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This book is about two animals, one accusing the other of being big, and the "big" one accusing the other of being small. They cannot agree with one another and argue for a majority of the book, only to be introduced to two different characters at the end, one much bigger than both and the other much smaller than both. With this, our two original characters realize that everything is relative, rather than all about them. They then stopped arguing and went to go eat with each other. I believe this book is very important to children's literature because it showed two characters going from arguing, to learning they were both wrong, and accepting it. These are important lessons that should be taught to children, the first being that everything is relative to what you are talking about (you can be the best singer in your class but not the best in the school), and that it is perfectly okay to be wrong, and it doesn't need to be something to dwell on. I believe these lessons embody the theme of self-growth because these animals learned and accepted these lessons with an open mind, not becoming upset by it.

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This book is about a boy who grew up with a stutter his whole life, and because of it, he was often times too timid to interact with peers or even family. He only felt comfortable communicating with animals, and one in particular: a jaguar at their local zoo. He grew up to work in a job where he got to study animals, and became the first person to study jaguars. Only to find out that due to hunting, they were very close to becoming extinct. So, this boy who avoided talking to people for majority of his life, was then faced with being the only person able to convince the prime minister and his court to set up a jaguar reserve. With just 15 minutes to plead the jaguar's case, he knew he had to be strong for them. And he did, he convinced them to set up the reserve and felt he accomplished all he'd ever wanted. This book is important to children's literature because it shows that anyone and everyone is capable of anything they put their mind to, despite their obstacles. This book I felt captured two of the themes, bravery and self-growth, however I chose to put it in self-growth because this boy faced this insecurity of his and conquered it after years of being limited because of it. I truly believe if this book would have continues, then we would've seen this boy continue to use his voice for what he believes in, despite having a stutter, and that is an incredible display of one's growth.

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This book is about three children that are very sadly orphaned when their parents suddenly died in a fire. They were sent to live with a distant relative who was their next of kin, Count Olaf, even though he was unfit to raise them. While living with him they encounter (as the series name suggests) many unfortunate events taking place time after time. They were constantly put in harms way, mistreated, and abused, and the only good thing coming out of the living arrangement was the sweet lady next door who genuinely cares about the children. The oldest of the three, Violet, is to receive a large fortune when she turns eighteen, and when Count Olaf finds out about this, he becomes determined to take it for himself. In his effort to steal the money, he still treats the children cruelly and even decides on a plan to trick Violet into marriage, but the children eventually find this out and stop the plan. This also proved to everyone who doubted them that Count Olaf was in fact mistreating them and unfit to care for them. This book is important to children's literature for many reasons, but on of them is that it teaches the very important lesson that while we can not control other peoples' actions and kindness, we can and should hold ourselves to the standards we believe others should be behaving at. I believe it is important to know that you should never stoop to another persons' level in order to preserve your own respect for yourself. Good usually prevails, so there is no need to be bad when others are doing so. This book really captures the theme of bravery through the three children fighting through the horrors of living with Count Olaf and being strong to support and encourage one another to keep going. They were brave in speaking up about their mistreatment when that can be a very difficult task, especially when many times people choose to believe the adult and disregard children's' claims. These three children faced that very thing, as people doubted their story, yet they continued to fight and be brave and it paid off. This book proves to be a very inspiring and rewarding story.

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Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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This book is about Della, a 10-year-old girl, and her 16-year-old sister Suki from Della’s perspective. They lived a very unfair life, with their mother being arrested when they were young for cooking meth and still before then she was an addict, forcing Suki to begin taking care of Della at just 6 years old. Then they lived with their mother’s boyfriend who had no legal right to them but threatened them to keep them from telling the police, so for 5 years they both lived with neglect, and Suki with being molested regularly. After escaping due to Suki getting photo proof that Clifton had tried to molest Della, he burned all their stuff before getting arrested as well. Then they were sent to foster care, and while they were dealing with processing what they had been through, they still had pressures from work and school. When it was all too much to handle, Suki tried to take her own life, but surviving it. It all ended with Suki and Della working through their trauma and learning that it is nothing to be ashamed of and Della finally standing up for herself and Suki, just as she always hoped she was strong enough to do. This book is so important to children's literature because it shows that those who go through similar or the same situations are not alone. And most importantly, that it is not their fault and they should never be ashamed of it. They can get through it, because they are strong and incredible human beings. This book really captures the theme of love and loss because it is these two sisters love that really push and motivate them to keep moving and growing despite what they've gone through. It was their love that inspired them to stand up for each other. And the loss of their friend Tess in their life showed them they don't need to go through it all alone, they have those whom love them that they can trust. Through that loss, and then regaining of a friend, it showed them yet again that they shouldn't have to hide or be ashamed. Finally, it was the almost loss of Suki that fully showed the amount of pain she went through and how much support she needs, whether she wanted to admit it before or not. Della finally knows how she can help her sister and continue to help her in order to make sure she won't have to lose her again.

