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Ruth & the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsay

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Ruth & the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsay

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Date Read 8/31/20 Review
This book is about a child named Ruth from Chicago and her mother and father traveling to Alabama to see her grandma. It talks about the struggle they have as African Americans had in the 1950s-60s traveling, and how the Green Book helped them find places they could stop and rest or eat. It goes over her journey through the good and the bad all the way to her grandmas house in Alabama. Age/Audience
The age for this book would be children in 1-5 grade. The audience would be people who like historic reads or would like to have a window into what it was like for other people.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 9.13 “Important V Interesting” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity you can have them list down the things they found interesting and then you can have them list down they facts they found. AKA about the GREEN Book or something about the Civil War.

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Date Read 8/31/20 Review
This book is based on a little girl trying to get a Malafa but not understanding why the other ladies have one. It goes through her saying why she wants one but then at the end she finally figures out that it wasn’t just for looking cool or being mysterious but it is a part of their religion. Age/Audience
This book is to have a view into the Muaritanian people of the Sahara. It helps people see into their culture and see what the Malafa’s really are. Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 6.13 “Yes, but why?” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity it helps the children ask the question why as well to help understand her better and to see why it is important to her. Each page of the book they can ask why did she think of this and why does it motivate her.

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of Thee I Sing              by Barak Obama

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of Thee I Sing              by Barak Obama

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Date Read 8/31/20
Review
This book is letters from Barack Obama to his two daughters. It talks about the different amazing qualities from the people that changed this country and how his daughters share those qualities. It is pretty heart warming and patriotic to read.  Age/Audience
The age group for this book would be preschool and elementary. The children who read this book like to read about history or important people. This book helps inspire children to do their best and shows that so many people can bring different things to the table.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 9.5 “Gather Up Facts” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity helps you gather facts and in this book each page has an important role model/ figure head that they can note and learn about.

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Date Read 8/31/20 Review
Horace Pippin was a self taught artist, when he was younger he found supplies around to paint. He painted all sorts of things he sees around in his life. At first no one noticed him but then the president of an art club saw his work and they held a show for it. He started becoming really famous and his career boomed. Age/Audience
This book is for children in elementary school. The kids who read this will see what working hard to achieve your dreams look like, as well as doing things because you love to do them not just because you have to. Also it will show kids how hard he worked and how little he had at the beginning of the story. Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 9.18 “Asking Questions” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity you can keep a list of questions throught the book that you have and at the end go over them, or see if they were answered already somewhere in the book. This is a good activity for this book because it talks about things that kids might not understand yet.

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The Book Itch              by Vaunda Micheaux Welson

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The Book Itch              by Vaunda Micheaux Welson

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Date Read 8/31/20
Review
This book is about Lewis Henri Michaux, and it is his story of his father’s interest in reading and their bookstore. Part of the story was in the time of Malcom X and when he was murdered. It also talks about how important it is for people to read and to learn no matter what.  Age/Audience
This book is for 2-4 graders. Also for kids who are interested in real life stories about the struggles of African Americans in the 1930’s. Also if a child is interested in learning about these struggles.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 6.15 “Talks & Actions as a window” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity lets the children write down things they noticed about Lewis to get to understand and know him better.

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Goodnight Lab             by Chris Ferrie

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Goodnight Lab             by Chris Ferrie

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Date Read 8/31/20
Review
Goodnight Lab is a book that has a women in a lab leaving for the day saying goodnight to everything in it. Basically naming off the scientific instruments she uses everyday. This is not a very big book at all, it was a pretty short read. Age/Audience
This book is made for young children just learning about science, because it names off a bunch of tools that they might learn about. The audience is for students who are interested in science or non-fiction books.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 11.2 “Say It Out Loud” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity they will read an unfamiliar word out loud, this book has many scientific words that reading them out loud might help to understand what they are.

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Date Read 8/31/20
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This book is about Elmore being an only child and loving the attention and the fact that his stuff is only his. Then a younger sibling comes along and ruins everything for him, he never is alone and doesn’t get the attention anymore. After one night of having a bad dream, his brother Alfred comforts him and Elmore starts to understand two is better than one.
Age/Audience
The age for this book is preschool & Elementary. The audience would probably be kids who have siblings or kids that are new to having younger siblings and need to adapt to it.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 6.18 “Complex Characters” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity lets you do a diagram of Elmore and each of his different and interesting emotions he has throughout the story and the kids will be able to see his emotions evolve throughout.

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Dreamer                       by Yuri Morales

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Dreamer                       by Yuri Morales

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Date Read 8/22/20
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This book is about a women who was from Xalapa, Mexico. She gave birth to a child and then moved to the U.S. as an immigrant. It went through her struggles in this basically new world and how she came across a library where her and her son learn to write, read and speak from the books they borrowed. I like this book because it shows life from a different perspective but also enforces reading and going to the library to the youngers students.
Age/Audience
This book is for children in preschool & elementary school. It is for kids who know the struggles of immigration and need something to relate to. Also for the children who need a window into someone else’s life. This book is also for kids who enjoy reading and going to the library.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 6.12 “Empathize to Understand”  in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity you pick out the things that are happening to her and you ask why is this happening, or the kids can try to put themselves in her shoes which will really help with understanding others better.

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Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt De La Pena 

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Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt De La Pena 

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Date Read 8/28/20
Review
This book is about Carmela a little girl who just had her birthday and her wish came true because she was old enough to go to on the errands with her older brother. She finds a dandelion and makes a lot of wishes on it but it falls a apart after an accident. Her brother seeing her upset takes her to a dandelion field where she can make as many wishes as she wants. Age/Audience
The age for this book would be preschool through elementary. The kids that read this book would like it because it talks about making wishes and keeping them with you, giving a sense of hope.  Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 5.1 “Lean on the Pictures” in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity will help the kids because if they want to know the story from just the pictures they can do that first and see how well they did on the second run of actually reading the book. The art in this book is amazing.

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Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream   by Julius Lester

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Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream   by Julius Lester

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Date Read 8/31/20
Review
This book is about how Albidaro the guardian of children let a mischeveous dream float around to them and all of the animals in the world. So that all of them can do anything they wanted to without consequences, the children became sad because the animals were recking everything and his sister Olara the guardian of animals had to help him restore order.  Age/Audience
The age level for this book is 1-2 graders. The audience is going to be children who love fantastical stories and it is a good story to use to help keep children  from being to crazy.
Connect to Serravallo (2015)
I could use this book to with Activity 7.7 “Mistakes Can Lead to Lessons”  in Serravallo (2015) because in this activity is about looking for the lessons in the mistakes and the book is basically one gigantic mistake and lesson learned from it.