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This is a 2017 Bluebonnet Winner with a review response.

This was a story over a young woman named Deja and her journey to understand the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001. She moved to a new school, like she had a thousand times, only to meet some of her lifelong friends. This school has decided that the children should slowly learn about 9/11 but Deja was too curious. She and her friend Ben traveled to the 9/11 memorial, where Deja could finally understand how massive this attack was. She then finds out that her father was involved, and that's the reason he is always "sick". Traveling to the 9/11 Memorial helped Deja sympathize with her father and bring their entire family closer. They were eventually able to move out of the homeless shelter and move onto a better life. I thought this story did a GREAT job of capturing just how devastated people were and the duration of time that it took for people to mend. This book used child and adult perspective, which makes it a good read for all age groups. My suggestions to future readers is to try and put yourself in the position of each character, and see each of their individual stories.

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The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola 

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The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola 

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This is a Bluebonnet Winner and I am doing a story map.

I did a conflict map. This story had main one problem, the little amounts of food and water. Once the Comanche people decided to give their most prized possessions to the land, their problem was resolved.

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Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel 

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Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel 

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This is a Bluebonnet Winner and I am writing a letter to a friend.

Dear Lacie,

As I was reading this book, I couldn't help but think that you must read this to your son Logan when he gets a little older. A few animals decide to cook a cake but it is not done without error and trial. The animals figure out a way to work together to great the job done. This book does a great job of showing kids how teamwork makes the dream work. One thing that is also very interesting about this book was the definitions on the side. When a term, such as ingredients, came up, the author defined it on the side. I thought that was an excellent way for children to learn words that are a little more difficult.  I found that this book would be a great learning experience for Logan as he grows older, and it provides a little recipe in the back that the two of you could do together. This book was very enjoyable and I think that you and Logan will agree. If you decide to read it, let me know how you like it!

With lots of love,

Madeline Hufstutler

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This is a Caldecott winner and I am writing a blog response.

When I first picked this book up at my public library I was expecting something much different than I got. I have watched Cinderella a thousand times before but I don't think I have ever taken time to read the story. There were some things that were different than I remember, but none the less great! One thing that happened in this story that didn't in the movie was, Cinderella attended the ball twice. The illustrations showed that she was first dressed in a pink gown. The second time she was dressed even more beautifully. When she actually wore the famous blue dress she was found by the lord that was sent to find the runaway princess. At the end of the story, when both of the step-sisters realized that Cinderella was the beautiful princess that was so generous at the ball, they got down on their knees and begged for her forgiveness. Without hesitation, Cinderella accepted. This story shows many characteristics of someone that young children, and even adults, should strive to be like. Cinderella will make you want to become a better person!

Here are some links to lesson plans and fun activities that could be exciting for young students.

http://www.teachingheart.net/f.html
http://www.printactivities.com/Theme-Printables/printable-cinderella-activities.html

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This is a Caldecott winner and I am writing a review response.

This was a very interesting book. I actually had to read it twice to understand the full meaning. While there were four "different" stories throughout, they were all apart of one big story. There was a child on the train, who was watching boulders (Holstein cows) block the tracks, causing a delay for the late night train. The people waiting for the train started to have fun with newspapers, making hats and costumes out of them, and two of those people turned out to be the parents of two children who were confused by their parents behavior. When I started the book, I did not know what was going on but as i kept reading, it all started to make sense. By the second read, I am fully understood it. This story had many small stories, all connected, to make one big story. I think that the author did a great job with the concept of the complexity. Life is complex, but it is a beautiful thing.

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The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 

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The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 

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The is a Caldecott winner and I am doing a 1 minute book talk.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s15d2oy6YyoF

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Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo, Illustrated by Julia Denos 

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Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo, Illustrated by Julia Denos 

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This is an Autobiography and I am making an infographic.

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Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne

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Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne

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This is a historical fiction and I am writing a recommendation response.

Magic Treehouse were some of my favorite books growing up as a child. When I found Civil War on Sunday, I could not wait to read it.  This chapter book does an excellent job of providing a history lesson for children in a fun way. Two children, Annie and Jack, travel back in time to the Civil War. Before they arrived, they thought war was a "game" but when they got there, both realized it was the opposite. Union and Confederate soldiers were all badly hurt but to the nurses on camp, the color the uniform didn't matter. Jack and Annie helped care for the wounded soldiers and got to experience first-hand how terrible the war really was. When they left the war grounds and returned home, their parents told them that one of the men they helped was their great-great-great-grandfather. This is a story that can help young children understand a significant time period, while enjoying a nice book. I think that this book does a great job of blending history and entertainment, into one.

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Never Tease a Weasel by Jean Conder Soule 

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Never Tease a Weasel by Jean Conder Soule 

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This is a poetry book and I am doing a video response.

https://youtu.be/ganAfKOGY-I

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Lewis and Clark and Me by Laurie Myers, Illustrated by Michael Dooling

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Lewis and Clark and Me by Laurie Myers, Illustrated by Michael Dooling

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This is a historical fiction and I am writing a defining quote.

