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Bud, Not Buddy By: Chrisopher Paul Curtis 

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Bud, Not Buddy By: Chrisopher Paul Curtis 

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A poetry response to the Newberry book Bud, not Buddy
My name is Bud, Not Buddy
People would call me that to be funny.

Being in an orphanage was really rough,
But it made me nice and tough.

I was on the search for my dad
I was hoping we wouldn't be mad.

The journey was very long,
But i finally had a family so it wasn't so wrong.

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Where the Red Fern Grows By: Wilson Rawls

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Where the Red Fern Grows By: Wilson Rawls

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Sticky note response on the historical fiction book Where the Red Fern Grows

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Freedom over me Eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life By: Ashley Bryan

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Freedom over me Eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life By: Ashley Bryan

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A review on the Coretta Scott King Award Winner Freedom over me Eleven Slaves, their lives brought to life

This book was amazing! It is about eleven slaves and their lives. On one page it would have an illustration of the person along with their age, name, and how much they cost.  They next page would be about their time at the Fairchilds estate.  It would tell what they would do day to day.  On the following page it would have their dreams.  This book was such a great read with wonderful illustrations.

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The Great American Dust Bowl By: Don Brown

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The Great American Dust Bowl By: Don Brown

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Letter to a friend about the non fiction book The Great American Dust Bowl

Dear Marissa,
I read this book about the Dust Bowl and it was filled with so many great facts. Being that I know you are going to be a teacher i know this book could play a great roll in a history lesson.  This book is set up like a graphic novel.  It has lots of pictures to go along with the story of the dust bowl.  It also has images showing things like plate tectonic movement, so it helps the reader understand more than just the dust bowl.

Always,
Cyan Robles

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The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 By: Honest Lee and Matthew J. Gilbert 

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The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 By: Honest Lee and Matthew J. Gilbert 

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A Recommendation on the Fantasy Book The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13

This is a fun fiction book about a class and their teacher who won the lottery. The teacher in this book was a very unlucky lady. She bought a lottery ticket one day and made a contract with her class that if she won she would split the winnings with them evenly, just because she thought she would never win. Turns out she won! This book goes on with each chapter being about a different kid in the class and how they are spending their money. It's very entertaining because the things that happen to the kids and the money would never happen in real life. It's just a funny book and i think kids would love it.

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A Review on the Realistic Fiction book Emma Kate

This was a simple book about a girl and her imagination. She had an imaginary elephant named Mary Kate. They would so everything together including getting their tonsils removed and eating ice cream together. This is an easy reader for younger kids. I like how it shows the creativity that kids have. I would read this as a quick read before transitioning as a time user.

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A review on the Realistic Fiction book Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace is a story about a little girl who is told that she can't do something because of her sex and her race. I like that it brings that to the attention to the reader. Grace loved to listen to stories and act them out all the time. When the kids at school were telling her these rude things her grandma and mom took her to a play to show her that you can do whatever you put your mind to. I think this is a great story because it shows her not giving up and getting the part of Peter Pan even though she is a girl and black.  This book has a great message behind it.

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Poetry response on the Blue Bonnet Book Roller Girl

Astrid was excited for her first day of camp.
What she didn't know is that she would leave with bruises and cramps.

Her favorite star was Rainbow Bite.
Her and Astrid became tight.

That summer changed a lot of things that year,
But that didn't make Astrid fear.

Astrid ended up making some new friends.
Until next time, the end!

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A Recommendation on the historical fiction book A Year Down Yonder

Even though this is an older book it is a great coming of age book.  It  tells story about a girl who goes to visit her grandma and is scared about it during the Great Depression.  She gets bullied at school and doesn't like it there at first, but with the help of her grandma the bullying slows down and she has a crush. At the end she is sad to leave her grandmas but stays pen pals with Royce.  I think this book would be great for 4th and 5th graders to read.  This book would definitely keep the interested and wanting to see how Mary Alice's time goes.

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Sharks By: Ocean Alive (Blastoff Readers) 

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Sharks By: Ocean Alive (Blastoff Readers) 

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Infographic For the non-fiction book Sharks

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The Great Pet Escape By: Victoria Jamieson

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The Great Pet Escape By: Victoria Jamieson

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Sticky Note Response on the Bluebonnet Award Nominee The Great Pet Escape

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Rufus and Friends Rhyme Time By: Iza Trapani 

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Rufus and Friends Rhyme Time By: Iza Trapani 

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Book Review on the Poetry Book Rufus and Friends Rhyme Time
Rhyme Time is a great book to bring in while doing poetry lessons.  This book has many poems in it, some that we all know and some new ones.  I think reading a few a day could get the students thinking about rhyming.  This story has all poems that are very rhymey.  The tongue twister ones are cute and will have all your kids trying to say them as fast as they can.  This book would be a great way to bring up a poetry project for kids to do.

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Blog Post on the Caldecott Award Winner Smoky Night

Smoky night is an older Caldecott Award winner, it won in 1995.  I think the message in the book is a great one though.  It shows to give people a try and just judge them from the start.  In the book they go through hard times like the rioting and their apartments getting caught on fire to realizing at the shelter that they have never really tried to be friendly with each other.  It seem like when something big happens it tends to bring people closer together, for example Hurricane Harvey or 9/11.  Everyone puts aside their differences and helps who is in need.  Also the illustrations in here are awesome! They are more abstract but that's what makes is a great Caldecott!

