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Title: Enemy Pie
Author: Derek Munson
Illustrator: Tara Calahan King
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publish Date: 2000
# of Pages: 40
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows a boy who dislikes a new kid in his neighborhood and how his dad is able to convince him to make enemy pie for him. His dad had a recipe of how to make this enemy pie that had a secret recipe and how it is the fastest way to get rid of enemies. The boy then makes this pie and is able to deliver it to his enemy and they are able to become friends.
Personal Response: I really like this book to read to younger students on how to be kind to people and how they can befriend people that they have as "enemies" and how they can become friends and learn to get along with each other.

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Read 903 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. It was the perfect summer. That is, until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street...

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Title: Grumpy Monkey
Author: Suzanne Lang
Illustrator: Max Lang
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: May 15, 2018
# of Pages: 32 page
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows Jim Panzee who just wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and can not shake this feeling of being grumpy. He meets some of his friends and they ask him what is wrong and he is just grumpy. Eventually he is able to not be grumpy anymore with the help of his friends and is able to have a better day the next day.
Personal Response: I read this book to my moms classroom and they really liked it since sometimes it is hard to pinpoint why exactly you are grumpy and some days you will have a day that is not great, and that is ok. I think that this is a great way to establish vulnerability in the classroom and validate students emotions even if they might be grumpy somedays, being able to talk about you emotions and have people you can rely on can help if you are not feeling like yourself.

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Grumpy Monkey book. Read 434 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A hilarious picture book about dealing with unexplained feelings...and...

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Title: This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
Author/Illustrator: Matt Lamothe
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publish Date: May 2, 2017
# of pages: 52
Genre: Children's non-fiction
Summary: This book follows the day in the life of 7 kids each from a different country (Italy, Iran, India, Japan, Peru, Russia, and Uganda) and how they go about their daily lives and what they share similarities in and how they are different.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book because it is able to show young readers how other people live in different counties and their everyday realities that they do and students in the United States can look at these and compare and contrast them to their own everyday lives. I think this is a great book to read when talking about cultures in the classroom and being able to include people from many different places in the world.

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In Japan, Kei plays Freeze Tag, while in Uganda, Daphine likes to jump rope. While the way they play may differ, the shared rhythm of their daysandmdash;and this one world we all shareandmdash;unites them.

This genuine exchange provides a window into traditions that may be different from our own as well as mirrors reflecting our common experiences. Inspired by his own travels, Matt Lamonthe transports readers across the globe and back with this luminous and thoughtful picture book.

Perfect for kids learning about new cultures and customs

Educates children on the importance of similarities and differences

Gives kids a unique look into the lives of others across the globe

If you enjoyed Carson Ellis' Home , you're sure to enjoy the window into the world provided by This is How We Do It .

This children's picture book is ideal for parents or teachers looking for the following:

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Title: We Are Water Protectors
Author: Carole Lindstrom
Illustrator: Michaela Goade
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Publish Date: March 17, 2020
# of pages: 40
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows a girl and how she talks of this "black snake" in her Ojibwe village and how it is hurting her community. She then with her tribe tries to do as much as they can to protect their village and water source that is rightfully theirs and keep their community safe.
Personal Response: The first time I read this book was when I was doing a teaching internship in high school and read it to a group of third graders and they were very interested in this book. I think books like this need to be in school libraries because it sheds light on the fact that these indigenous people need help and should not have to live in some of the conditions that they are living in and how we should help protect them and their resources.

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Michaela Goade is the 2021 Caldecott Medal winning illustrator of New York Times Bestselling "We Are Water Protectors" (also a Kirkus Prize Finalist) as well as other books "I Sang You Down from the Stars," "Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy" (American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book 2018) and "Encounter."

Michaela is Tlingit and a tribal citizen of the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. She grew up in the rainforest and beaches of Southeast Alaska and lives today in Sheet'ká (Sitka), Alaska, an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea. Visit her online at www.michaelagoade.com.

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Title: Bloom
Author/Illustrator: Julia Seal
Publisher: Sunbird Books
Publish Date: March 8, 2022
# of pages: 40
Genre: Animals, picture book
Summary: This book talks about the way the oceans have been changing and how that has affected Luna, a jellyfish in the ocean as well as how it has been affecting her friends. This book talks about pollution and how they need to keep the oceans clean to keep the animals and plant life alive and thriving.
Personal Response: I love this book! This is a great one to read to a class about pollution and how we can do our part to keep the land and water clean for the ocean wildlife. I think this book was able to portray this in the world in a engaging way that students would be very interested in and want to do more to help the ocean creatures. I also think that this book could be related to science content as well as some super fun art projects that can be done with jelly fish!

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Once, the ocean was full of friends. Then a little jellyfish notices that things are changing--friends are disappearing! He sets out to discover the truth and learns that everyone has a part to play in protecting the careful balance of the ocean. "Bloom" refers to a substantial increase in jellyf...

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Title: Big Feelings
Author: Alexandera Penfold
Illustrator: Suzanne Kaufman
Publisher: Portfolio
Publish Date: March 2, 2021
# of pages: 42
Genre: picture book, kindness/inclusion
Summary: This book follows a group of children and how they all want to play together and how they deal with the emotions that they are faced throughout the day and how it is ok that they are able to express those emotions and deal with them in a constructive way.
Personal Response: I love this book! I think that this book would be a great one to help students with their feelings and validating when they have emotions in the classroom. This book does a great job of showing that kids do not need to be happy all the time and they will face frustrations in their life and how they need to be able to express them in a way that is constructive and how they can find a way to fix whatever is effecting them, or if it cannot be fixed, how they can adjust themselves in that scenario.

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The newest picture book from the creators of All Are Welcome to help children navigate BIG FEELINGS!

In their bestselling picture book All Are Welcome, Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman celebrate kindness, inclusivity, and diversity. Now with Big Feelings, they help children navigate the emotional challenges they face in their daily lives.

What should we do when things don't go to plan? We may feel mad, frustrated, or overwhelmed, but by talking it through, compromising, and seeing another point of view, we can start fresh, begin anew.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Title: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Author: Bill Martin, Jr.
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Publisher: Henry Holt and CO
Publish Date: 1967
# of pages: 28
Genre: Fiction, picture book
Summary: This book follows a brown bear and asking what he sees then asking other animals what they see. This is an interactive picture book where the reader can respond out loud to the question of "what do you see" to see what type of animal is on the page.
Personal Response: I remember this book from my childhood and how it was a great book because as a kid I was able to say what animal I was looking at. The repetition and colorful images engage the audience and provide them to interact with the book. I think that this would be a great book to read to the Pre-school age kids to have them identify animals.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture book published in 1967 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Written and illustrated by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle, the book is designed to help toddlers associate colors and meanings to objects. The book has been widely praised by parents and teachers and placed on several recognition lists. In 2010, the book was briefly banned from Texas' third grade curriculum due to a confusion between author of children's books Bill Martin Jr, and author of Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation (Creative Marxism) philosopher Bill Martin.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is one of over 300 children's books written by Bill Martin, Jr. Martin came across illustrations by Eric Carle in a newspaper, and their collaboration began shortly after. Martin and Carle write poetic books they wished they had access to as students. Their use of simplistic and rhythmic language is to help students transition from reading to writing in early stages of education. Before Martin begins writing a book, he establishes a rhythm which is then repeated throughout the book. American author and illustrator Steven Kellogg describes Martin's purpose for writing his children's poetry books is to expose "children to the 'music of language'." Martin believes the cheerful rhythm resonates with children, even if they do not understand the content.

The plot consists of the narrator asking various animals and people what they see. Their response is an observation of another animal or person, which again prompts the initial question, "What Do You See?" This process creates a rhythmic pattern that is consistent throughout the book. The 1984 edition begins with a Brown Bear, then features a Red Bird, a Yellow Duck, a Blue Horse, a Green Frog, a Purple Cat, a White Dog, a Black Sheep, an Orange Goldfish, a school teacher (who was originally a mother in the 1967 edition), and lastly, children.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was published in 1967 by Doubleday and Company. By 2003, over 8 million hardcover copies had been sold, and the book translated into eight languages.

There are four editions of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? with differing endings. Carle explained that variations in text between editions (mostly on the last page) were due to Martin, and that Carle made new illustrations to go with the changes. The 1967 first edition of the book includes a monkey in place of the teacher. The 1970 edition includes a Gray Mouse in between the Blue Horse and the Green Frog, and a Pink Elephant in between the Purple Cat and the White Dog. The 1984 UK edition substitutes a monkey for the teacher.

Carle and Martin published three spin-off books: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (1991) (using animals from the zoo and animal sounds), Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (2003), (focusing on endangered species), and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? (2007), (focusing on North American/forest animals).

Missouri Governor John Ashcroft and First Lady Barbara Bush with a "Parents as Teachers" group at the Greater St. Louis Ferguson-Florissant School District in October 1991. Mrs. Bush (in a rocking chair) is reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear to the children.

The book was listed as one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. As of 2013, it ranked 21st on a Goodreads list of "Best Children's Books." The book is praised by many parents and school teachers, many of whom requested a trade edition of the book from the publisher. The large volume of requests led to additional collaborations between Martin and Carle: two sequels: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See, with similar style and tone to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Texas School Board Banning

In 2010, the Texas State Board of Education briefly removed the book from the public school curriculum after confusing the author with philosopher Bill Martin, author of Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation.

The board was discussing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, which sets standards for the Texas social studies curriculum. Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation was the intended censored book in the third grade curriculum. However, the board mistook the authors because of their similar names, resulting in the banning of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See. Texas State Board member Pat Hardy, vouched for the banning of Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation, because of its "very strong critiques of capitalism and the American System." However, Hardy admits to doing no research herself and instead "trusting the research of another board member, Terri Leo," who had not read Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation, herself. The banned children's author never published political pieces.

The New York Times bestselling author of 22 children's books, Michael Sampson commented that Hardy's mistake is "a new low in terms of the group that's supposed to represent education having such faulty research and making such a false leap without substantiating what they're doing."

The banning raised concerns with the way board members approached updating the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. These concerns led to a re-evaluation of Texas' Board Member's ability to censor and update the curriculum standards.

In reflecting on this controversy, Tommy Thomason, director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism at Texas Christian University, stated that children's author Bill Martin Jr.'s only political intention is "supporting children and giving them wonderful literature they love to read."

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture book published in 1967 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Written and illustrated by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle, the book is designed to help toddlers associate colors and meanings to objects.

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Title: The Story of Ferdinand
Author: Munro Leaf
Illustrator: Robert Lawson
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Publish Date: 1936
# of pages: 32
Genre: picture book, fiction
Summary: This book follows the story of Ferdinand the Bull who is this big creature who seems to be rough and violent, but this is not who Ferdinand is. He is a gentle giant and it shows how he chooses peace and love rather than violence and how that makes him different from the other bulls.
Personal Response: I really liked reading this book. I actually remember this being a book that was read in the Movie "The Blindside" and how the football player was a lot like Ferdinand the Bull. I think that this would be a great book to read in class to drive home the point that you should not judge a book by its cover as well as being able to like other things, even if other people do not like them. This book promotes being who you are which is needed in the classroom.

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The Story of Ferdinand (1936) is the best-known work by the American author Munro Leaf. Illustrated by Robert Lawson, the children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. He sits in the middle of the bull ring failing to take heed of any of the provocations of the matador and others to fight. The Story of Ferdinand was published in 1936 by Viking Books. Later, after the Spanish Civil War, it was viewed as having a political agenda. During World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary started flying into Europe after D-Day and their pilots, who were non-combatants, used Ferdinand the Bull as their call sign. The book has been adapted into two films, the 1938 animated short Ferdinand the Bull and the 2017 computer-animated feature film Ferdinand.

Young Ferdinand does not enjoy butting heads with other young bulls, preferring instead to sit under a cork tree smelling the flowers. His mother is concerned that he might be lonely and tries to persuade him to play with the other calves, but when she sees that Ferdinand is content as he is, she leaves him alone.

Ferdinand grows to be the biggest bull in the herd and he often spends time alone. All the other bulls dream of being chosen to compete in the bullfights in Madrid, but Ferdinand still prefers smelling the flowers instead. One day, five men come to the pasture to choose a bull for the bullfights. Ferdinand is again on his own, sniffing flowers, when he accidentally sits on a bumblebee. Upon getting stung as a result, he runs wildly across the field, snorting and stamping. Mistaking Ferdinand for a mad and aggressive bull, the men rename him "Ferdinand the Fierce" and take him away to Madrid.