"...no gentle means could draw him from the spot of interment. He refused to take every kind of food, which was offered him, and actually pined away and died with grief upon his master's grave."

This is the last quote of this book and one of the deepest. This was a story told though the eyes of Lewis's dog, Seaman. Throughout their voyage to find new land, Seaman was a very important member of the expedition. Seaman and Lewis became best friends, and Seaman could find no other man that was near as good as Lewis. Through the entire book, Seaman was protective over the group, especially Lewis, and would do anything to make sure they stayed out of harms way. This was a beautiful story told through the eyes of a dog and the last quote really got to me. In the end, Lewis died and Seaman laid on his grave and died right there with him. That last quote showed just how much Lewis meant to Seaman. This book is a perfect example of a dog truly being a mans best friend.

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This is a graphic novel and I am writing a review response.

This was my first graphic novel to ever read and I can say that I am nothing less than pleased. These types of books never really interested me as a child, but I really loved Roller Girl. This story was about a girl that lost connection with one of her lifelong friends when they decided they were both interested in different things. Astrid (main character) was dependent on Nicole (best friend) almost her whole life, they did everything together. When Astrid decides to join roller derby camp, all of that changes. She has to go into a completely different world without Nicole by her side. As I was reading this, I could see Astrid grow into a new, confident person. It was a nice story of independence and drive to always be better than you are at the moment. I loved that this story could be told through graphics. I think that it made the plot much more real. Being able to see the characters and the expressions on their faces helped this story come to life. Some advice I could offer to future readers is to read slow. Reading graphic novels can be tricky because it is normal "left to right" reading. You don't want to miss important parts of the story because you were going too fast.

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This is a Newberry Winner and I am writing a recommendation response.

Great book!! I think this might be one of my new favorites. I have always loved books that are out of the ordinary, but this one was one of the best. In short, this is a book about the life of Jonas, who lives in a community of "sameness". Once Jonas gets his job assignment of The Receiver. He will get all the memories of the past, good and bad, from The Giver. These memories are stored in the receiver so that the community does not make the same mistakes from the past. The community now does not feel pain, sadness, love, misery, etc. but once Jonas starts getting all the memories he can feel those things. He sees that this community is not as good as they seem to be. He watches a video of his father "releasing" the smaller of two twins. This sparks something in Jonas and he can no longer live like this. He decides to travel elsewhere so that the people of the community can feel what he feels and life can be restored. As he and Gabe (the baby that Jonas feels love for) travel they experience severely cold weather. The story is left to speculation but I choose to believe they made it to civilization and the community they left can go on as they had in the past. This book is a quick read and a great one. It shows how the selflessness of one single person can lead to a beautiful life.

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This is a traditional tale and I am writing a story map response.

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This is a fantasy book and I am writing a review response.

This is a story of a duck that travels to Tibet to find her nephew. Her nephew went searching for a robber that was trying to steal water from Saga Hapi to sell worldwide. They catch the robber and then make a hike to the top of Mount Everest. This was not one of my favorite books. I thought that it was sort of unorganized. I kept having to re-read some of the pages to fully grasp what the author was attempting to say. Some of the plot wasn't explained very well I think that was part of the problem. The pictures inside were good. They showed each step that the duck had to take to find her nephew very well. If it wasn't for the illustrations, I don't think I would have enjoyed this book at all. It had a very different plot. This was an out of the ordinary book, which I did like. Although this wasn't my favorite book, I still enjoyed the moral of the story. Don't take what isn't yours, you will never be able to out run the law or the guilt that will follow.

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This is a traditional tale and I am writing letter to a friend.

Dear Jilian,

I am writing you this letter because this is a story you need to hear. When we were kids we used to read this book all the time, but it is so much different now. Reading it from a different (adult) perspective changes the entire outlook on the story; I was able to understand so much more. A father told the king that his daughter could turn straw into gold, which was a lie. She had to have help from a small man who's name she did not know. The only way to repay him was to give him her first born child. When that time came, she begged and begged. The little man told her that if she could guess his name, she could keep her son but she only had three days. She overheard this small man one night chanting that he was going to get the kings son, and the girl over heard. The next day she guessed his name (Rumpelstiltskin) and got to keep her son. This is a classic tale and one that you have to read. It is one of my favorites!

With love,

Madeline Hufstutler

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This is a post modern picture book and I am writing a book review.

I did not actually read this book. I listened to it over a Youtube video for a test that we took during module two. I thought that assignment was neat. Listening to a book shows a different perspective than I would've had by reading it myself. The person who did the read aloud did a great job voicing different characters, and she did this with great enthusiasm. I thought this was a neat new version of the original book. The way the book was constructed was much different than any I've ever read. The author veered from the original story and included different tales into one book. The pigs were moving from their pages into different pages from other books. It was like they were just floating through the book, space, and time to different stories. I think that was the coolest aspect of this book. I really think that kids would enjoy this different

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Junie B., First Grader (at last!) by Barbara Park 

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Junie B., First Grader (at last!) by Barbara Park 

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This is a realistic fiction and I am writing a recommendation response.