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead

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This book is about a man named Amos who works at the zoo and has made friends with many of the animals there, doing daily activities with them to entertain them and take care of them. Then one day when Amos wasn’t feeling well, he wasn’t able to go in to work like he normally would. All his animal friends were worried about him and missed him, so they went to his apartment to check on him. Just seeing them cheered him up, but even then they did all the activities that he normally did with them and this time they took care of him. They had a very enjoyable day and it made Amos feel incredibly loved. This book is valuable in children's literature because it shows that friendship comes and should be cherished in all shapes and sizes. The theme of wonder is very present in this book, as Amos is shocked and so touched by the animals coming to visit him and caring enough to do so. Reading the book, you may think that this theme primarily came from animals traveling to an apartment building, but it is not, it is about the wonder of friendship. It can be shocking to know that people who aren't obligated to care about you do, and that is what Amos is experiencing. His friendship is reciprocated and it is so touching and wonderful to see.

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This book is about a young boy named Peter who wakes up to the first snowfall of the year. In his amazement and excitement, he makes tracks in the snow, a snowman, a snow angel, and a snowball. Peter tells his mom all about it when he comes back inside. When he dreamed, though, he dreamed that all the snow had melted but was once again excited as he woke up and saw the snow. As the book finishes, Peter is outside again, but with a friend to enjoy it with this time. This book is important to children's literature for many reasons. The first of which is because at the time this book was written, there weren't many African American representations in books, and I read that people were excited to see themselves in a book for one of the first times. Additionally, this book is all about the excitement that comes with snow and childhood in general. This book very much captures the ideas of wonder and imagination, as the protagonist Peter spends hours in the snow, playing games by himself, making up scenarios, and just enjoying himself. He was able to use his imagination to enjoy the full thing. His wonder of it all did not designate, as he woke up again the next day ready to spend it outside once again.

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This book is about an eleven-year-old girl named Mo and her life in her small town. The storyline of the book focuses primarily on two mysteries in Mo’s life, the first and most visible being the murder of another person residing in her town, Mr. Jesse. Mo and her best friend Dale originally get caught up in the investigation because they thought that the murder was going to be blamed on Dale and they wanted to clear his name. The further they investigated though, the more they (specifically Mo) realized how greatly it impacted their lives. The second and more underlying mystery was who Mo’s birth mother was, as she had been searching for her for as long as she could remember. When Mo was just a baby, she was found by her father figure, Colonel, drifting down a river during a hurricane and from there on out he and Miss Lana raised her like she was their own, while also being completely up front with how they got to raise her. In the end, both Mo and Dale catch the murderer and untangle his motives with the help of a detective and the Colonel, and Mo realizes that she no longer needs to or wants to search for her birth mother, because while her family may not be by blood relation, it is her family and right where she is supposed to be. I think this is an important book for children's literature because it teaches the important lesson that you can find family in the most unexpected places. A lot of people think that family has to be in the traditional sense and don't feel validated when you feel like your family isn't actually the people that you are related to. But that is not the case, anyone can be your family just like anywhere can be your phone and this book offers that validation for it. I think that this book really encapsulates the idea of bravery in both mysteries explored in the book. The first is the murder of a fellow resident in their time, and Mo is willing to risk her safety (which isn't necessarily the best idea, but it is brave and done out of the kindness of her heart nonetheless) to clear her best friend's name from being blamed for the murder. In the second mystery, Mo is again brave when trying to find out who her birth mother is. Many people may be scared to know who or where they come from, or even scared they could get "rejected" or given away again. And while this is a fear of Mo's she is still brave enough to face that fear and continuously search for her regardless of it, eventually with it even leading her to realize that she doesn't necessarily need to know who her birth mother is anymore because she has her family already.