All of Madrid, including many beautiful ladies, turn out to see the handsome matador fight "Ferdinand the Fierce." When Ferdinand enters the bull ring, he is faced with the matador, banderilleros and picadors who panic when they see him. However, he is delighted by the flowers that the ladies throw in the ring and sits down in the middle of the ring to enjoy them, upsetting and disappointing everyone and making the matador and other fighters throw tantrums. Ferdinand is then taken back to his pasture, where to this day he is still sitting under the cork tree happily smelling flowers.

The book's first run by Viking Press in 1936 sold 14,000 copies at $1 each. The following year saw sales increase to 68,000 and by 1938, the book was selling at 3,000 per week. That year, it outsold Gone with the Wind to become the number one best seller in the United States.

As of 2019 the book has never been out of print. The book has been translated into more than sixty languages. In 1962, a Latin translation, Ferdinandus Taurus, was published by David McKay Publications in New York and by Hamish Hamilton in London.

A first-edition copy sold at auction for $16,500 in 2014.

In 1938, Life magazine called Ferdinand "the greatest juvenile classic since Winnie the Pooh" and suggested that "three out of four grownups buy the book largely for their own pleasure and amusement". The article also noted that Ferdinand was accused of being a political symbol, noting that "too-subtle readers see in Ferdinand everything from a fascist to a pacifist to a burlesque sit-down striker". Others labelled the work "as promoting fascism, anarchism, and communism". The Cleveland Plain Dealer "accused the book of corrupting the youth of America" while The New York Times downplayed the possible political allegories, insisting the book was about being true to oneself.

The book was released less than two months after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, and was seen by many supporters of Francisco Franco as a pacifist book. It was banned in many countries, including in Spain (where it remained banned until after Franco's death). In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler ordered the book burned (as "degenerate democratic propaganda"), while it was the only American children's book available for sale in Cold War era Poland. It received particular praise from Thomas Mann, H. G. Wells, Gandhi, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Following the 1945 defeat of Germany during the Second World War, 30,000 copies were quickly published and given out for free to the country's children.

In the United States, the book was so popular with the public in the 1930s that it was used in various commercial products, from toys to Post Toasties breakfast cereal. Disney made it into an animated short in 1938, which became a classic and was the basis for Ferdinand the Bull, based on 'The Story of Ferdinand' by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson ( Whitman Publishing Co., 1938), Walt Disney's Ferdinand and the Robbers ( Random House, 1983) by Vincent H. Jefferds and Walt Disney's Ferdinand and the Bullies ( Bantam Books, 1986, ISBN 978-0553055900).

In 1951, Holiday magazine published an Ernest Hemingway children's story called " The Faithful Bull". This story has been interpreted as a "rebuttal" to the earlier Leaf book.

According to one scholar, the book crosses gender lines in that it offers a character to whom both boys and girls can relate. More recently The New York Times positioned the story in the context of discrimination and social exclusion. It characterized the story as "an icon for the outsider and the bullied".

Leaf is said to have written the story on a whim in an afternoon in 1935, largely to provide his friend, illustrator Robert Lawson (then relatively unknown) a forum in which to showcase his talents.

The landscape in which Lawson placed the fictional Ferdinand is more or less real. Lawson faithfully reproduced the view of the city of Ronda in Andalusia for his illustration of Ferdinand being brought to Madrid on a cart: we see the Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge") spanning the El Tajo canyon. The Disney film added some rather accurate views of Ronda and the Puente Romano ("Roman bridge") and the Puente Viejo ("Old bridge") at the beginning of the story, where Lawson's pictures were more free. Ronda is home to the oldest bullfighting ring in Spain that is still used; this might have been a reason for Lawson's use of its surroundings as a background for the story. Although most of the illustrations are realistic, Lawson added touches of whimsy by adding, for instance, bunches of corks, as though plucked from a bottle, growing on the cork tree like fruit.

According to a documentary from Sweden (where the Disney film is shown every year on Christmas Eve) the story has a basis in truth. A peaceful bull named Civilón was raised on a farm outside Salamanca in the early 1930s, and the Spanish press campaigned for it to not have to meet its fate in the bull-fighting arena. It was pardoned mid-fight, but when the Spanish Civil War broke out days later, it never lived to see its home.

"Ferdinand" was the code name chosen for the Australian Coastwatchers in World War II by Eric Feldt, the organization's commander:

Ferdinand ... did not fight but sat under a tree and just smelled the flowers. It was meant as a reminder to coastwatchers that it was not their duty to fight and so draw attention to themselves, but to sit circumspectly and unobtrusively, gathering information. Of course, like their titular prototype, they could fight if they were stung.

In 1938, the book became a bestseller and an animated short was created, winning the Academy Award for Best Short Subject. 80 years later, a full length movie was released by 20th Century Fox.

References in other works

Marvel Comics featured a recurring character named Rintrah in the pages of Doctor Strange. This extraterrestrial anthropomorphic bull was frequently referred to as Ferdinand for his gentle and kind nature.

In the DC Comics, the name Ferdinand is used for a Minotaur chef at the Themysciran embassy in New York City. Ferdinand also makes an appearance in the animated movie Wonder Woman: Bloodlines

Illustrator Betty Fraser used a picture of a child reading the book of Ferdinand, along with a bull smelling some flowers, in the 1978 book A House is A House for Me, authored by Mary Ann Hoberman.

A rubber mask of Ferdinand is featured in Stephen King's 1995 novel Rose Madder.

A non-player character (NPC) named Ferdinand in the computer game World of Warcraft can be found in the continent of Pandaria, in the zone of the Jade Forest. He is a yaungol (an oxen-like race) who sits in a garden filled with flowers and trees, with a bouquet of flowers in each hand. He is classed as a rare mob and drops rare level loot as well as a chance to drop an epic weapon when killed. Unlike most other rare mobs, he is one of the few who are not marked as hostile and will only fight back if attacked.

The Palladium Books role-playing game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness features a mutant bull terrorist named "Ferd", which is short for "Ferdinand".

The book was also featured in an episode of Kino's Storytime.

A plushie of Ferdinand plays a significant role in the 1940 film Dance, Girl, Dance. The toy is passed between various characters, having been originally purchased as a memento of a visit to a nightclub called Ferdinand's. The nightclub has a large statue of Ferdinand at the rear of the bandstand.

Ferdinand the Bull was the favorite book of the main character in the 1997 film , a Sundance favorite written/directed/starring a then-unknown Vin Diesel.

Ferdinand is referenced by the 2009 movie The Blind Side, the story of Michael Oher. The movie includes a scene where the character played by Sandra Bullock reads "Ferdinand the Bull" to two adolescents.

The story was set to incidental music in Ferdinand the Bull by classical composer Mark Fish. This piece has been narrated in concerts by actors including David Ogden Stiers, Lauren Lane, and Emmy award-winner Roscoe Lee Browne. Fish and Stiers have co-produced a recording of a reduced version of the piece for narrator, cello, and piano, also narrated by Stiers, and recorded by northwest composer Jack Gabel and released by North Pacific Music.

The book was adapted, in 1971, as Ferdinand, a piece for solo violin and narrator by the British composer Alan Ridout.

Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith had a tattoo of Ferdinand the Bull, from the cover of Munro Leaf's book, on his right upper arm, which is visible on the cover of his record .

The rock band Fall Out Boy named their second studio album From Under the Cork Tree after a phrase in the book.

In 1951, Capitol Records released Walt Disney's Ferdinand the Bull (CAS 3095), adapted from the book by Alan Livingston with music by Billy May and narrated by Don Wilson, as a 10" 78 RPM album. This recording was later released by Capitol in LP format in 1961 as part of The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Walt Disney's Fantasia (J-3253); the album was re-released in 1972 by Wonderland Records (L-8110).

The story was released as an audio recording in 1967 by Scholastic Records (CC 0606) as a 7" 33-1/3 RPM LP. The story was narrated by former professional boxing champion Juan Nazario with music composed, arranged and conducted by Arthur Rubenstein.

Gwen Verdon narrated the story for a 1971 Caedmon Records recording, The Story Of Ferdinand And Other Stories (TC 1341).

In 1973, Columbia Records released a recording, The Story Of Ferdinand/Andy and the Lion (CR 21519) narrated by Owen Jordan.

The story was adapted by Walt Disney as a short animated film entitled Ferdinand the Bull in 1938, in a style similar to his Silly Symphonies series. Ferdinand the Bull won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

A 3D feature-length computer-animated film adaptation, titled , was released on December 15, 2017. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios. Ferdinand was nominated for Best Animated Film (ultimately losing to ) in the 90th Academy Awards.

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Title: The Giving Tree
Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstien
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: October 7, 1964
# of pages: 64
Genre: picture book, fiction
Summary: This book is about a tree that gives to this little boy. The story follows both the growth of the boy and the tree, the tree giving him an apple then gives branches and finally is reduced to a stump as the little boy grows to an old man, but still continues to give to the boy.
Personal Response: This book has great symbolism and provides great detail as to what happens as people grow as well as the environmental changes that happen over time due to man.

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Title: Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Authors: Margot Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling
Illustrator: Laura Freeman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: January 16, 2018
# of Pages: 40
Genre: Biography, picture book
Summary: This book follows the true story of four black women that helped NASA in the Space Race and how they were able to provide so much knowledge and insight in one of the biggest accomplishments in the United States.
Personal Response: I loved reading this book since I really enjoyed the movie when it came out. I think that this is a great book to have in the classroom since it helps bring light to people who went unnoticed in history who gave a lot and with their contributions, the history would not be what it is without them. I think would be a great book to incorporate when talking about Women in STEM and how they need more representation and recognition.

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Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math... really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.

In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.

"Finally, the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NASA put the first men in space is available for picture book readers," proclaims Brightly in their article "18 Must-Read Picture Books of 2018." "Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math, believe in themselves, and reach for the stars."

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Title: Chrysanthemum
Author/Illustrator: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greeenwillow Books
Publish Date: September 16, 1991
# of Pages: 32
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows the life of Chrysanthemum, a mouse who initially loved her name, but then when she does to school she gets bullied for her name because it is too long. She then realizes that her name makes her unique and she should be proud of her name and how unique it is.
Personal Response: This is another one of the books that I would read quite often as a kid and loved it. The message behind this book is for kids to be confident in their name and not be ashamed of the things that make them unique. I think that this would be a great addition to a classroom library in my future classroom.

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I do love the name Chrysanthemum, but it is long. It's unique and you could nick name them ChrysAnn. Anyway,

This book is an interesting study of identity and how our peers can affect us. It can also be a nice book about being a little different at school and having to deal with that. It's a little longer story. I wasn't really taken by the artwork, but it told the story just fine and had plenty of fun details.

Chrysanthemum loved her special name for 5 years and then she goes to school and is tea...more

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I do love the name Chrysanthemum, but it is long. It's unique and you could nick name them ChrysAnn. Anyway, This book is an interesting study of identity and how our peers can affect us. It can also be a nice book about being a little different at school and having to deal with that.

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Title: Henry and Mudge In Puddle Trouble
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrator: Sucie Stevenson
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Publish Date: 1987
# of Pages: 48 pages
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This picture book follows Henry and Mudge on another one of their adventures and how they get stuck in the a little puddle with the new glimpse of spring and how the boy and his dog get a little messy and mischievous with the new weather.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed the Henry and Mudge books as a kid, but I never read this one as a kid so I thought I would read it and it did not disappoint. I really liked reading these stories and seeing all the fun adventures that Henry and Mudge would go on together.

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Title: The Monster at the End of This Book
Author: Jon Stone
Illustrator: Michael Smollin
Publisher: Golden Books
Publish Date: 1971
# of pages: 24
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This story starts with suspense about the big monster at the end of this book and tries to convince the audience to stop reading to avoid seeing the monster, which in the end is Grover. This book book promotes having courage and not being afraid of something that you don't know might be coming.
Personal Response: I loved this book as a kid and know that students would find it very engaging. Books like this are very intriguing and can quickly engage the students in the story and provide them with a silly story that they cant wait to get to the end of.

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Title: Stellaluna
Author: Janell Cannon
Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publish Date: April 3, 1993
# of pages: 48
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows a young bat who looses her mother and winds up in a birds nest and she gets used to behaving like a bird with her new family. This book provides an engaging story while also educating students on bat facts.
Personal Response: This is another one of my personal favorite books that I read as a kid and think it would be a great addition to a classroom library. I think that it tells us a lot about bats and provides a great story along with interesting facts that students will be engaged in.

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Read for my toddler's nap time. A baby bat and its mommy was traveling when they got attacked and the baby bat got separated from her mom. She fell from above and couldn't fly to save herself. She fell into a nest and there were other baby birds there. The baby bat was a baby who couldn't survive on its own so it decided to become one of the birds and accepted bugs for foods even though it preferred fruits, but beggars couldn't be choosers. A cute story.