When I was growing up, Junie B. Jones were the books that I would run to in the library. They were always so fun for me to read. When I saw that one of the categories for the book challenge was realistic fiction, I couldn't think of a better book. When I went to the library, there were a ton of Junie B. Jones, so I just had to pick one. This was about Junie B.'s experience as a first grader. She lost one of her best friends and her bus buddy when she made the transition but that didn't stop her from finding more friends. Her new friend, Herb, was very helpful to her throughout the story. When Junie B. had to get glasses, Herb made sure that none of the kids made fun of her. The story ended with Junie B. saying that she might like 1st grade. This is a great, fun book. I remember loving them as a child and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

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This is a fantasy book and I am writing a book review.

This book was very interesting to me. It had the theme of wolf and pigs but it wasn't like The Three Little Pigs. A little pig didn't like to take the bus because it was too loud, so one day she decided to "miss it". When another bus rolled around, she got on but realized it wasn't going to her school. She got off the bus and took a path through the forest home. After a few seconds of being in the forest she was taken by a wolf who would eat her in his soup. The wolf asked her to read the ingredients because he could not read. The pig told the wolf to go on crazy adventures to find the ingredients, hoping that he would hurt himself in the process. Finally, she told him he needed "Threeleaf" (poison ivy). The wolf was covered in poison ivy and the pig could escape. One thing I noticed about this story was the author and the illistrator had conflicting roles. The author would say one thing but the illustrator would draw another. The story was told from the little pigs perspective and sometimes what the pig would say happened, didn't actually happen. The author was saying what happened, but the illistrator showed what truly happened. I thought that was a neat way to write a story. Thumbs up on this book!

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Wonderful World Snappy Sharks by Ruth Owen 

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Wonderful World Snappy Sharks by Ruth Owen 

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This is an informational and I am making an infographic.

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Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto, Illustrated by Ed Martinez

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Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto, Illustrated by Ed Martinez

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This is a realistic fiction and I am writing a sticky note response.

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This is a Coretta Scott-King Award Winner and I am writing a review response.

This is a story about two twins named Josh and Jordan. They are both great baseball players because of their dad who was a professional basketball player in a European league. These two boys are very close until Jordan gets a girlfriend. He starts to spend more time with "sweet tea" than his brother and basketball. During a game, Josh chunks the ball right into Jordan's face. This causes a huge riff between the once very close brothers. During the silence between the two, their dad is getting sicker and sicker. He has Hypertension and during one the games he was playing with Josh, he had a heart attack. He spent weeks in the hospital and eventually died of another heart attack at age 39. This story shows a beautiful connection between a family and their love for basketball. They have to overcome some big obstacles but their love for the game will always get them through. I thought this was a great book that has the potential to teach kids just how much family means.

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The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss 

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The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss 

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This is a poetry book and I am writing a response in poetry.

Dr. Seuss is one of the best, he makes great books for the small

One of my favorite is "The Sneetches" is has four books in all.

The Sneetches and other stories written by Dr Seuss

Is one of the best, it passes the test, you'll laugh your pants loose.

So next time your in the library looking for a book to read

I encourage you to get The Sneetches, your expectations it will exceed.

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The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 

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The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 

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This is a Coretta Scott-King Award Winner and I am writing a letter to a friend.

Dear Gina,

I know that you are wanting to be a teacher for you a younger group of children so I think that you should know about this book. This is a story of a young girl and her grandmother who have decided to make a patchwork quilt. They make this quilt from material that each of the family members have at one time worn. The grandmother is old so Tanya (the grandchild) and her mother have to take over. They are pushing to get the quilt done quickly so that their grandmother will be able to see it. When they finally finish, they all talk about the different patches together as a family. This is a sweet story that can be read for all grade levels. It shows children the importance of family and heirlooms. The grandma kept telling her grandchildren that "the quilt will never forget". No matter how old all of the kids get, the quilt willl continue to hold many memories. I hope that you can take some time to read this story, I think that you would really like it.

With love,

Madeline Hufstutler

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This is a realistic fiction book and I am writing a defining quote.

"The balloon was bobbling gently against the ceiling, like an animal looking for a way out of its cage. How far up could it go if someone let it out the window? Would it ever come down?"

This quote sums up the personality of the main character, Gregory. He is constantly wanting to learn more about nature and the wilderness but it trapped in the city. When he releases the balloon to the sky it lands in a little country place up north. Gregory and his pen pal engage in communication through letters. This is something that Gregory looks forward to because every letter hosts a "mystery gift". All of the mystery gifts that Gregory gets from his pen pal have something to do with the country, fishing, and camping. Camping is something that Gregory and his friend Tommy have wanted to do for a long time, they spend days planning it. Eventually, the pen pal and Gregory meet. They all get to go camping together and finally Gregory is released, just like the silver balloon.

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Whoosh! by Chris Barton, illustrated by Don Tate

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Whoosh! by Chris Barton, illustrated by Don Tate

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This is a non-fiction book and I am doing a 1 minute book talk.

http://vocaroo.com/delete/s1SY7E6htjol/1433dbea8541aa36