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Sylvester and The Magic Pebble by William Steig

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Sylvester and The Magic Pebble by William Steig

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This book is about a donkey named Sylvester who was very enthralled with collecting pebbles. One day, he found a red one, and while holding it he had thought to himself that he wished it would stop raining. When he realized it was him holding the pebble making his wish come true, he immediately was excited to wish for many things for himself and others. However, on his way home to show his parents, he was frightened by a lion and wished he was a rock. No longer touching the pebble, he was unable to become himself again, so he lived many months as a rock. Until one day his parents happened to have a picnic on top of him and happened to place the pebble up there as well, allowing Sylvester to wish he was himself again. They all went home incredibly happy, deciding to lock up the pebble. This book is important to children's literature because it highlights the importance of appreciating what you have, and not getting too greedy. It is obviously a natural thing to want more, and that is perfectly acceptable, but often times it works out better if you work for it rather than taking a short cut. Short cuts can end up going poorly, even when they're not meant to (as we saw with Sylvester and his pebble). This book really encapsulates the theme of love and loss because in Sylvester's haste to use his pebble for all the things he wanted, he accidentally turned into a rock, unable to turn back. Through those long months of being alone, he just missed his parents, and all he wanted to do was get back to them and their love. In losing them, he realized his love for them was the most important thing in his life, making it all the sweeter when he was finally able to come back to them. He showed that completely when they decided to not use the pebble to get things they wanted, because they already had everything they could ever want.

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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This book is about a young boy named Max who got called a “wild thing” by his mom and sent to his room without dinner. While he was in his room, he saw a jungle grow and, in the jungle, he saw a boat that he traveled on for about a year before he came across animals he saw were the Wild Things. He spent time with them and after they realized he was the wildest, they crowned him King of the Wild Things. He enjoyed this until he grew lonely and just wanted to be loved. So, he travels back to his room for about another year, only to return the same night he left to a hot plate of food left for him. This is an important book in children's literature because it teaches many crucial valuable lessons: there is no place like home, and imagination is an incredibly powerful thing that can change lives. While Max wanted to originally get away from home, he realized after his adventures that home was actually exactly where he wanted and needed to be. Adventures can be fun and can teach a person so much, but sometimes all a person needs is their own home. People need to and should feel safe and comfortable, and that is exactly what a home provides for many. This book is the perfect example of imagination being the key theme in a book. Max used his imagination to create an entire jungle and year long adventure to escape his life for a bit and experience something else. In reality, this was probably under an hour, but with imagination involved it can feel like so much longer. With this being true, it was almost like he was given that year to have those experiences and learn the lesson that came with it. It is truly amazing what a person can accomplish and create in their own minds, it can be an escape, it can be another home, it can be absolutely anything you want.

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This book is about a dog watching a story get written out. In total, the dog hears three stories. The first, the books keep telling the readers to see the cat, but the dog is upset because he is not a cat and thought the story was about him, until at the end where the cat really does come into view. The second is about a snake under the dog, and the book says the snake will bite him, causing him to be afraid because everything had come true that the book had said before. To save himself, the dog writes “don’t” to prevent the snake bite, and this works. The third, the book tries to make the dog jump and run and fly but the dog refuses. He is met with a threat that a hippo will sit on him if he does not do these things, so the dog say that there would not even be a book if it weren’t for the dog, so the book complies and says that the dog now sleeps, just as the dog had wanted. This book is important because it teaches many valuable lessons, two of which are everything is not necessarily about you, and that within your own story, you need to be able to take some of it into your own hands and make decisions for yourself. These are important things to know at all stages of life, and that is why I think it is so crucial. I think that this book really captures imagination as its main theme. The dog originally is very confused by the book, as it seems he was a reader himself. He thought the book was supposed to be about him, and while it was later, he realized he needed to use him imagination to help himself. He learned to save himself he needed to manipulate the words that were being written on the page to benefit himself, and I just think that demonstrated a lot of imagination from the dog to think quickly on his feat. I, personally, found this to be a very creative and intriguing way to draw a reader into the book itself, and the theme.