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Read for my toddler's nap time. A baby bat and its mommy was traveling when they got attacked and the baby bat got separated from her mom. She fell from above and couldn't fly to save herself. She fell into a nest and there were other baby birds there.

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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Title: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Author: Judith Viorst
Illustrator: Ray Cruz
Publisher: Little Simon, BRDBK edition
Publish Date: June 16, 1972
# of Pages: 34
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows Alexander and how his day goes from bad, to horrible, to worse, to absolutely awful.
Personal Response: This book is one of my favorites growing up and I loved how the book progressively gets worse and worse in a silly way for students. This is a great interactive book to read in the classroom.

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Title: Opposites
Author/Illustrator: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Boynton Bookwork's
Publish Date: November 30, 1982
# of Pages: 16
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book helps teach young students opposites in the world with the use of colorful pictures and familiar animals and objects.
Personal Response: I remember reading the whole series of these books as a kid and loved re reading them for this class. I really liked how they show the opposites of certain words in a creative and engaging way for young readers.

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Read 129 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with c…

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Title: Goodnight Moon
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Publisher: Harper & Brother Established 1817
Publish Date: September 3, 1947
# of Pages: 33
Genre: Children's picture.
Summary: This book is a great bedtime story to read to children. It is about a bunny saying goodnight to all the objects around the room and the creatures around it.
Personal Response: I remember reading this book as a kid and really liked reading it again for this class. I think that this book is a great one to read to young kids due to its rhythm and repetition of saying goodnight.

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Title: Hello Lighthouse
Author/Illustrator: Sophie Blacktall
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
Publish Date: April 10, 2018
# of pages: 48
Genre: historical fiction (children's)
Summary: This book follows the story of a light house keeper and how he has to get used to the life that he now lives. It talks about all the task that he must keep up in order. This book also received the 2019 Caldecott Medal.
Personal Response: Ever since I was a little kid I have loved lighthouses so reading this book was super cool to learn more about. I really liked the message of this book that somethings will survive longer than others and how that has a powerful message for a young reader reading this book.

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Hello Lighthouse is a pretty little picture book with a very nautical feel. I read it in e-book format, but I suspect that the physical versions are tall and narrow, reflecting the shape of a lighthouse.

There's not much in the way of plot. Rather, the story shows the day-to-day life of a lighthouse keeper and--eventually--his family. We get to see the inside of a lighthouse and learn about the operation of it. We see the loneliness and the boredom, but also the excitement and danger that comes w...more

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Hello Lighthouse is a pretty little picture book with a very nautical feel. I read it in e-book format, but I suspect that the physical versions are tall and narrow, reflecting the shape of a lighthouse. There's not much in the way of plot.

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Title: Froggy Goes to the Doctor
Author: Jonathon London
Illustrator: Fran Remkiewicz
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publish Date: October 21, 2004
# of Pages: 32
Genre: fiction
Summary: This book in the Froggy series follows froggy to the doctor. Froggy is a little nervous when going to the doctor since he does not know what to expect and does not want to get a shot, but he goes and realizes that it was not as bad as he was making it out to be.
Personal Response: I loved read Froggy books as a kid and think that they are great books for children just starting to read to get into. They also all give life lessons for students to grow from.

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Froggy is going to the doctor for a checkup, and he's feeling a little nervous. "What if the doctor wants to give me a shot?" he thinks. He worries as he dresses and then he can't sit still in the waiting room. Finally, it's time to go in and change for his exam, but . . . OOOPS! He's forgotten his underwear! And that's just the beginning of Froggy's hilarious doctor visit that ends reassuringly with a gold star and a lollipop.

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Froggy is going to the doctor for a checkup, and he's feeling a little nervous. "What if the doctor wants to give me a shot?" he thinks. He worries as he dresses and then he can't sit still in the waiting room. Finally, it's time to go in and change for his exam, but .

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Title: Just me and My Dad (Litle Critter)
Author/Illustrator: Mercer Mayer
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: 1977
# of Pages: 24
Genre: Childhood fiction
Summary: This book follows the father and son and how they spend some quality time with each other as he is young. They go fishing and take some time to spend together in nature.
Personal Response: I loved the Little Critter Books as a kid. I think that this book would be a great one to read around Fathers day in the classroom for the students. I think that is shows a great father son relationship and can be used to create fathers day projects in early elementary classrooms.

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Title: Pinkalicious
Authors/Illustrators: Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: May 23 2006
# of Pages: 40
Genre: children's fiction
Summary: A little girl eats way too many pink cupcakes and starts turning pink, her favorite color.
Personal Response: I loved this book when I was a kid so re-reading it brought back a lot of memories for me. I thin that this would also be a great book to read in class since it is a silly read aloud that still has some valuable life lessons in it.

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This sparkling New York Times bestselling picture book from Victoria and Elizabeth Kann celebrates all things pink while showing readers that being yourself is the best of all. This 10th anniversary edition of Pinkalicious features a special sticker and a glittery jacket just for the occasion.

Pinkalicious loves all things pink. From fairy dresses to cotton candy to bubblegum. Most importantly she loves eating pink cupcakes. Mommy and Daddy warn her not to eat too many, but Pinkalicious can't help herself. They're just too good! But when Pinkalicious eats one too many, she turns pink herself! What will she do?

Pinkalicious is the first picture book starring Pinkalicious and her family. She stars in five more picture books- Purplicious , Goldilicious , Silverlicious , Emeraldalicious , and Aqualicious -as well as I Can Reads, doodle books, and more!

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Title: Llama Llama Red Pajama
Author: Anna Dewdney
Illustrator: Anna Dewdney
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publish Date: May 5, 2005
# of Pages: 40
Genre: Bedtime story, fiction
Summary: This rhyming story follows a llama who is afraid at bedtime and wants his mother to come back. This book helps kids understand that they can do hard things like going to bed by themselves and they will be ok since their parents still love them and are there for them.
Personal Response: I really liked reading this book when I as in school. I think the rhyming element of this book helps draw in the young audience and helps motivate them to do hard things and that their parents are there for them. I think this would be a great book to read in class when talking about rhyming.

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Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake

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Title: Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake
Author: Eileen Christlow
Illustrator: Eileen Christlow
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: 1992
# of Pages: 28 pages
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book follows the five little monkeys as they try to bake a cake for their mothers birthday. They try to make the best cake they can for her but they seem to keep messing up the recipe and end up getting the fire department called while they are trying to make the cake while their mother is sleeping. They tell their mom that they just wanted to make her a birthday cake and she tells them that her birthday is not today, it is tomorrow.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book because it was a great sequel to the five monkeys jumping on the bed book that I grew up reading. I really liked the repetition of the story of "Shhhh don't wake up mama". I also really think that this would be a great story to read to students and have them come up with heir own recipe of how to bake a cake in the class and see all the different ways that younger students think you need to do to bake a cake.

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Five little monkeys wake up with the sun. Today is their mama's birthday and they are going to bake a cake. They'll have to measure the flour and mix in the right number of eggs, and get it all into the oven in time for the birthday surprise--without waking up Mama! Eileen Christelow has created an original, high-energy romp, sure to delight any child who has tried to plan a surprise.

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Five little monkeys wake up with the sun. Today is their mama's birthday and they are going to bake a cake. They'll have to measure the flour and mix in the right number of eggs, and get it all into the oven in time for the birthday surprise--without waking up Mama!

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Title: The Kissing Hand
Author: Audrey Penn
Illustrator: Audrey Penn and Ruth E. Harper
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publishing Date: June 1993
# of Pages: 32
Genre: Children's Literature
Summary: This book follows Chester a Racoon and how he is nervous for his first day of school and how his mom gives him a kiss on the hand as it represents her being with him while he attends school.
Personal Response: I love this book! My mom has a tradition of reading us this book every night before our first day of school so it brought back so many memories. I really like this book in the sense that fir a lot of students, they are terrified of their first day of school and reading a book like this on the first day in school can help them calm their nerves. I have had the thought of sending this book out to my families the night before the start of school to have the parents read it to their students to prepare them for the first day of school.

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Title: Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type
Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young
Publish Date: 2000
# of Pages: 32
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book is about cows on a farm that want some improvement that the farm can make for the farm and how they can have some better living requirements as they are typing all of these on a typewriter that they found.
Personal Response: I have read this class when I was leading reading groups as a para educator and the students loved it. It is a silly book that uses onomatopoeias that the students can learn and tells a hilarious story of how cows want more accommodations on the farm and they get the other farm animals in on it as well.

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Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, MOO. Click, clack, MOO. Clickety, clack, MOO....

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Tittle:  First Day Jitters
Author: Julie Dannenburg
Illustrator: Judy Love
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Publish Date: February 1, 2000
# of Pages: 32
Genre: fiction
Summary: This book follows the morning of the first day of school for Sarah and how she is so nervous for the first day and how she doesn't want to go. Once at school at the end of the book Sarah is introduced to the class and is the students new teacher.
Personal Response: I remember reading this book several times in elementary school on the first day of school by my teachers. I really like how the book talks about how students are nervous, but the teachers are also nervous for the new school year and that's ok and how they can help each other not be as nervous.

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Please check my website at www.juliedanneberg.com.

As a child, when I played at being grown-up, I never imagined myself as a writer. Instead I dreamed of being a famous chef, a secret agent, or a psychologist. I didn't end up becoming any of those things. Instead, I became a teacher.

I started off as an elementary school teacher, and thanks to my job, read lots and lots and lots of children's books. Not only was it fun, I witnessed, first hand the profound impact a good book can have on a child. It didn't take long before I was motivated to try and write books like the ones I enjoyed reading.

Later, when I became a mother, I began to seriously consider becoming a writer during our weekly trips to the library with my children. I think I enjoyed story time more than they did! The funny thing is that my kids eventually graduated from the children's section of the library and I never did. I still go to the library at least once a week, and while I don't sit in on story time anymore, I do leave every week with an armload of picture books.

Looking back I see how being a children's writer has helped me bring together many of my interests-teaching, traveling, and being creative.

After several years of teaching elementary school, I ended up teaching middle school, and I loved it. I am now newly retired and am enjoying immersing myself fulltime in writing and teaching writing to others.

My husband and I live in Boulder, Colorado where I enjoy reading, quilting, hiking, biking, and spending time with my family.

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Harry Potter: And the Philisopher's Stone

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Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone
Author: J.K Rowling
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publish Date: June 26, 1997
# of Pages: 223
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Summary: This book follows the story of Harry, an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle and cousin and how he discovers how he discovers he is a wizard and has magical powers and is able to go to a school of witchcraft and wizardry to become a wizard. He there become friends with some of his classmates and ends up finding out how parents dies and finding out who the killer is.
Personal Response: I really liked re reading this book since it was one that I read as a kid and loved the series. Though the author of these books has been in varies controversial remarks, the book itself provides a great sense of imagery for students and the use of magic and make belief wonder that draws the audience in. This would be a great series to read in the classroom and to be able to incorporate into the classroom.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school and with the help of his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, he faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old.

The book was first published in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States the following year by Scholastic Corporation under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into at least 73 other languages, and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name, as have all six of its sequels. The novel has sold in excess of 120 million copies, making it the fourth best-selling book of all time.

Most reviews were very favourable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, humour, simple, direct style and clever plot construction, although a few complained that the final chapters seemed rushed. The writing has been compared to that of Jane Austen, one of Rowling's favourite authors; Roald Dahl, whose works dominated children's stories before the appearance of Harry Potter; and the ancient Greek story-teller Homer. While some commentators thought the book looked backwards to Victorian and Edwardian boarding school stories, others thought it placed the genre firmly in the modern world by featuring contemporary ethical and social issues, as well as overcoming obstacles like bullying.

The Harry Potter series has been used as a source of object lessons in educational techniques, sociological analysis and marketing.

Harry Potter lives with his neglectful uncle and aunt, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, and their bullying son, Dudley. On Harry's eleventh birthday, Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant, delivers an acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing that Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter, were wizards. When Harry was just a year old, a powerful but malevolent dark wizard named Lord Voldemort murdered his parents; Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse that rebounded and seemingly destroyed the Dark Lord, leaving a lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead. Unknown to Harry, this act made him famous in the wizarding world.

Hagrid escorts Harry to Diagon Alley, the hidden wizard commerce and retail section in London. Harry's parents have left him a fortune kept in Gringotts Wizarding Bank, which he uses to buy school supplies and a wand from Ollivander's. The cores of Harry and Lord Voldemort's wands have feathers from the same phoenix bird, making them "brothers". Hagrid gifts Harry an owl, whom he names as Hedwig, as a birthday present. A month later, Harry boards the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross railway station's secret . En route to Hogwarts, Harry befriends fellow first year Ron Weasley and meets Hermione Granger, whom the two boys initially dislike.

