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Author: Adam Wallace
Illustrator: Andy Elkerton
Publisher: Sourcebook wonderland
Date: February 15th 2019
Number of pages: 68 pages
Visual Elements: very bright picture book
Grade Level: K- 1st grade
Genre: Fantasy Fiction and Children's Literature
Themes: Working together and magic
Settings: Zoo
Summary: This book is about a unicorn who is trying to hide from a group of kids who are trying to find the unicorn. The unicorn ask all it's friends to help trick the kids so they can can't the unicorn.
Response: This was such a cute book and I think it would be a great book to have in a classroom.

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Author: David Shannon
Illustrator: David Shannon
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date: 1998
Number of pages: 38 pages
Visual Elements: Picture book
Grade Level: 1st- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction and Children's literature
Themes: insecure, identity and finding ones self
Settings: Camilla house
Summary: This book is about a girl name Camilla Cream and she loves Lima beans a lot and people make fun of her for this. Because she eats Lima beans a lot she ends up waking up with striped skin from the beans. Camilla is even more insecure because of her skin and she tries to find out how to make her skin normal again.
Response: I love this book I used to read this book a lot when I was younger. This book also teaches kids about self love and not to lets others bring you down for the things you love.

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Author: Maurice Sendak
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date: April 9th 1963
Number of pages: 40 pages
Visual Elements: picture book
Grade Level: K- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction and Children's literature
Themes: Escaping, new world, and finding ones self
Settings: House and island
Summary: This book is about a young boy named Max and he feels as though he isn't understood at home by his family. So one night Max travels to a mystery island where the wild things live. On this island he feels understood and like he fit in with the monsters because they treat max like their king.
Response: This is a classic picture book and I feel most kids have read or been read to. It also has a great moral behind it.

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Author: Jon Klassen
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Publisher: Candlewick press
Date: September 27th 2011
Number of pages: 39 pages
Visual Elements: picture book
Grade Level: K- 1st grade
Genre: fiction and children's literature
Themes: Patience's and working together
Settings: none
Summary: In this book a bear is trying to find his hat that he lost. He goes around and ask all the animals if they have seen it and they all reply with No they haven't.
Response: This was a cute book and its a great book to teach kids about patience.

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Author: Suzanne Lang
Illustrator: Max Lang
Publisher: Random house books for young readers
Date: May 15th 2018
Number of pages: 20 pages
Visual Elements: picture book
Grade Level: K- 1st grade
Genre: Fiction and Children's literature
Themes: Feelings, Self esteem, and emotions
Settings: The jungle
Summary: This books is about a monkey named Jim and he is waking up from sleeping. When he wakes up he is super grumpy and he doesn't know why and he can't shake it away. He goes around and talks to all his friends to see how he can be happy and not mad but nothing seems to work.
Response: I enjoyed this book and think it would be a perfect book to teach about how to control emotions.

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Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Publisher: Harperfestival
Date: September 3, 1947
Number of pages: 40 pages
Visual Elements: very simple picture book
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Genre: Fiction and children's literature
Themes: focus and safe place
Settings: A house
Summary: This book is about a rabbit who is getting ready to go to bed. Before the rabbit has to go to bed he must say goodnight to all the things that are around him.
Response: This is such a classic book that I feel as though most kids have either read or been read to.

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Author: Jory John
Illustrator: Pete Oswald
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date: August 29th 2017
Number of Pages: 42 pages
Visual Elements: Not a very colorful book and the art work is very simple throughout the book.
Grade Level: K- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction and children's literature
Themes: self esteem, positive, and change
Settings: A city
Summary: This book is about a sunflower who has a behavior and he is mean to everyone he knows. People tell him he needs to change his behavior which makes him see that he should. So, he tries to fix he behavior and have more of a positive attitude.
Response: This was such a cute book and it has a great meaning behind it. It teaches kids that it's not ok to be mean to others and we need to be kind.

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Author: Giles Andreae
Illustrator: Guy Parker- Rees
Publisher: Cartwheel books
Date: 1999
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Visual Elements: Simple artwork and very detail work
Grade Level: 1st- 3rd grade
Genre: fiction and children literature
Themes: humor, believing in yourself, and encouraging others
Settings: the wild
Summary: This book is about a giraffe named Gerald who loves to dance. The only problem is his long legs make it hard for him to dance. But all his friends try to encourage him to dance despise his long legs.
Response: This book teaches a great lesson of not giving up on what makes you happy.