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After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Senat

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After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Senat

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This book is about Humpty Dumpty after he had become whole again since the fall off the wall. The readers see his fear of heights in full force, and him becoming sad because he couldn’t sit up near the birds to watch them anymore. He came up with an idea, though, to make a paper bird so he can feel like he is with them again. After he worked long and hard on the bird, he would throw it and feel that happiness again. However, one day he accidentally threw the paper bird too high, and it got stuck on top of the wall. Humpty almost left it, out of fear of getting hurt again, but then he thought about all the hard work it took to make it and the happiness it brings him, so he decided he would climb up to get it and that he wasn’t going to let anything stop him. So, he retrieved it safely after all. This book is important in children's literature because it teaches its readers to not be afraid to try something again, even after a failure. The book ends with the line “Life begins when you get back up”, and I think that is the perfect wording for the lesson that this book teaches its readers. This book demonstrates bravery perfectly. Humpty Dumpty avoided going to the wall he fell off of out of fear due to his injuries. His favorite hobby used to be watching the birds, but he finally got a piece of that back when he started to make the paper birds to throw. The wall almost took that hobby from him again when the paper bird landed on top of it. But, despite his fear, Humpty climbed up there and got it for himself. The way he conquered his fear in order to not lose another thing to it is inspiring for all readers.

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Everyday Angel: New Beginnings by Victoria Schwab

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Everyday Angel: New Beginnings by Victoria Schwab

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This book is about two girls: Gabby and Aria. Gabby is a new girl in town who moved there for the treatment of her brother Marcus’s cancer. Through the past year of when they learned about her sickness, she was treated differently by all the people she knew her whole life. Her lifelong friends and neighbors and teachers pitied her and what her family was going through, she lost the hobbies she once shared with her brother when he was healthy since all she was reminded of was his sickness, she lost any attention and acknowledgement that she used to receive from her mother, and most importantly, she lost herself. So, in this new place, she doesn’t know anyone, and no one knows her. She gets sent a guardian angel, Aria, to help her find herself again, and this story shows this happening. It shows Aria getting Gabby to open up to her and introducing her to new hobbies that can be her own. With a little nudge and encouragement, Gabby becomes more confident in herself and allows herself to make new friends and enjoy things. It gives her the strength to open up to her mother about feeling invisible since her brother got diagnosed. Most importantly, though, it shows how she learned that she can be her own person outside of her brother’s sickness, and he not only is okay with it, but wants it so badly for her. This book is very important to children's literature because it shows the power in finding yourself. This was a difficult thing to do for Gabby because she was facing the possibility of losing her brother, and she felt herself paled in importance to what was happening with him. But, that is not true because regardless of circumstances, every single person is important in this world. Nothing makes anyone more important than anyone else, and that is a crucial lesson to learn. Every person has value, so you need to treat everyone as such, especially yourself. This book is very strongly filled with the theme of love and loss for many reasons. First, there is the looming potential of Gabby losing her best friend and brother, which in turn leads to her losing parts of herself. She doesn't know who she is in their new town and without life as she knew it, and ends up not prioritizing herself at all. Additionally, she feels as though she has lost her mom because she is never present, even when the two of them are in conversations. All her focus is on her son and his recovery, and although she doesn't mean to, loses sight of her daughter. But, through the love, encouragement, and friendship of not only her brother, but her angel Aria, and new friends at school, she learns to become herself again. She finds new hobbies and meets new people, and is finally able to get through to her mom. All of those people made her stronger, and gave her the confidence she needed to be herself and love herself again.