Harry runs afoul of Draco Malfoy, the spoiled son of a prominent wizard. At Hogwarts, a magical Sorting Hat sorts the first years among four school Houses ( Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin) that best suit their personalities and talents. Draco joins Slytherin, known for producing dark wizards, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sorted into Gryffindor.

Harry's broomstick flying ability earns him a place on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as the Seeker. Harry comes to dislike Potions master Severus Snape, who favours Slytherin while seeking to fail Harry. Malfoy tricks Harry and Ron into risking expulsion by leaving their common room after curfew. Hermione, unable to stop them, tags along. Realising Malfoy's ruse, they hide in a forbidden corridor and discover a gigantic three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor. Harry and Ron later save Hermione from a troll during a Halloween celebration and the three become best friends. Coupled with Snape's recent leg injury and suspicious behaviour, Harry, Ron, and Hermione believe he is attempting to enter the trapdoor.

During Harry's first Quidditch match, his broomstick attempts to buck him off. Snape's strange behaviour during the match convinces Hermione he jinxed Harry's broom. Harry receives an anonymous Christmas gift - his father's invisibility cloak. Using it to explore the school, he discovers the Mirror of Erised, which shows what the viewer most desires. Harry sees his parents.

A newspaper report later describes an attempted robbery at the same vault in Gringotts from which Hagrid retrieved an item for Hogwarts' headmaster Albus Dumbledore on the same day. The object beneath the trapdoor is the philosopher's stone, which grants its user immortality and the ability to turn any metal into pure gold. Firenze, a forest centaur, warns Harry that Voldemort is plotting to steal the stone to restore his body. When Dumbledore is lured from Hogwarts under false pretences, Harry, Hermione, and Ron fear the theft is imminent and descend through the trapdoor.

Various obstacles force Ron and Hermione to remain behind while Harry proceeds. Harry encounters Professor Quirrell, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He jinxed Harry's broom and let the troll into the school; Snape was protecting Harry. Voldemort, whose face has regrown on the back of Quirrell's head, is revealed to be the professor's secret master. Harry is forced to stand before the Mirror of Erised. It recognises Harry's lack of greed for the stone and deposits it into his pocket. Quirrell attempts to seize the stone, but his flesh burns upon contact with Harry. Harry's scar begins hurting, and he passes out.

Harry awakens in the school's infirmary. He survived Voldemort because his mother sacrificing her life for him left a magical protective charm. Quirrell's hatred and greed caused him to burn upon contact with Harry; Voldemort abandoned him to die. Dumbledore reveals he sent Harry the invisibility cloak, while the philosopher's stone, that had been keeping the long-lived Nicolas Flamel alive, has been destroyed with Flamel's consent to prevent its being stolen. During the school's year-end feast, Gryffindor is awarded the House Cup. Harry returns to the Dursleys at Privet Drive until the next school year.

Harry Potter is an orphan whom Rowling imagined as a "scrawny, black-haired, green eyed and bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard." She developed the series' story and characters to explain how Harry came to be in this situation and how his life unfolded from there. Apart from the first chapter, the events of this book take place just before and in the year following Harry's eleventh birthday. Voldemort's attack left a lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead, which produces stabbing pains whenever Voldemort is present. Harry has a natural talent for Quidditch and became the first person in a century to get on their team in their first year.

Ron Weasley is Harry's age, and Rowling describes him as the ultimate best friend "always there when you need him". He is freckled, red-haired, and quite tall. He grew up in a fairly large pure-blood family as the sixth born of seven children. Although his family is quite poor, they still live comfortably and happily. His loyalty and bravery in the face of a game of Wizards Chess plays a vital part in finding the Philosopher's Stone.

Hermione Granger, the daughter of an all-Muggle family, is a bossy girl who has apparently memorised most of the textbooks before the start of term. Rowling described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness". Despite her nagging efforts to keep Harry and Ron out of trouble, she becomes a close friend of the two boys after they save her from a troll and her magical and analytical skills play an important role in finding the Philosopher's Stone. She has bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth.

Neville Longbottom is a plump, diffident boy, so forgetful that his grandmother gives him a Remembrall, to remind him if he forgets something. Neville's magical abilities are weak and appeared just in time to save his life when he was eight. Despite his timidity, Neville will fight anyone after some encouragement or if he thinks it is right and important.

Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant nearly 12 feet (3.7 m) tall, with tangled black hair and beard, was expelled from Hogwarts and his wand was snapped in half (resulting in him never to use a wand again), however Professor Dumbledore let him stay on as the school's gamekeeper, a job which enables him to give lavish affection, care and even pet names (such as Norbert the dragon) on even the most dangerous of magical creatures. Hagrid is fiercely loyal to Dumbledore and quickly becomes a close friend of Harry, Ron and, later, Hermione, but his carelessness makes him unreliable.

Professor Albus Dumbledore, a tall, thin man who wears half-moon spectacles and has silver hair and a beard that tucks into his belt, is the headmaster of Hogwarts, and thought to be the only wizard Voldemort fears. Dumbledore, while renowned for his achievements in magic, shrugs off praise, though he is aware of his own brilliance. Rowling described him as the "epitome of goodness".

Professor Minerva McGonagall, a tall, severe-looking woman with black hair tied in a tight bun, teaches Transfiguration and is able to transform herself into a cat. She is Deputy Headmistress and Head of Gryffindor House.

Petunia Dursley, the sister of Harry's mother Lily, is a thin woman with a long neck that she uses for spying on the neighbours. As a Muggle, she regards her magical sister as a freak and tries to pretend that she never existed.

Vernon Dursley, the husband of Petunia Dursley, is a heavily built man whose irascible bluster covers a narrow mind and a fear of anything unusual.

Dudley Dursley is an overweight, spoilt bully and Harry's cousin.

Draco Malfoy is a slim, pale boy who speaks in a bored drawl. He is arrogant about his skill in Quidditch, and despises anyone who is not a pure-blood wizard and wizards who do not share his views. His parents had supported Voldemort, but changed sides after the dark wizard's disappearance, claiming they had been bewitched. Draco avoids direct confrontations and tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.

Oliver Wood is Harry's Quidditch captain and keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Professor Quirrell is a twitching, stammering, and nervous man who teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts. Reputedly he was a brilliant scholar, but his nerve was shattered by an encounter with vampires. Quirrell wears a turban to conceal the fact that he is voluntarily possessed by Voldemort, whose face appears on the back of Quirrell's head.

Professor Severus Snape, who has a hooked nose, sallow complexion, and greasy black hair, teaches Potions, but would prefer to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. Snape favours pupils in Slytherin, his own House and seizes every opportunity to humiliate others, especially Harry. Several incidents, beginning with the shooting pain in Harry's scar during the start-of-term feast, lead Harry and his friends to think Snape is aiding Voldemort.

Argus Filch, the school caretaker who knows the school's secret passages better than anyone else except, perhaps, the Weasley twins. His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his constant hunt for misbehaving pupils.

Other members of staff include: the dumpy Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, the tiny and excitable Charms teacher and Head of Ravenclaw House, the soporific History of magic teacher, Professor Binns, a ghost who does not seem to have noticed his own death, and Madam Hooch, the Quidditch coach, who is strict, but a considerate and methodical teacher. The poltergeist Peeves wanders around the castle causing trouble wherever he can.

In the book, Rowling introduces an eclectic cast of characters. The first character to be introduced is Vernon Dursley, Harry's uncle. Most of the actions centre on the eponymous hero [Harry Potter, an orphan who escapes his miserable childhood with the Dursley family. Rowling imagined him as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard" and says she transferred part of her pain about losing her mother to him. During the book, Harry makes two close friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. Ron is described by Rowling as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him". Rowling has described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness".

Rowling also imagined a supporting cast of adults. The headmaster of Hogwarts is the powerful, but kind wizard Albus Dumbledore, who becomes Harry's confidant. Rowling described him as "the epitome of goodness". His right hand is severe Minerva McGonagall, the friendly half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, who saved Harry from the Dursley family and the sinister Severus Snape. Professor Quirrell is also featured in the novel.

The main antagonists are Draco Malfoy, an elitist, bullying classmate, and Lord Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard who becomes disembodied when he tries to kill baby Harry. According to a 1999 interview with Rowling, the character of Voldemort was created as a literary foil for Harry and his backstory was intentionally not fleshed-out at first:

The basic idea... Harry, I saw Harry very very very clearly. Very vividly. And I knew he didn't know he was a wizard. ... And so then I kind of worked backwards from that position to find out how that could be, that he wouldn't know what he was. ... When he was one year old, the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill him. He killed Harry's parents, and then he tried to kill Harry-he tried to curse him. ... And-so-but for some mysterious reason, the curse didn't work on Harry. So he's left with this lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead and the curse rebounded upon the evil wizard, who has been in hiding ever since.

Development, publication and reception

The book, which was Rowling's debut novel, was written between approximately June 1990 and some time in 1995. In 1990, Jo Rowling, as she preferred to be known, wanted to move with her boyfriend to a flat in Manchester and in her words, "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head... A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me... I began to write Philosopher's Stone that very evening. Although, the first couple of pages look nothing like the finished product." Then, Rowling's mother died and, to cope with her pain, Rowling transferred her own anguish to the orphan Harry. Rowling spent six years working on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and after it was accepted by Bloomsbury, she obtained a grant of £8,000 from the Scottish Arts Council, which enabled her to plan the sequels. She sent the book to a literary agent and a publisher and then the second agent she approached spent a year trying to sell the book to publishers, most of whom thought it was too long at about 90,000 words. Barry Cunningham, who was building a portfolio of distinctive fantasies by new authors for Bloomsbury Children's Books, recommended accepting the book and the eight-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's chief executive said it was "so much better than anything else".

Imitation of the fictional Platform 9+ 3⁄4 at the real King's Cross railway station, with a luggage trolley apparently halfway through the magical wall

Bloomsbury accepted the book, paying Rowling a £2,500 advance and Cunningham sent proof copies to carefully chosen authors, critics and booksellers in order to obtain comments that could be quoted when the book was launched. He was less concerned about the book's length than about its author's name, since the title sounded like a boys' book to him and he believed boys preferred books by male authors. Rowling therefore adopted the pen name J. K. Rowling just before publication.

In June 1997, Bloomsbury published Philosopher's Stone with an initial print run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries. Her original name, "Joanne Rowling", can be found on the copyright page of all British editions until September 1999. (The 1998 first American edition would remove reference to "Joanne" completely.) The short initial print run was standard for first novels and Cunningham hoped booksellers would read the book and recommend it to customers. Examples from this initial print run have sold for as much as US$471,000 in a 2021 Heritage auction. Thomas Taylor created the cover for the first edition.

Lindsey Fraser, who had previously supplied one of the blurb comments, wrote what is thought to be the first published review, in The Scotsman on 28 June 1997. She described Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as "a hugely entertaining thriller" and Rowling as "a first-rate writer for children". Another early review, in , said: "I have yet to find a child who can put it down." Newspapers outside Scotland started to notice the book, with glowing reviews in The Guardian and The Sunday Times and in September 1997 Books for Keeps, a magazine that specialised in children's books, gave the novel four stars out of five. Sunday Times said: "comparisons to Dahl are, this time, justified", while The Guardian called it "a richly textured novel given lift-off by an inventive wit" and The Scotsman said it had "all the makings of a classic".

In 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The Smarties award, which is voted for by children, made the book well known within six months of publication, while most children's books have to wait for years. The following year, Philosopher's Stone won almost all the other major British awards that were decided by children. It was also shortlisted for children's books awards adjudicated by adults, but did not win. Sandra Beckett commented that books that were popular with children were regarded as undemanding and as not of the highest literary standards - for example, the literary establishment disdained the works of Dahl, an overwhelming favourite of children before the appearance of Rowling's books. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 22 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone won two publishing industry awards given for sales rather than literary merit, the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Booksellers' Association / Bookseller Author of the Year. By March 1999 UK editions had sold just over 300,000 copies and the story was still the UK's best-selling title in December 2001. A Braille edition was published in May 1998 by the Scottish Braille Press.

Platform , from which the Hogwarts Express left London, was commemorated in the real-life King's Cross railway station with a sign and a trolley apparently passing through the wall.