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Greece! Rome! Monsters! By: John Harris 

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Greece! Rome! Monsters! By: John Harris 

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Letter to your professor on the Poetry Book Greece! Rome! Monsters!

Dear Dr. Solomon
I read this book called Greece! Rome! Monsters! by John Harris.  This was in the poetry section in the library and I thought it was a little weird because it has no rhyming at all, which was what I was expecting.  It's set up more like each page it talks about a new mythical creature.  I found it interesting because it talked about the stories of things like unicorns, cyclopes, and Pegasus.  I think I could incorporate this book in maybe 7th grade English when we talk about Greek Mythology.  I think you would also enjoy this book because you would learn about some of these creatures you hear about.

Sincerely,
Cyan Robles

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears By: Verna Aardema 

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears By: Verna Aardema 

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Defining Quote for the Caldecott Award Winner Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

"But because of this the mosquito has a guilty conscience.  To this day she goes about whining in peoples ears: "Zeee! is everyone still angry at me?" When she does that, she gets an honest answer."

I chose this quote because it shows the lesson in this book.  It shows that you should just be honest and tell the truth from the beginning and you wont have to feel guilt your whole life.  Its a great read for kids!

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Book Review on the Traditional Tale Cinderella

I'm sure most every girl knows the story of Cinderella, at least the basics of it.  This book has been made into movies and longer/condensed versions.  Cinderella is a classic fairy tale about a princess who was mistreated and a prince that saves her and becomes her knight in shining armor.  I like this book because they make versions of this tale in versions for younger children, like the easy readers.

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Book Review on the Graphine Novel Bone Out From Boneville

This is an adventures story.  Bone and his cousins are ran out of Boneville and get separated.  There are some monsters that try to attack them but Thorn helps them.  I personally didn't really enjoy this book, it was entertaining don't get me wrong.  It just was not my type of book.  It was pretty easy to read, some might think graphic novels are confusing but this one is easy to follow along with.  The pictures help you figure out where to read next.  This is great book for upper elementary kids.

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Who Was Hellen Keller By: Gare Thompson 

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Who Was Hellen Keller By: Gare Thompson 

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1 minute book talk on the biography Who Was Hellen Keller

https://vocaroo.com/i/s17YNYLnJhhz

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The Stinky Cheeseman and other Fairly Stupid Tales By: Jon Scieszka

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The Stinky Cheeseman and other Fairly Stupid Tales By: Jon Scieszka

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Book Review on the Fantasy Book The Stinky  Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

This book more of silly versions of some fairy tales.  The fairy tales are short and have dramatic endings that would never happen in regular fairy tales.  Like in one the stories the tables of contents comes dropping in and smashes all the characters, and that's how the story ends.  Overall, I thought this was a fun/funny book! I would definitely read this to a little bit older kids, maybe like 3rd to 5th grade.

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Bridge to Terabithia By: Katherine Paterson

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Bridge to Terabithia By: Katherine Paterson

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Defining Quote for the Realistic Fiction book Bridge to Terabithia

"He believed her because here in the shadowy light of the stronghold everything seemed possible.  Between the two of them they owned the world and no enemy, Gary Fulcher, Wanda Kay Moore, Janice Avery, Jess's own fears and insufficiencies, nor any of the foes who Leslie imagined attacking Terabithia, could every really defeat them."

I like this quote because Jess is finally found somewhere that he feels safe.

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Heather Amery

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Heather Amery

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A story map on the Traditional Tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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Lola Levine Drama Queen by: Monica Brown

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Lola Levine Drama Queen by: Monica Brown

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Story Map for the Blue Bonnet Award Nominee Lola Levine Drama Queen

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Recommendation over the Post Modern Picture Book The Three Pigs

The Three Pigs take a classic story and twists it around.  Two of the pigs escape into different stories and fly around on paper.  I would recommend this book because it is very entertaining and very different from any version of The Three Little Pigs you have heard.  I would recommend doing and comparison on the original to this one with students.  Overall I enjoyed this book as an adult, I know children would love it.

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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

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Book Review on the Coretta Scott King Award Nominee One Crazy Summer

When I first picked up this book I really had no idea what it was going to be about.  Once I started reading it I didn't want to put it down.  It was based in the time that the Black Panthers were around and three sisters.  The girls dad packs them up to go see their mom who left them when they were young, and that's how their crazy summer begins.  I liked how this book had some historical background like the rallies the panthers would have.  I also liked how the roles changed to where it was the mom who left the girls unlike it always being the dads who leave.

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Blog Post over the  Caldecott Book Nana in the City

I really connected with this book.  I also called my grandma nana and she also did live in the city.  I remember going to visit her and always being so excited because she was so fun.  She knew how to make everything better.  This is the same for this book.  The little boy was scared of all the noises that came along with the big city, so it was nana to the rescue.  She sewed him up a red cape so he could feel like a superhero and not be scared anymore.  It worked for him and he was able to go explore the city.  I think most of us can relate to grandmas helping make everything better.

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Review over the historical fiction text The Keeping Quilt.

This book was a really good historical fiction book on the Jewish culture.  It starts with the narrator telling stories about her grandmother and mother.  She would talk about the way their weddings were very traditional and the quilt they kept passing down.  Once it got to the narrator she was more in our modern time and did not have a traditional Jewish wedding.  She invited more than just her Jewish friends.  The one thing that did stay traditional was the passing down of the quilt.