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The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Penta

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The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Penta

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This book is about a boy named CJ and his Nana on a Sunday afternoon after church. While they’re walking out of church through the street, waiting in the rain for the bus, sitting on the bus surrounded by strangers and familiar people, and getting off the bus at Market Street, CJ is firing off questions at his grandma. He questions many things including why they have to ride the bus, why a man on the bus can’t see, why he can’t have a portable music player, and much more. All of which his Nana responded with positive things: if they didn’t ride the bus then they wouldn’t meet and know so many people, the man could see with his ears and it transformed many things, CJ could experience music live and appreciate the person making it, etc. Nana made everything about life seem so wonderful and beautiful, encouraging her grandson to appreciate the things they did have, which CJ noted and adopted by the end of the book, expressing how glad he was that they went to Market Street. I feel like this book is important to children's literature because it highlights the diversity in people and their lives in a very respectful way. It shows the readers that these differences, no matter what they are, don't have to create barriers as long as everyone is kind to one another. I believe this book shows self-growth because in the beginning, CJ is annoyed that him and his Nana have to take this long journey after church rather than just hopping in a car of their own, but by the end he's telling her that he is grateful for the trip because he learned to appreciate the people and things they see and meet along the way.

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This book is about a little boy and the “bear” that lives with his family. In the beginning the boy is explaining how the bear is too loud, bossy, hungry, and strong. But then after the bear helps him, he realizes that all of those qualities he initially deemed as bad, can also be good. The bear looks out for him and loves him, and he decides that he also wants to be a bear. After the parents disregarded that there was a bear living with them in the middle of the book, it is finally revealed to the reader on the last page that the “bear” is in fact the little boy’s older sister. This book is very important to children's literature because it shows that the bond between loved ones is very strong, despite its varying attributes at times, as well as that first judgements about a person aren't always right. This book shows self-growth because the little boy originally doesn't like the "bear" because of all the bad qualities he listed off, but later realizes that those bad qualities aren't necessarily bad. Those qualities he learned to love at times, and his acknowledgement of them showed his self-growth.

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This book is about a boy Justin and his friends Nia, Lyric, and Zee. After Zee had been missing for over a year, he came back changed. At his welcome home party, six kids from the neighborhood came (Justin, Lyric, Nia, Carla, Quincy, and Shae) and to pass the time they played hide and seek. However, everyone broke the rules of the game, leading to all of the children one by one getting captured and taken to an alternate universe called Nowhere. In this universe there is one being in charge, the Seeker, who feeds off and grows stronger from the fear of those children he captured. So, the children face their biggest fears come to life every single day, and if they accidentally touch one another, those fears are shared between them. They typically hide and try to run from their fears but as soon as Justin, Nia, and Lyric figure out what they’re about to go through they make the decision that they will be leaving Nowhere and preventing the Seeker from growing any stronger and potentially gaining free rein to roam anywhere in the regular world. Banding together with the kids from their neighborhood and two more named Duke and Mary, they went to Zee’s house to see if he had any more riddles. Luckily, they did, and they figured out how to finally leave: they needed to play one last game of hide and seek, but this time they needed to finish the game and not break any of the rules. The Seeker threw all their worst fears at them at full force, trying to do anything to prevent them from beating the game that it could do. In order to beat the game, the kids knew they had to work together and even though they didn’t want to touch each other and receive even more fears, they touched so they all knew what one another was going to. They did end up doing it, they all worked together and faced their worst fears, defeating them and allowing them and all the rest of the kids to go home as well. This book is important to children's literature because it teaches two important lessons: having fears is completely normal, but you have to be prepared to face them in your life, and teamwork is extremely important at crucial times in life. Working with others can be hard and annoying at times, but ultimately you are able to learn from others and that is one of the most valuable things about it. Bravery is the theme that shines through most in this book. While all these kids are in a world that feeds off of their fear, in order to escape and beat their fear, they need to have bravery. Justin embodied the idea of bravery, as he rallied all of the kids to face their fears in order to get back home. I truly believe the kids would not have escaped without him, because he was their inspiration, he was the one who helped them be brave.