Scholastic Corporation bought the US rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book. Scholastic's Arthur Levine thought that "philosopher" sounded too archaic for readers and after some discussion (including the proposed title "Harry Potter and the School of Magic"), the American edition was published in September 1998 under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling later said that she regretted this change and would have fought it if she had been in a stronger position at the time. Philip Nel has pointed out that the change lost the connection with alchemy and the meaning of some other terms changed in translation, for example from " crumpet" to "muffin". While Rowling accepted the change from both the British English "mum" and Seamus Finnigan's Irish variant "mam" to the American variant "mom" in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, she vetoed this change in the later books, which was then reversed in later editions of Philosopher's Stone. However, Nel considered that Scholastic's translations were considerably more sensitive than most of those imposed on British English books of the time and that some other changes could be regarded as useful copyedits. Since the UK editions of early titles in the series were published months prior to the American versions, some American readers became familiar with the British English versions owing to having bought them from online retailers.

On BookBrowse, a site that aggregates book reviews such as media reviews, the book received a from "Critics' Opinion".[35] At first the most prestigious reviewers ignored the book, leaving it to book trade and library publications such as Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, which examined it only by the entertainment-oriented criteria of children's fiction. However, more penetrating specialist reviews (such as one by Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, which noted complexity, depth and consistency in the world that Rowling had built) attracted the attention of reviewers in major newspapers.[36] Although The Boston Globe and Michael Winerip in The New York Times complained that the final chapters were the weakest part of the book,[20][37] they and most other American reviewers gave glowing praise.[20] A year later, the US edition was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998 and a New York Public Library 1998 Best Book of the Year and won Parenting Magazine's Book of the Year Award for 1998,[21] the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. In 2012 it was ranked number 3 on a list of the top 100 children's novels published by School Library Journal.[38]

In August 1999, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone topped the New York Times list of best-selling fiction and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the New York Times split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings. Publishers Weekly's report in December 2001 on cumulative sales of children's fiction placed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 19th among hardbacks (over 5 million copies) and 7th among paperbacks (over 6.6 million copies).

In May 2008, Scholastic announced the creation of a 10th Anniversary Edition of the book that was released on 1 October 2008 to mark the tenth anniversary of the original American release. For the fifteenth anniversary of the books, Scholastic re-released Sorcerer's Stone, along with the other six novels in the series, with new cover art by Kazu Kibuishi in 2013.

By mid-2008, official translations of the book had been published in 67 languages. By November 2017, the book had been translated into 80 languages, the 80th being Lowland Scots. Bloomsbury have published translations in Latin and in Ancient Greek, with the latter being described as "one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries".

Philip Nel highlighted the influence of Jane Austen, whom Rowling has greatly admired since the age of twelve. Both novelists greatly encourage re-reading, because details that look insignificant foreshadow important events or characters much later in the story-line - for example Sirius Black is briefly mentioned near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and then becomes a major character in the third to fifth books. Like Austen's heroines, Harry often has to re-examine his ideas near the ends of books. Some social behaviour in the Harry Potter books is reminiscent of Austen, for example the excited communal reading of letters. Both authors satirise social behaviour and give characters names that express their personalities. However, in Nel's opinion Rowling's humour is more based on caricature and the names she invents are more like those found in Charles Dickens's stories, and Amanda Cockrell noted that many of these express their owners' traits through allusions that run from ancient Roman mythology to eighteenth-century German literature. Rowling, like the Narnia series' author C. S. Lewis, thinks there is no rigid distinction between stories for children and for adults. Nel also noted that, like many good writers for children, Rowling combines literary genres‍-‌ fantasy, young adult fiction, boarding school stories, Bildungsroman and many others.

Some reviewers compared Philosopher's Stone to the stories of Roald Dahl, who died in 1990. Many writers since the 1970s had been hailed as his successor, but none had attained anything near his popularity with children and, in a poll conducted shortly after the launch of Philosopher's Stone, seven of the ten most popular children's books were by Dahl, including the one in top place. The only other really popular children's author of the late 1990s was an American, R. L. Stine. Some of the story elements in Philosopher's Stone resembled parts of Dahl's stories. For example, the hero of James and the Giant Peach lost his parents and had to live with a pair of unpleasant aunts‍-‌one fat and one thin rather like Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, who treated Harry as a servant. However Harry Potter was a distinctive creation, able to take on the responsibilities of an adult while remaining a child inside.

Librarian Nancy Knapp and marketing professor Stephen Brown noted the liveliness and detail of descriptions, especially of shop scenes such as Diagon Alley. Tad Brennan commented that Rowling's writing resembles that of Homer: "rapid, plain, and direct in expression". Stephen King admired "the sort of playful details of which only British fantasists seem capable" and concluded that they worked because Rowling enjoys a quick giggle and then moves briskly forward.

Nicholas Tucker described the early Harry Potter books as looking back to Victorian and Edwardian children's stories: Hogwarts was an old-style boarding school in which the teachers addressed pupils formally by their surnames and were most concerned with the reputations of the houses with which they were associated; characters' personalities were plainly shown by their appearances, starting with the Dursleys; evil or malicious characters were to be crushed rather than reformed, including Argus Filch's cat Mrs Norris; and the hero, a mistreated orphan who found his true place in life, was charismatic and good at sports, but considerate and protective towards the weak. Several other commentators have stated that the books present a highly stratified society including many social stereotypes. However Karin Westerman drew parallels with 1990s Britain: a class system that was breaking down but defended by those whose power and status it upheld; the multi-ethnic composition of Hogwarts' students; the racial tensions between the various intelligent species; and school bullying.

Susan Hall wrote that there is no rule of law in the books, as the actions of Ministry of Magic officials are unconstrained by laws, accountability or any kind of legal challenge. This provides an opportunity for Voldemort to offer his own horrific version of order. As a side-effect Harry and Hermione, who were brought up in the highly regulated Muggle world, find solutions by thinking in ways unfamiliar to wizards. For example, Hermione notes that one obstacle to finding the Philosopher's Stone is a test of logic rather than magical power, and that most wizards have no chance of solving it.

Nel suggested that the unflattering characterisation of the extremely conventional, status-conscious, materialistic Dursleys was Rowling's reaction to the family policies of the British government in the early 1990s, which treated the married heterosexual couple as the "preferred norm", while the author was a single mother. Harry's relationships with adult and juvenile wizards are based on affection and loyalty. This is reflected in his happiness whenever he is a temporary member of the Weasley family throughout the series, and in his treatment of first Rubeus Hagrid and later Remus Lupin and Sirius Black as father-figures.: 13-15, 47-48

The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and later, in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published on 16 July 2005 and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published on 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.

An illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released on 6 October 2015, with illustrations by Jim Kay. The book carries over 100 illustrations and will be followed by illustrated versions of all seven books from the series by the same artist.

In May 2020, a reading podcast by Spotify was created and entitled Harry Potter at Home: Readings. Each chapter is narrated by a celebrity guest from the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchises.

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The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
20 May 2020

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Jamie Parker and cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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The Man with the Two Faces
16 July 2020

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Three families of Harry Potter fans, with a surprise appearance from J. K. Rowling

In 1999, Rowling sold the film rights of the first two Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million. Rowling demanded that the principal cast be kept strictly British, but allowed for the casting of Irish actors such as Richard Harris as Dumbledore and of foreign actors as characters of the same nationalities in later books. After extensive casting, filming began in September 2000 at Leavesden Film Studios and in London, with production ending in July 2001. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released in London on 14 November 2001. Reviewers' comments were positive, as reflected by an 81% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and by a score of 65% at Metacritic, representing "generally favourable reviews".

Five unique video games by different developers were released between 2001 and 2003 by Electronic Arts, that were loosely based on the film and book:

Writers on education and business subjects have used the book as an object lesson. Writing about clinical teaching in medical schools, Jennifer Conn contrasted Snape's technical expertise with his intimidating behaviour towards students. Quidditch coach Madam Hooch on the other hand, illustrated useful techniques in the teaching of physical skills, including breaking down complex actions into sequences of simple ones and helping students to avoid common errors. Joyce Fields wrote that the books illustrate four of the five main topics in a typical first-year sociology class: "sociological concepts including culture, society, and socialisation; stratification and social inequality; social institutions; and social theory".

Stephen Brown noted that the early Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of management. Instead he recommended that they should treat the stories as "a marketing masterclass", full of enticing products and brand names. For example, a real-world analogue of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans was introduced under licence in 2000 by toymaker Hasbro.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Title: Junie B., First Grader (at Last!)
Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: August 20, 2002
# of Pages: 96 pages
Genre: Fiction
Summary: In this Junie B Jones book Junie B Jones finally graduates from Kindergarten and is off to 1st grade, but she is a little nervous about going into the school year with her friends not there with her. She is able to make new friends and is able to grow as a new First Grader and make new memories.
Personal Response: I remember my first time reading this book in first grade with my first grade teacher and it was a great way to enter into a new school year, especially if you do not have as many friends in your class and how you can make new friends and grow.

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Title: Judy Moody Was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood
Author: Megan McDonald
Illustrator: Peter H Reynolds
Publisher: Candlewick Press Inc
Publish Date: 2000
# of Pages: 176 pages
Genre: Children's Fiction
Summary: This book in the series of Judy Moody follows Judy's discomfort with summer coming to an end and having to start 3rd grade so her and her friend Rocky try to make the most of the end of summer and prepare themselves for the year ahead of them.
Personal Response: I remember reading this book as a kid and I loved it! It was so fun to read it again and read it from a teachers perspective of how students can be stressed about the upcoming school year. I think this would be a great book to read at the beginning of the year to help students with the transition from summer to their new grade.

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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of Thai Boys Soccer Team

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Title: All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team
Author: Cristina Soontornvat
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publish Date: October 13, 2020
# of Pages: 220
Genre: teen nonfiction
Summary: This book follows the true story of a Thai boys soccer team getting trapped in a cave and miraculously being able to escape with all of them survive.
Personal Response: I found this book incredibly interesting and even more so that it was on a true story. I remembered my dada telling me about this story earlier and being able to read about the amazing experience that these boys were able to achieve though a time of terror. It was incredibly inspirational and a great book to read in my future classroom.

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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team is a 2020 nonfiction children's book by American author Christina Soontornvat. It describes the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. The book received positive reviews from critics and was awarded a Newbery Honor and a Sibert Honor in 2021.

The book recounts the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, in which 12 boys on a soccer team and their coach were rescued after they were trapped in the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave. It includes scientific information related to the rescue, including details on caverns and diving, and features photographs and maps of the region.

Soontornvat was visiting family in northern Thailand when the Tham Luang cave story was first reported. According to Soontornvat, upon returning to the United States, she noticed that media coverage was portraying the situation through a predominantly Western lens and decided to tell the story incorporating a Thai perspective. She returned to Thailand two months after the final rescue to interview the volunteers who helped with the rescue efforts, with her father acting as her translator.

The book was published by Candlewick Press on October 13, 2020. The audiobook version was narrated by Quincy Surasmith.

Kirkus Reviews praised the storytelling as "masterful" and "expertly crafted". Publishers Weekly noted that "Soontornvat delivers humanizing coverage of a harrowing event, attempting to decenter Western media's lens with great success." In a review for Booklist, Ronny Khuri wrote that "Soontornvat selects details and measures her pacing with the practiced hand of a skilled storyteller." V. Lynn Christiansen of School Library Journal compared it to "a heart-pounding adventure story." Jonathan Hunt, writing for The Horn Book Magazine, praised the "lucid prose" and wrote that Soontornvat "keeps a tight focus on the unfolding story".

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Title: All Are Welcome
Author: Alexandra Penfold
Illustrator: Suzanne Kaufman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publish Date: March 7. 2019
# of pages: 44
Genre: Fiction/Inclusive Children's Literature
Summary: This book promotes diversity and welcoming and including every student and celebrating everyone and their differences and making sure everyone feels like at school they can be a family. This book shows students who do not look anything alike and have many differences, but go to the same school.
Personal Response: I love this book!! I think that it is a great book to potentially read on the first day of school to show that each student is unique and has a special place in the class and is important in their world. I really like how it shows students from different ethnic backgrounds and allows for students to really show who they are and know that school is a safe place to do this. I think that this would be an awesome book to read in the classroom and will help students learn to love themselves and know that they matter regardless of what they look like, where they are from, or what they like to do.

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Title: Dear Girl: A Celebration of Wonderful, Smart, Beautiful You!
Authors: Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal
Illustrator: Holly Hatam
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: December 26, 2017
# of pages: 40
Genre: Fiction/Motivational
Grade Level: Pre-Kindergarten- 2nd Grade
Summary: This book tells the story of many girls being themselves and being more confident in themselves. This book revolves around being who you are and knowing that you are a great human being whether you are outgoing or shy, like to play in the dirt or like sparkly dresses, or like doing all of things. It creates a sense of comfort and stability.
Personal Response: My mom actually got both of my sister and I this book for Christmas a few years ago and I have read it over and over and love the message. I think that these types of books just promote being true to who you are which will be great in the classroom and celebrate people who are different and that's ok or people who do like certain things and that's ok. It overall just promotes happiness and being yourself and having that confidence which I think as a teacher is a great book to have in the classroom , regardless of the grade you are teaching.

