this bear that falls into this river on a log, and begins to start flowing down the river. On his float down the river, a bunch of different animals see him and decide to join along. Eventually, the bear and all of the other animals on the long, fall down this waterfall. The story ends with all of the animals playing in the water together and becoming friends.

I think that this book is important to children's literature because it proves that everything happens for a reason.

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Bartholomew And The Oobleck by Dr. Suess

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Bartholomew And The Oobleck by Dr. Suess

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The story begins with King Derwin looking through a telescope with Bartholomew and talking about the sky as it was raining. Then when it became summer time the king growled at the sun and when it was autumn and there was fog outside the king growled at that too. And when it became winter he yelled about the snow and complained about the four things that come from the sky (rain, sun, fog, and snow). The king then has the idea of trying to control things from the sky, so he has magicians come and they make some substance and release it into the air. The next day Bartholomew sees green stuff falling from the sky that is called the oobleck. The king is thrilled to see it and makes the day a holiday and wants Bartholomew to go tell the whole kingdom. Bartholomew was going to do this until he saw that the oobleck was dangerous to the kingdom and tried to go warn everyone when he faces obstacles. Bartholomew goes back to the king and yells at the king for using magic words and that he should use simple words instead like “I'm sorry”. The king says I’m sorry and all of a sudden the oobleck is gone and then the day is decided to become a holiday to the rain, sun, fog and snow instead of the oobleck.

I think that this important to children's literature because it teaches children to stand up for what is right.

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A young boy, named Ross, is newly diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in his eye. When Ross finds this out, one of his best friends Issac stops hanging out with him, but luckily his other friend Abby stuck by his side. Because the cancer was in his eye, he looked different and because of this, he started being bullied at school for the way he looked. Eventually, Ross became friends with other older people that had cancer as well and they taught Ross new things, like music. Because of this, Ross fell in love with music and was very passionate about it. In the end, he performed for the school talent show, and surprisingly, everyone loved it!

I think that this book is very important to children's literature because it is based off of a true story, and can teach them to be nice to everyone, even if they look different than you.

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The book begins by Jingwen, the main character, moving to a new country (Australia) and feeling a bit out of place since he just moved away from all he has known so far. He and his little brother didn't know English at first, so it wasn't very easy for them to make friends. Throughout the book Jingwen thinks about making cakes on this menu of Pie in the Sky because his father had planned to open a bakery before he passed away and his grandparents had a cake shop before that as well, so he grew inspiration from them. The menu Pie in the Sky is a list of cakes their father was going to make. The problem with actually following this dream of Jingwen and Yanghao’s (his little brother) is that their mom does not want them to use the oven when she is not home. So like a lot of little kids, they decide to bake cakes while their mom was not home in secret. In the end, they make all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky.

I think that this book is important for children's literature because it has a lot of pictures/ comics throughout it, so it a is a great transition book for those who are still learning how to read.

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The story began with this little boy with his pa walking through the snow. They kept walking through the snow to go owling (basically to see an owl), and at one point they made it to these pine trees and stopped for a second. Pa started oo-ing to call out for the owls. They didn't hear anything back from the owls, so they kept walking in the snow and went into the dark woods to start calling out again. As they did this, finally an owl began to call back to them, and they howled back and forth to each other. The owl inched closer and closer to them, until it eventually left.

I think that this book is important to children's literature because it teaches them the key to being patient. It also shows them that being patient, no matter how long, can be very rewardful.

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It begins by telling us where the rabbit goes, trouble follows. Rabbit’s toy plane fell into a tree, so then he started to create a ladder of animals. Some of the animals that made up the ladder were an elephant, rhino, hippo, etc. As the rabbit got to the top of the ladder and tried to grab the toy, the animals all began to tumble down. After this, they all were mad at the rabbit because they all fell down, but in the end, they forgave him and Rabbit ended up getting his plane.

I think this book is important for children's literature because it teaches children to appreciate their friends, like the theme.

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A Sick Day For Amos Mcgee by Philip C. Stead

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A Sick Day For Amos Mcgee by Philip C. Stead

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Amos Mcgee is an older man who has the same routine everyday. Everyday he wakes up and catches the bus to go to the zoo. At the zoo he hangs out with his animal friends and does a certain thing with each of them. With the owl, he reads stories to him, and with the elephant, he plays chess, etc. But one day, Amos Mcgee wakes up sick and doesn't go to the zoo. This leaves his animal friends confused, so they decided to take the trip to come visit Mcgee. When they get there, he is so excited to see all the animals, and does the same things he would with each of them while laying in bed. In the end, Amos Mcgee goes to bed and tells his friends he will see them tomorrow!

I think that this book is important for children's literature because it is such a fun unique story to read, and really teaches them to appreciate their friends.

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This picture book is one that is filled with all illustrations, and no words. Throughout the book, it is just pictures of this dog (Daisy) chasing after her ball everywhere; in the living room, outside, etc. In the end, Daisy finally catches her ball.

I think that this all picture book is important for children's literature because any child can read it since it has no words.

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Rick is the main character of the story, and his best friend's name is Jeff. Rick and Jeff are entering middle school, and Jeff and all of Rick’s other friends are beginning to show interest in dating. When this starts happening, Rick becomes awfully confused and feels out of place from his friends because he feels no desire to start dating. As Rick kept thinking about it and how he doesn’t like any girls yet, he started to wonder if he liked boys instead. Rick knew he wasn't attracted to boys either, so as he discovered this new club at his school that talked about things like sexuality and being confused, he decided to go. The club was called the rainbow spectrum meeting, and this is where Rick would meet some new friends and people that would help him discover who he truly is. In the end, Rick found out that he is actually asexual. This made Rick become more confident in himself, and more happy.

This book is important to children's literature because it can help educate them in sexuality, which can be realize hard to understand as a child.

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The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

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The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

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The story begins with this little girl describing her grandparents house, especially their walkway that leads up to the front door with the “hello, goodbye” window. As the story continues, the little girl does lots of different things with her grandparents. At one point she was gardening with her grandma. Then when she eventually has to leave, she says bye to her grandparents one last time through the “hello, goodbye” window.

I think that this book is important for children's literature because of the message it portrays of grandparents and loving every hello, or goodbye you receive.

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Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

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Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

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The story begins with a kitten looking outside and seeing a full moon. The kitten confuses the full moon for a bowl of milk and wants the bowl of milk, so the kitten decides to chase it. After running all over outside, the kitten realizes it will never get to the big bowl of milk so it starts to walk back to the house. Once the kitten got back to the house, it saw a bowl of milk waiting outside for it.

I think that this picture book is important to children's literature because it gives the message that good things happen to those who wait, or those who work hard to get there.

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The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

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The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

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The story begins with this stuffed animal (a rabbit), named Edward Tulane that is currently with his first owner who is a little girl that adores him. The little girl takes Edward with her everywhere, and one day took him on her family cruise trip. Sadly, Edward fell overboard and the little girl lost him. Edward was lost at sea for a while, until a fishman and his wife found him in the ocean. From then on, Edward was passed on from person to person until a little boy stole him from someone's yard to give to his sick sister. His sister loved that rabbit until the day that she died. After that, the little boy sold Edward to a guy that said he would fix the rabbit only if he could sell it in his shop. Edward sat on the shelf with all the other toys for a while until a lady and her daughter came into the shop. The lady turned out to be his first owner that lost him at sea, and bought Edward back to give to her daughter. After going from person to person, Edward Tulane began to love and appreciate his owners more than he ever did originally.

I think this book is very important for children's literature because it is very well written and truly does show a great example of self-growth.