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Katie DiCamillo

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Katie DiCamillo

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This book is about a China-doll rabbit named Edward and the journey he is thrust into, causing him to learn about change, loss, hope, and how to love someone other than himself. The story starts with Edward living with a little girl and her family, living a very happy and content life. That all changes when he accidentally gets thrown overboard into the ocean, starting his long journey of bouncing between different owners as he longs to be reunited with the little girl and his old life. First, he is scooped up from the bottom of the ocean by a fisherman, the coming to live with him and his wide as they put him in dresses and loved him dearly. This all changed when the couple’s daughter comes to visit them, and decides to throw Edward away, leading him to lose his happiness once again and be stuck under a pile of garbage. From there, a homeless man and his dog find Edward, bringing him along as traveled in train cars. Yet again, Edward could find happiness for himself. That all ends when the homeless man gets caught, and Edward gets tossed to the side of the train track. Eventually he was picked up by an old woman who used him as a scarecrow until a little boy stole him from his post to give to his gravely ill sister. This is where Edward truly learns to love someone other than himself, as he finds that he loves the little girl and that she loves him too. Tragically, the girl passes away, leaving Edward with yet another loss to deal with, as the brother takes off with him to Memphis. In Memphis, an angry chef at a restaurant breaks Edward, and the boy who didn’t want his sister’s beloved doll to stay that way, took him to a repair man. The man who repaired it said he would only do it if he got to keep the doll in his shop, and the brother reluctantly agreed. So, Edward sat on the shelf for a long time, losing hope he would ever find a happy home again. But, to his surprise, in walked his first owner who was now a mother herself, and he was finally taken home and reunited with her and her new family. This book is important to children's literature because it shows that you should never give up hope, and that happiness can be found even in the most unexpected places, even when you are still thinking of those you've lost. This book captures the theme of love and loss throughout the entire book as Edward keeps finding people to live with and being content and happy, but then tragically getting separated from them. And we saw him truly love the little girl that sadly passed away, with that loss I wondered if he would ever be able to love again, especially since he had finally truly loved someone other than himself. Love prevailed over loss, though, as at the end of the book he was finally reunited with that first little girl and her daughter, once again getting welcomed into a loving and welcoming home.

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This book is about a dog named Daisy and her favorite toy, a red ball. The book begins with Daisy’s owner (a little girl) giving her a new red ball, which is obviously Daisy’s new favorite as she plays with it constantly and even sleeps with it overnight. Then, the girl and Daisy go to the park, red ball in tow. Daisy finds another dog to play with there, and they end up playing with the red ball together, Unfortunately, the other dog accidentally pops the red ball, leaving it deflated and useless now. So, the girl and Daisy return home without the ball, leaving Daisy confused and upset about what happened to her favorite toy. Still upset, they return to the park the next day and see that very same dog who had broke Daisy’s ball the day before. The dog wasn’t alone, though, as it was holding a brand new blue ball for Daisy, promptly cheering her up as they played and then Daisy got to return home with her new ball (and new favorite toy). This book is incredibly important to children's literature for a couple of reasons. The first being the lesson that people are always responsible for their actions, whether they were done on purpose or on accident. The second is that the mind is a powerful thing. This book was solely made up of pictures, so readers had to recognize and interpret what was happening rather than being told what was happening. This is a great way to challenge and enhance readers learning and I believe it really allows this book to stand out. This book is about love and loss because Daisy adores her red ball completely, it is the toy she loves most and does everything with, and when we see her lose it due to it being broken, Daisy is absolutely crushed. We see her mourning it and unable to be her typical happy self, and that is a great representation that everyone can mourn in their own ways, and each of those should be accepted. Seeing the toll it took on Daisy, makes it all the sweeter when Daisy is given a new blue ball and we see her find love all over again. It shows that you are able to still mourn over something/someone while you love something/someone else.

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This book about a little fish in the ocean. The little fish is just swimming when he sees a big fish sleeping with a hat on. The little fish steals the hat right off the big fish’s head, thinking he won’t get caught since the big fish is sleeping. He is wrong, however, as the big fish wakes up and begins to follow him in pursuit of getting his hat back. In an attempt to hide, the little fish swims into very tall plants, but is seen by a crab. The little fish continues on his way, however, because the crab promises him that he won’t tell anyone that he’s in the plants. But as soon as the big fish arrives at the plants, he points to the plants immediately. The big fish swims into the plants, and then swims out with his hat back on his head. This book is very important in children's literature because it shows that actions always have consequences, good or bad. It pairs a bad decision (stealing a hat) with a bad consequence (getting chased and having it stolen back), showing the readers that they can't just do whatever they want, disregarding how their actions will impact others. I believe that this book shows self-growth, with the little fish not chasing after the big fish again, once it took back its hat. The little fish must have realized that what he did was wrong, and that he should no longer steal things from others.