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The #1 New York Times bestseller that Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb calls "a beautiful, beautiful book."

The bestselling author of I Wish You More , Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and her daughter Paris Rosenthal collaborate to bring you the heartwarming and inspiring Dear Girl,

Dear Girl, is a love letter written for the special girl in your life; a gentle reminder that she's powerful, strong, and holds a valuable place in the world.

Through Amy and Paris's charming text and Holly Hatam's stunning illustrations, any girl reading this book will feel that she's great just the way she is-whether she enjoys jumping in a muddy puddle, has a face full of freckles, or dances on table tops.

Dear Girl, encourages girls to always be themselves and to love who they are-inside and out.

This book is for you.

Wonderful, smart, beautiful you.

If you ever need a reminder, just turn to any page in this book and know that you are special and you are loved.

Celebrate graduations, birthdays, and other special moments with the dear girls in your life with the lasting gift of this remarkable book.

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Title: The Rainbow Fish
Author/Illustrator: Marcus Pfister
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publish Date: 1992
# of pages: 12
Genre: Children's Literature
Grade Level: Kindergarten- 2nd
Summary: This book follows a fish that is covered in shiny scales and feels so beautiful since he has so many shiny scales. The other fish in the sea see his scales and want them, and the shiny fish does not share them initially, this then makes the other fish in the ocean not want to be around him because they feel he is greedy. The shiny fish then realizes this and decides to give some of his shiny scales away to other fish in the sea. This kind act of sharing then creates a community of rainbow fish that have some shiny scales.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book as a child, and it brought back many memories re-reading it for this class. I really enjoy the meaning of this book since it shows someone who has a lot of very nice things and how they were initially very greedy with their shiny scales, but then notices how sharing was turning other fish away, so the fish decided to start sharing his shiny scales. I really like the message for this story since it gives a great message to kids to share with people and become friends with many people, as well as your actions reflect who you are. I think this will be a great addition to an early elementary classroom bookshelf.

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The objective of the story was that the fishy learned how to share. In the begining of the story the main character was a selfish blob but later sheThe objective of the story was that the fishy learned how to share. In the begining of the story the main character was a selfish blob but later she found out that she had to share her beauty to all the uglies. In the end they were all happy because they were all a little bit pretty. Therefore that is the objective of the story you DONUT!!!!!! Melissa Leon...more (less)

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Title: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing
Publish Date: 1985
# of pages: 32
Genre: Fiction/ Cause and Effect
Grade Level: 1st-3rd
Summary: In this story, it follows a chain of cause and effect events starting with giving a mouse a cookie and what happens after this. The story goes on and on leading from milk to scissors to colored pencils, and then it loops back around to milk and a cookie again.
Personal Response: This is a great book to have in early elementary grade levels since it does a great job of talking about cause and effect which is a topic that most early grade levels cover. I also think that this is a great book for students to be engaged and for them to wonder what will be coming next in the series of events. This book also comes in a series so students can also learn how to read these books since they have the same plot with different animals and food items. Overall, I think that this would be a great addition to an elementary school library bookshelf and can be incorporated into lesson plans.

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a children's book written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, first published in 1985. Described as a "circular tale", illustrating a slippery slope, it is Numeroff and Bond's first collaboration in what came to be the If You Give... series.

A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk), a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair in the mirror), and a broom (to sweep up his hair trimmings). Next he wants to take a nap, have a story read to him, draw a picture, and hang the drawing on the refrigerator. Looking at the refrigerator makes him thirsty, so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. The circle is complete when he wants a cookie to go with it.

The text was interpreted by illustrator Felicia Bond to show the increasing energy of the mouse, with the little boy being run ragged by the end of the story. The art was praised by School Library Journal for its "meticulous attention to detail", and was executed with vibrant colors of blended pencil in a complex process of layering magenta, cyan, yellow, and black on separate sheets, which were then assembled during printing.

Bond describes rushing to get the sketches done before leaving town with her boyfriend and that the energy of the mouse evolved from that excitement. She has mentioned on numerous occasions that the little boy in the book was her boyfriend, Stephen Roxburgh, as a child.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie quickly became established as a popular favorite and is today considered a contemporary classic.[citation needed ] A series of sixteen titles followed. They have been translated into more than thirteen languages. The If You Give... series has garnered numerous awards, and their popularity is witnessed by their consistent presence on The New York Times Best Seller List.

Charles Schulz created two Peanuts strips about If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and in 2000 Oprah Winfrey chose If You Give a Pig a Pancake as one of her favorite things in 2000. She also included it on her list Oprah's Favorite Things from A-Z in that same year. "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" was the answer to a question on . The books have been adapted into plays for children's theaters. The Bronx Zoo in New York featured the art in their Children's Zoo for one year and the artwork has been used to create murals in the wings of children's hospitals. The series has fans of all ages from all over the world including Japan, where an entire Tokyo city bus was painted with images of Mouse. Mouse also made it to the White House; in Laura Bush's Celebration of American Authors at the 2001 Presidential Inauguration Felicia Bond and Laura Numeroff were among those honored for their If You Give... series, and the former First Lady writes that the Bush family cat India's favorite book was If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. A bronze sculpture of her sleeping on the book is included in the George W. Bush Presidential Library. First Lady Michelle Obama read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the White House lawn during the 2009 Easter Egg Roll.

According to a Washington Post article the book was believed to represent a critique of the welfare state and entitlement programs in the United States.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (November 1985)

If You Give a Moose a Muffin (March 1991)

If You Give a Pig a Pancake (February 1998)

The Best Mouse Cookie (July 1999)

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies (May 2000)

If You Take a Mouse to School (September 2002)

If You Give a Pig a Party (April 2004)

Merry Christmas, Mouse! (August 2007)

Time for School, Mouse! (2008)

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (2008)

Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse! (2009)

Happy Easter, Mouse! (2010)

It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (2012)

Happy Birthday, Mouse! (2012)

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie (2016)

Compilations

The book series was also awarded an Honoree "Laura Bush Celebrates American Authors" in 2001 plus Presidential Inauguration "NEA Teacher's Picks Books to Read Across America" in 1999.

Если дать мышонку печенье (2012, Russian, ISBN 978-5-903497-87-4. However, it was published at least as early as 1991 in the children magazine Трамвай (The Tram))

An animated series adaptation of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie was released on Amazon Prime on November 7, 2017.

Shepherd-Hayes, Deborah (1994). A Guide for Using If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin in the Classroom. Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials. ISBN 1-55734-531-7.

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a children's book written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, first published in 1985. Described as a "circular tale", illustrating a slippery slope, it is Numeroff and Bond's first collaboration in what came to be the If You Give... series.

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Title: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Theif
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Miramax Books
Publishing date: June 28, 2005
# of pages: 375
Genre: Greek mythology/children's literature
Grade Level: 3rd- 8th
Summary: This book follows Percy Jackson, a demigod who discovers that his dad is Poseidon and has to go on a quest to get his mother back while she was taken by a mythological Greek creature. On this journey he travels to Camp Half-blood, a camp for all the children who have a Greek god as a parent. From here he embarks on his journey to find his mother and find Zeus' lighting bolt to restore a fight between the gods.
Personal Response: I really liked re-reading this book since it is a part of one of my favorite series as a kid. I really like these books for students because they are a way that students can learn Greek mythology in a way that is fun and creative. I think will be a great series to carry in my future classroom library because they provide educational background to a fun narrative story.

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Craig Titley, based on the 2005 novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The film is the first installment in the Percy Jackson film series. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, and Uma Thurman.

In 2004 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to the book series. In 2007 Chris Columbus was hired to direct. Filming began April 2009 in Vancouver. Some shots were filmed in Tennessee and Las Vegas, and some exterior scenes were shot in New York.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released theatrically in the United States on February 12, 2010, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for the poor grasp of its source material and its script, but praise for Lerman and Jackson's performances, visual effects, and action sequences. The film grossed $226.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $95 million. It was released on June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. A video game based on the film was released for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010. A sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released on August 7, 2013.

At the top of the Empire State Building, Zeus meets his brother Poseidon and accuses Poseidon's demigod son, Percy Jackson, of stealing his master lightning bolt. Poseidon reminds Zeus that Percy is unaware of his true identity, but Zeus declares that unless the bolt is returned to Mount Olympus before midnight of the Summer Solstice in two weeks, war will be waged between all the gods.

A 16-year-old Percy struggles with dyslexia and ADHD for long periods. On a school trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Percy is attacked by Alecto, a Fury masquerading as his substitute English teacher Mrs. Dodds, who demands the bolt. Percy's best friend Grover Underwood and his Latin teacher Mr. Brunner help scare off Alecto. Mr. Brunner gives Percy a pen which he claims is a very powerful cosmic weapon, and instructs Grover to take Percy and his mother Sally to Camp Half-Blood - a secret sanctuary for demigod children on Long Island, leaving behind Sally's abusive husband and Percy's stepfather, Gabe Ugliano. There, they are attacked by the Minotaur, who seemingly kills Percy's mother. Percy discovers that Mr. Brunner's pen is a magical sword, and uses it to fight off the Minotaur, killing it with its own horn.

Waking up three days later, Percy learns he is Poseidon's son, Grover is a satyr and Percy's protector, and Mr. Brunner is Chiron, a centaur. He starts coming into his latent demigod powers, which include hydrokinesis and healing, and meets other demigods, including Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena; and the camp's leader Luke Castellan, son of Hermes. Percy is visited by an apparition of Hades, who reveals that the Minotaur abducted Sally to the Underworld to trade for the bolt. Defying Chiron's orders, Percy sets out for the Underworld with Grover and Annabeth. Luke gives Percy a map with the location of three green pearls belonging to Hades' wife, Persephone, which will allow them to escape the Underworld. Percy is also given a pair of flying winged Converse All-Stars stolen from Hermes, and Luke's favorite shield. Meanwhile, Percy is declared a missing person.

At a garden center in New Jersey, with help from Grover and Annabeth, Percy manages to decapitate Medusa and takes the first pearl from her corpse. At the Parthenon in Nashville, Percy uses the shoes to retrieve the second pearl from the crown of a statue of Athena there, and Grover kills a Hydra with Medusa's head. The trio arrives at the Lotus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to obtain the third pearl; however, they forget their mission after eating lotus flowers, the effects from which causes them to lose a sense of time. Percy snaps out of the spell after hearing the voice of Poseidon through telepathy telling him not to eat any more flowers. Percy frees Grover and Annabeth from the flowers' effects; they locate the final pearl in the casino and escape. Unfortunately, they only have one day left to prevent the war, as they were in the casino for almost a week. They discover that the Underworld is in Hollywood and race there. With all three pearls, Percy, Grover, and Annabeth enter the portal to the Underworld upon arriving in Hollywood.

In the Underworld, Hades finds the bolt hidden inside Luke's shield, revealing that Luke was the thief all along. Hades tries to kill the trio, but Persephone turns on him in retaliation for imprisoning her and gives the bolt to Percy. As they only have three pearls, Grover remains behind, while Percy, Annabeth, and Sally teleport to the Empire State Building, the secret entrance to Olympus. However, before they can enter, they are ambushed by Luke, who reveals that he stole the bolt to demolish Olympus and establish the demigods (and himself) as Olympus' new rulers. After a battle across Manhattan, Percy defeats Luke, returns the bolt to Zeus, and reconciles with his father. Having been reunited with Grover, Percy and Annabeth continue to train back at Camp Half-Blood.

Logan Lerman plays the titular character.

Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, the demigod son of Poseidon[8]

Jake Abel as Luke Castellan, the demigod son of Hermes

Sean Bean as Zeus, god of the sky, thunder, lightning, king of the twelve gods of Mount Olympus and brother of Poseidon and Hades

Kevin McKidd as Poseidon, Percy's father, god of the seas, earthquakes, and horses[10]

Melina Kanakaredes as Athena, Annabeth's mother, goddess of crafts, domestic arts, strategic warfare, peace and wisdom[10]

Rosario Dawson as Persephone, goddess of springtime, wife of Hades and admirer of Grover[11]

Dylan Neal as Hermes, Luke's father, god of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and messenger of the gods of Mount Olympus

Erica Cerra as Hera, goddess of birth, family, marriage, women and queen of the twelve gods of Mount Olympus, sister and wife of Zeus

Stefanie von Pfetten as Demeter, goddess of agriculture, fertility, and the harvest, sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone

Dimitri Lekkos as Apollo, god of the sun, light, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, the arts, music, poetry, prophecy, archery, and twin brother of Artemis

Ona Grauer as Artemis, goddess of the hunt, virginity, the moon, and all animals, and twin sister of Apollo

Serinda Swan as Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, wife of Hephaestus and lover of Ares

Conrad Coates as Hephaestus, god of fire, forge, blacksmiths, craftsmen and husband of Aphrodite

Ray Winstone as Ares, god of war, lover of Aphrodite (uncredited)

Luke Camilleri as Dionysus, god of wine, celebrations, ecstasy, and theatre

Pierce Brosnan as Mr. Brunner/Chiron, a centaur who is a high school teacher and also trains heroes at Camp Half-Blood, the immortal son of Kronos and brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hera

Maria Olsen as Mrs. Dodds / Alecto, a Fury, servant to Hades

Julian Richings as Charon, ferryman of the River Styx, servant to Hades

Catherine Keener as Sally Jackson, Percy's mother[12]

Joe Pantoliano as Gabe Ugliano, Percy's abusive stepfather

Chris Columbus is the film's director and producer.

In June 2004, 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to the book. In April 2007, Chris Columbus was hired to direct. Filming began in April 2009 in Vancouver, and Mammoth Studios in Burnaby was selected to be the studio. Portions of the film were shot at the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, that has a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. The Lotus Casino sequence was filmed at The Westin Bayshore in Vancouver in June 2009, and additional scenes of Percy, Grover and Annabeth driving to and from the casino were shot on the Las Vegas Strip and in front of the Fremont Street Experience. Filming wrapped up on the morning of July 25, 2009, in Mission, British Columbia. Additional exterior scenes were filmed on location in Brooklyn, New York during the first week of August 2009. Digital intermediate work began in San Francisco in November 2009. Christophe Beck composed the score. Columbus has stated that the cast was chosen specifically with sequels in mind. "I think with Percy Jackson it was a matter of finding the right cast to fit into these roles, sort of the perfect cast for these roles, because hopefully, God willing, we will go on to do other Percy Jackson films and you want the cast to grow with their characters".

During production, Riordan was disappointed with the changes made to the story and warned the studio that it would likely alienate the readers of the book series that it was depending on to buy tickets. In two emails commenting at length on a draft of the script that he posted to his blog in 2018, he specifically warned the studio that trying to make the story more attractive to a teenage audience by aging the characters and including some profanity in the script might move a significant portion of the books' readers to leave the theater in disgust long before the movie ended. He also felt the introduction of Persephone's pearls as a plot device made no sense, having no basis in mythology and distracting Percy from his goal of recovering the stolen lightning.

The film opened on February 12, 2010, in 3,356 theaters; its opening weekend box-office results totaled $31.2 million in the U.S., finishing at #3 below The Wolfman, which opened at #2 with $31.5 million and below Valentine's Day, which opened at #1 with $56.3 million. The film had a strong opening weekend for its genre, posting the highest opening weekend for a fantasy film not from the Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, or Lord of the Rings series. As of September 14, 2010, it grossed a total of $88.8 million in the U.S. and Canada with $137.7 million elsewhere in the world, bringing it to $226.5 million.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 49% based on reviews from 150 critics, with an average score of 5.30/10. The site's consensus reads: "Though it may seem like just another Harry Potter knockoff, Percy Jackson benefits from a strong supporting cast, a speedy plot, and plenty of fun with Greek mythology." On Metacritic it has a score of 47 out of 100, based on 31 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on a scale from A+ to F.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times described the film as "standard Hollywood product... unadventurous and uninteresting". The reviewer for The Washington Post thought "the movie suffers by taking itself a little too seriously. It's not just that it's a lot less funny than the book. It's also a lot less fun". On BBC Radio 5, Mark Kermode criticized the similarity of the film to director Chris Columbus's Harry Potter films, likening it to a Harry Potter parody book and dubbing it Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins. This comment later sparked a satirical fan creation with precisely that title, narrated by Stephen Fry.

The author, Rick Riordan, publicly criticized the final script. He revealed email recommendations for script changes with names redacted. Regarding future support for a reboot Riordan said, "In the future, if some project actually does get underway, I may not be able to comment on it for contractual reasons, but you can tell how I'm feeling about it by what I do or don't say. Am I talking about it? Promoting it? Sharing cool things? I am probably happy. Am I completely ignoring it and never mentioning it on social media? Yeah . . . that's probably not a good sign. For instance, check out my website, rickriordan.com. Do you see any indication there that the Percy Jackson movies ever existed? No. No, you do not." He also shared in the same email "The script as a whole is terrible. I don't simply mean that it deviates from the book, though certainly it does that to point of being almost unrecognizable as the same story. Fans of the books will be angry and disappointed."

A video game based on the film developed by Griptonite Games and published by Activision was released exclusively for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010. GameZone's Michael Splechta gave it a 6/10, saying " Percy Jackson might not make a splash when it comes to movie tie-in games, but fans of turn-based combat might find some redeeming qualities in this otherwise bare-bones game." On Metacritic, the game has a score of 56 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

The film was released on June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray. The movie itself charted at the top of the charts (DVD sales) with $13,985,047 in revenue in its first week. As of October 2011, the movie had sold 2,087,368 DVDs with over $37 million in sales.

In October 2011, 20th Century Fox announced a sequel based on the second book, The Sea of Monsters. The film was released on August 7, 2013.

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief ) is a 2010 action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Craig Titley, based on the 2005 novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The film is the first installment in the Percy Jackson film series.

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Title: The One and Only Ivan
Author: Katherine Applegate
Illustrator: Patricia Castelao
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing
Publish Date: January 17, 2012
# of pages: 305
Genre: Children's Literature
Grade Level: 5th- 8th
Summary: This book follows Ivan, a silverback gorilla and his life. He lives in a mall with his friend Stella the elephant and how they become friends, until Stella dies. Ivan then takes care of another elephant names Ruby and how they try to escape from captivity and they meet a little girl named Julia and how they all become friends.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed re-reading this book since it was one that I have previously read in elementary school reading groups. I really like the character development throughout this story and the aspects of friendship and kindness presented in the story. I feel like this will be a great book to promote friendship and perseverance in the classroom and would be a great addition to the classroom bookshelf.

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate has written many books for young readers, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal.

Katherine's picture books include THE BUFFALO STORM, illustrated by Jan Ormerod (Clarion Books); THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF IVAN, THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Clarion Books); and SOMETIMES YOU FLY, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Clarion Books).

She's written two early chapter series for young readers: ROSCOE RILEY RULES, a seven-book series illustrated by Brian Biggs (HarperCollins); and DOGGO AND PUPPER, a three-book series illustrated by Charlie Alder (Feiwel & Friends).

Books for middle-grade readers include HOME OF THE BRAVE (Feiwel & Friends); THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, illustrated by Patricia Castelao (HarperCollins); THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, illustrated by Patricia Castelao (HarperCollins); the ENDLING trilogy (HarperCollins); CRENSHAW (Feiwel & Friends); WISHTREE (Feiwel & Friends); and WILLODEEN (Feiwel & Friends).

With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote ANIMORPHS, a long-running series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide. They also wrote two other series, REMNANTS and EVERWORLD, and a young adult novel, EVE AND ADAM (Feiwel & Friends.)

Katherine's work has been translated into dozens of languages, and her books have won accolades including the Christopher Medal, the Golden Kite Award, the Bank Street Josette Frank Award, the California Book Award Gold Medal, the Crystal Kite Award, the Green Earth Book Honor Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Many of her works have appeared on state master lists, Best of the Year lists, and Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists.

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN was made into a Disney movie starring Brian Cranston, Sam Rockwell, and Angelina Jolie.

Katherine lives in California, with her family and assorted pets. She is represented by Elena Giovinazzo at Pippin Properties, Inc.

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Title: Abadeha: The Phillipe Cinderella Story
Author: Myrana J. de la Paz
Illustrator: You-shan Tang
Publisher: Shens Books and Supplies
Publishing Date: March 1, 2001
# of pages: 32
Genre: Fairytale/Fable
Grade Level: 1st-2nd grade
Summary: This is a take on the classic Cinderella story but is based on the Philippine culture. This story has a lot of similarities to the American Cinderella story, but it also has a lot of Philippine heritage and culture interwoven into it. There are fairylike creatures that help Abadeha and allow for her to make wishes and have them granted. She also goes down to the river frequently to pray and her prayers get answered.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book as well. It was incredibly eye-opening to see this classic story told in a way that represented a culture that I did not know very much about. I also really enjoyed the incorporations of fairytale like creatures from this culture and how they were used to grant wishes of Abedeha.

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Myrna J. de la Paz (Author), Youshan Tang (Illustrator)

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Title: Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
Author/Illustrator: Tomie de Paola
Publisher: Sundance/Newbridge Publishing
Date: September 2002
# of pages: 40
Genre: Fairytale/Fable
Grade Level: 5th
Summary: This is a take on the Classic Cinderella story, but with a Mexican twist to it. The story has many similarities to the classic, but it pays homage to the culture and background and has her step mother is cruel and abusive to her and how her mother-like figure helps her and makes sure that she is taken care of and that her dreams can come true.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book and seeing a different side to the Cinderella story that I know and love. I really like that it was able to show more of their culture and heritage and make the message more meaningful by adding traditional aspects in the story. I think this will be a great book to add to the classroom library since it is a way in which students can see themselves in the character and provide a more inclusive message.

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Read 297 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Hace mucho tiempo -a long time ago-there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So b...

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Title: The Thing About Jelly Fish
Author: Ali Benjamin
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date: September 22, 2015
# of Pages: 352
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grade Level: 3-8
Summary: In this book it revolves around Suzy who lost her friend Franny and how she goes about dealing with that trauma. She then goes onto discover what happened and has to deal with grief, loss, and moving on through life.
Personal Response: I really was moved by this book. I was not expecting this story to go in this direction but I really enjoyed in the message and feel like many students will be able to relate to this and will be able to help them through loss and death.

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Now available in paperback, this stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist! Everyone says that it was an accident... that sometimes things "just happen"....

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Title: Little Red Riding Hood
Author/Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Date: 1983
# of Pages: 32
Genre: Fairytale/fiction
Grade/Age Level: 3-8 (Preschool- 3rd Grade)
Award: Golder Kite Award
Summary: This story is one that follows the story of Elizabeth and how she loved spending time with her grandmother who made her a red cloak that she would wear all of the time, which then gave her the name "Little Red Riding Hood". She was asked by her mother to deliver some goods to her grandmother who lived in the middle of the forest, and on her way she stumbled into a wolf tricked Little Red into picking some flowers while he ate her grandmother and then he ate Little Red. A huntsman then found the wolf and killed the wolf, then got the grandmother and Red Riding hood out of the wolf.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed re-reading this book because this used to be one of my favorite books to read as a kid, but especially for my parents to read because they would use the best voices for the characters in this book. I really enjoyed reading this classic book that a lot of students would know about.
What did I learn from this? (Lessons/values/beliefs etc.): I think the lesson in this book that it promotes people helping one another and teaches kids to not talk to strangers and to be aware of your surroundings.

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Where do I start?

With the bad: I was most disturbed by Hansel and Gretel as a child, but I was disturbed by many, many fairy tales, and Little Red Riding Hood was one of them. I felt anxiety as I was reading this, even as an adult. I object to wolves always being depicted as bad and evil and villainous. I just don't like this story very much.

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Where do I start? With the bad: I was most disturbed by Hansel and Gretel as a child, but I was disturbed by many, many fairy tales, and Little Red Riding Hood was one of them. I felt anxiety as I was reading this, even as an adult.

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Title: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Authors: Jon Archambault and Bill Martin Jr
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: 10/01/1989
# of Pages: 40
Grade Level: 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction, Picture Books
Summary: In Chicka Chicka Boom Boom this story portrays the alphabet climbing up this tree. Then when all the letters get to the top, they all tumble down. This book can be used to help students learn the alphabet and which letters go in which order. This book uses repetition to promote.

Personal Response: This is one of the first books that I could remember reading and liked reading it again. I feel like this would be a great book to read in Preschool or in Kindergarten to help students be able to learn the order of the alphabet in a fun way. It also has the repetition that helps students get the beat of the story and realize the flow of everything.

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Title: The World Needs Who You Were Made To Be
Author: Joanna Gaines
Illustrator: Julianna Swaney
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date: 11/10/2020
# of Pages: 32
Grade Level: PreK- 2nd Grade
Genre: Children's nonfiction
Summary: In this book, it provides motivational support for students. It allows for students to be for confident in themselves, to explore, and to create. It also shows how people are different and how that's ok and that our differences can shine through when you are working on a project.

Personal Response: I really liked reading this book. I actually stumbled upon it while shopping at Target and stopped and read it while I was in the store. I really enjoyed this book since it points out how everyone is different and how much they can contribute to the world and how they are all special and can use their talents in the world to make something beautiful and work together as a team. I really like the message that this book sends out to the reader and think that this would be a great addition to any library in any grade because I feel like no matter what age students will be able to relate to this book.

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Junie B. Jones First Grader: Cheater Pants

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Junie B. Jones First Grader: Cheater Pants

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Title: Junie B. Jones First Grader: Cheater Pants
Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Date: April 27, 2004
# of Pages: 96
Grade Level: 1st-3rd
Genre: Fiction
Summary: This book is based off of Junie B Jones, a very spunky First Grader full of her bubbly personality and humor. In this story, Junie B. forgets to do her homework one night, and decides to copy the answers off of her friend May. This then leads to her learning the lesson of why it is not ok to cheat in school and why it is important to tell the truth and to do your own work in school.

Personal Response: I also read all of the Junie B. Jones as a kid so reading this one was one was a trip down memory lane. I really like the message with this book specifically since it is one based around cheating which is something that unfortunately happens a lot in schools, and I think that this book, along with the humor of Junie B. and how she goes about navigating this mistake that she made, will be a relatable story for students and will hopefully learn a lesson from this story as well as enjoying reading it, like I did.

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"Junie B., First Grader. Cheater Pants" by Barbara Park. Published by Random House Children's Books; New York; copyright 2004

1. Awards this book has received: none

2. Appropriate grade levels: first to third grade

3. Summary: Junie B. sits next to a girl named May who is not very nice to her. When Junie forgets to do her homework, she decides to look at May's paper and copy off of it. The teacher decides to have everyone share their homework and Junie's sounded exactly like May's.

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"Junie B., First Grader. Cheater Pants" by Barbara Park. Published by Random House Children's Books; New York; copyright 2004 1. Awards this book has received: none 2. Appropriate grade levels: first to third grade 3. Summary: Junie B. sits next to a girl named May who is not very nice to her.

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Title: I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Illustrator: none
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Date: 10/01/2011
# of Pages:112
Grade Level: 8-10 year-olds
Genre: Historical Fiction
Summary: This book follows the true events of the bombing of Pearl Harbor that happened during World War II and follows Danny, a boy who just recently moved to Hawaii and how he has to navigate moving to a new state, and then a traumatic event happens and he has to make it out alive.

Personal Response: I remember reading this book when I was in school and being obsessed with the "I survived" Series. This one especially I enjoyed because it does talk about such an influential part of history and how it might have effected a young boy living in Hawaii at the time. I think that this would be a great book to have in a 2nd-5th grade class for students to read a story full of action and adventure, but also about historical events and allow for them to gain some more knowledge about history.

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Lauren Tarshis often wonders how she came to spend most of her waking moments thinking about disasters, as the author of the children's historical fiction series "I Survived." Each book takes readers into the heart of history's most thrilling and terrifying events, including the sinking of the Titanic, the Shark Attacks of 1916, Hurricane Katrina, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco earthquake, 9/11, the Battle of Gettysburg and many more.

Lauren conducts extensive research to bring her topics to life. She has traveled to most of the locations where her books are set. Her goal is to open readers' eyes to new chapters in history and to inspire them with stories of hope and resilience.

Lauren is also the author of the the award-winning Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, and is the editor of Storyworks Magazine.

For more information about Lauren, go to www.LaurenTarshis.com

To learn more about Storyworks, www.scholastic.com/storyworks

And check out the I Survived Website: www.Scholastic.com/ISurvived

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Title: The Crossover
Author: Kwame Alexander
Illustrator: Dawud Anyabwile
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date: 03/05/2019
# of Pages: 256
Grade Level: 11-13 year-olds
Genre: Fiction Novel
Theme: Family, loss, sports
Topic: Sports and family
Summary: This book follows the story of two twin boys, Josh and Jordan and how they both grow to become basketball stars at their school. They start to have some competition between the two of them and become more and more competitive with the season and them growing more into their differences. Their dad gets sick and has a heart attack in the story and then slowly starts to gain his strength back . Then at the end of the story, he has another heart attack and sadly passes away, which then helps the brothers bond more together and repair their relationship to each other.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book and think that a lot of students will be able to relate to the characters in this book. I feel like the family aspect as well as the sibling rivalry aspect are all things that students during this part of their lives, and then coming together over a loss is something that I also feel readers will be able to relate to when they read this book.

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Read 9,008 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING....

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Title: I Am Enough

Author: Grace Byers

Illustrator: Keturah A. Bobo

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Date: March 6, 2018

# of Pages: 32

Grade Level: Preschool-3rd Grade

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Rhyming book on how to love yourself and others (self love and loving others)

Topic: How to love yourself and your differences

This story follows the view of a young girl and what she compares herself to in a positive way. The story compares feelings and emotions that a child feels during some part of their life, and reassures them that they are unique and beautiful, and enough.
My View on the book: I honestly loved this book so much and already purchased it for my future classroom. I think that is is a book where the teacher can engage their students and ask questions like "Who else feels like this" and have them make connections to their own life and the lives of the characters in this book. Overall I think that the message is incredibly powerful and further shows how unique and special everyone is, which students will greatly benefit from hearing.
Connections: The book makes connections through illustrations to participating in sports like jump rope and track, as well as images of characters reading, dancing, climbing, doing karate, playing outdoors, and being creative and using their imagination, which are all activities that children can relate to as well.

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A #1 New York Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards picture book winner! This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters, baby showers, and graduation.

This gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another comes from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo.

We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it.

Plus don't miss I Believe I Can -the next beautiful picture celebrating self-esteem from Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo!

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Teachers Choice AwardJanineAuthor- Maryann Cocca-LefflerIllustrator- Maryann Cocca-LefflerPublisher- Albert Whitman & CompanyDate- March 1, 2015# of pages- 32 pagesGrade level- 3rd or 4thGenre- fictionThemes- Identity, self confidence, kindnessSummary- This story follows Janine. Someone who is unapologetically herself and is unashamed of who she is. She is kind to everyone and stands out in her uniqueness. Personal Response- I really enjoyed this book because I love how it pointed out how different Janine was, but how that was ok. It showed how free spirited she was and how kind she was as well. I think that this would be an awesome book to read in class and have the conversation with my students about how everyone is going to be different, and we should celebrate that and make sure we all support one another in their similarities and their differences.Reviews Meet Janine. She is one of a kind! Janine dresses a little different, remembers random facts, reads the dictionary for fun, and has her own style of cheering. Nobody does things the way Janine does things! One girl in Janine's class is throwing a party and all the COOL kids are invited. But Janine is not cool. Some kids think she is strange and want her to change. Will Janine try to be different or just be her spectacular self? In this charming story, Maryann Cocca-Leffler uses her own daughter as inspiration for a delightfully spunky character. Janine Leffler focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She has become a role model to children and adults, encouraging them to focus on abilities and promoting respect, tolerance, and kindness.Cocca-Leffler (Theo’s Mood) introduces an unconventional girl named Janine who stays her own course, even though it deviates from those of her classmates. She sings by herself on the bus, talks to her imaginary friend, proudly displays her retention of statistics, and dresses in an eclectic style that includes mismatched socks, patched overalls, and four pigtails. Naturally courteous and openhearted, Janine cheerfully deflects the taunts of her peers and refutes the suggestion that she has to change (“I do not! I like me”). When she isn’t invited to her chief tormentor’s party (“It’s only for cool kids”), Janine shouts out an open invitation to her own party; readers will have seen how Janine’s generosity and kindness have gradually won over her classmates, so it’s no surprise that all of them (save one) take her up on her offer. Cocca-Leffler’s portrayals of her heroine illuminate her thoughtfulness, resilience, and self-assuredness, and while the story’s message is far from subtle, it may encourage children who don’t fit in (and wouldn’t have it any other way). 

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Teachers Choice AwardJanineAuthor- Maryann Cocca-LefflerIllustrator- Maryann Cocca-LefflerPublisher- Albert Whitman & CompanyDate- March 1, 2015# of pages- 32 pagesGrade level- 3rd or 4thGenre- fictionThemes- Identity, self confidence, kindnessSummary- This story follows Janine. Someone who is unapologetically herself and is unashamed of who she is. She is kind to everyone and stands out in her uniqueness. Personal Response- I really enjoyed this book because I love how it pointed out how different Janine was, but how that was ok. It showed how free spirited she was and how kind she was as well. I think that this would be an awesome book to read in class and have the conversation with my students about how everyone is going to be different, and we should celebrate that and make sure we all support one another in their similarities and their differences.Reviews Meet Janine. She is one of a kind! Janine dresses a little different, remembers random facts, reads the dictionary for fun, and has her own style of cheering. Nobody does things the way Janine does things! One girl in Janine's class is throwing a party and all the COOL kids are invited. But Janine is not cool. Some kids think she is strange and want her to change. Will Janine try to be different or just be her spectacular self? In this charming story, Maryann Cocca-Leffler uses her own daughter as inspiration for a delightfully spunky character. Janine Leffler focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She has become a role model to children and adults, encouraging them to focus on abilities and promoting respect, tolerance, and kindness.Cocca-Leffler (Theo’s Mood) introduces an unconventional girl named Janine who stays her own course, even though it deviates from those of her classmates. She sings by herself on the bus, talks to her imaginary friend, proudly displays her retention of statistics, and dresses in an eclectic style that includes mismatched socks, patched overalls, and four pigtails. Naturally courteous and openhearted, Janine cheerfully deflects the taunts of her peers and refutes the suggestion that she has to change (“I do not! I like me”). When she isn’t invited to her chief tormentor’s party (“It’s only for cool kids”), Janine shouts out an open invitation to her own party; readers will have seen how Janine’s generosity and kindness have gradually won over her classmates, so it’s no surprise that all of them (save one) take her up on her offer. Cocca-Leffler’s portrayals of her heroine illuminate her thoughtfulness, resilience, and self-assuredness, and while the story’s message is far from subtle, it may encourage children who don’t fit in (and wouldn’t have it any other way). 

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Book Title: Maybe Something Beautiful
Authors: F Isabel Compoy and Theresa Howell
Illustrator: Rafeal Lopez
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date: April 12, 2016
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Making a small difference in your community
Grade Level: K-2nd
# of Pages: 42
Artistic media: painting and pictures
Literature: Multiculturism
Summary: A young girl decides to brighten up the city that she lives in with her art that she makes. Her drawing and paintings are made for community members and represent all of them coming together to celebrate themselves and their uniqueness.
Response: I thought that this book was an amazing story that helped represent how little things can bring a whole community together. Esspecially the aspect of art make the little girls talent show through while she is making a difference in her community.

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Author: Beth Ferry
Illustrator: Molly Idle
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Date: October 27th, 2020
Number of Pages: 32
Visual Elements: nature pictures, animals, colorful color scheme
Grade Level: 3 year old- 6 year old
Genre: Fiction
Theme: motivational, inspiring,
Setting: Out in nature (forests, oceans, grasslands, trees, etc.)
Summary: We Believe in you is a motivational picture book that displays many different types of animals in their natural habitat. It shows an adult animal, helping a younger animal and provides context for believing in yourself. The story line of the book is inspiring with the use of colorful imagery and the positivity that the book is promoting to the reader to believe in themselves and have confidence.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book because I feel like it showcases to the reader how to believe in themselves and have courage to do the things that they want to do in the world. I also like how it shows the support from the other animals and allows the reader to feel that sense of support too and know that people believe in them.

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Title: The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Award: Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
Poets: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson
Illustrator: Nikkolas Smith
Published by: Kokila (Penguin)
Publication Date: November 16, 2021
Number of pages: 48 pages
Grade Level: 2-5
Genre: Nonfiction
Theme: Activism and History, learning how to become stronger and rise above
Topic: Born on the Water is the result of a collection of poems that encompass multiple individuals and their walk through life, starting with the perspective of a young girl working on some school assignment assigned to help them create a family tree diagram to show where they are from, which then causes the girls grandmother to recall stories of her childhood and how she got to be who she is today.
Type of Poetry: Lyrical
Personal Response: This might be one of my new favorite books. I really enjoyed the layout of it and the moving poetry throughout the story. I greatly enjoyed reading about the hardships that people faced, since I feel like I did not learn about a lot of these in school or they were only briefly touched on and never were gone through in depth. I feel like I learned a lot while reading this book with the help of the authors and illustrators it made learning this information and being able to look at this part of history, through a new lens.

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