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Author: Jory John
Illustrator: Pete Oswald
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date: November 2021
Number of Pages: 42 pages
Visual Elements: animated artwork and very bright artwork.
Grade Level: K- 3rd grade
Genre: Fiction and children literature
Themes: community, friendship, working together, and being positive
Settings: Bakery
Summary: This book is about a cookie and how he lives in a bakery with all his other cookie friends. Since being in this bakery he is appreciating his friends and how kind they are. He also reflects when he was younger and how he was not confident and how people were mean to him.
Response: This was the cutest book ever and it has such a cute meaning behind it. I think this is a must to have in a classroom because of how positive this book is.

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Author: Mo Willems
Illustrator: MO Willems
Publisher: Hyperion books for children
Date: 2003
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Visual Elements: Picture book the artwork is very dull colors
Grade Level: 2nd- 3rd grade
Genre: fiction and children literature
Themes: Self Esteem, school, and learning new things
Settings: school
Summary: This book is about a pigeon and how he has to go school but he doesn't want to go. The reason he doesn't want to go to school is because he doesn't want to learn new things. He is also scared of what others will think of him when he goes to school.
Response: This is such a cute book and it has a great meaning behind it. It teaches kids about learning to be yourself and not care what others think.

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Author: Adam Wallace
Illustrator: Andy Elkerton
Publisher: sourcebooks
Date: October 4th 2016
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Visual Elements: Picture book
Grade Level: 1st- 2nd grade
Genre: fiction
Themes: Christmas and working together
Settings: Houses around the world
Summary: This book is about a elf and how he is trying to help delivery toys. While trying to delivery the toys he is trying to avoid all the traps that the kids left for the Christmas elf.
Response: This is such a cute book and it's a great book to read around the holidays.

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Author: Addam Rubin
Illustrator: Daniel Salmieri
Publisher: Dial Books
Date: June 14th 2012
Number of Pages: 40 Pages
Visual Elements: Picture book
Grade Level: K- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Coming together and Humor
Settings: in someone dream
Summary: This book is about a boy who is dreaming about dragons and questioning, whether do dragons like eating tacos or not. He dreams about throwing a taco party and he invites all the dragons to the party.
Response: This is such a cute book and I think it would be a cute book to have in a classroom.

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Author: Deborah Diesen
Illustrator: Dan Hanna
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Date: 2008
Number of Pages: 36 Pages
Visual Elements: The pictures are very bright and detailed.
Grade Level: 1st grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Happiness and meaning
Settings: The ocean
Summary:  This book is about a fish who is always sad and frowning and thinks this is the only emotion he can feel. So the fish travels around the ocean and everyone he meets tells him he needs to smile more and be happy.
Response: This was a cute book but also a sad book. It does teach a great lesson of how it's ok to be sad but not always.

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Author: Marcus Pfister
Illustrator: Marcus Pfister
Publisher: North South Books
Date: 1992
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Visual Elements: The artwork is water colors and pastel colors
Grade Level: K- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: friendships, Happiness and selfishness
Settings: The ocean
Summary: This book is about a beautiful fish with pretty scales and how he thinks he is better than others. When other ask for his scales he tells them no. He ends up pushing all the others fishes away and ends up having no friends.
Response: This is a great book and it teaches a great lesson about friendship. It also teaches how to share with others and to care for others.

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Author: Kimberly and James Dean
Illustrator: Kimberly and James Dean
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date: October 4th, 2016
Number of Pages: 43 Pages
Visual Elements: The pictures are bright and done with water colors
Grade Level:  2nd- 4th grade
Genre: fiction
Themes: working together, forgiving other, and learning to be kind to others
Settings: Pete the cats house
Summary: This book is about a cat named Pete and how him and his friends are trying to find where the cupcakes they made went missing. They are trying to find the cupcakes before Pete's band party so they go on this quest to find them.
Response: I love Pete the cat books and I think they are great books to have in a classroom because they teach great lessons. This book teaches kids how to work together and how to forgive others.

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Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degen
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date: 1989
Number of Pages: 44 pages
Visual Elements: The art work is very detailed and bright
Grade Level: 1st grade- 5th grade
Genre: fiction
Themes: working together, friendship, learning new things
Settings: school and school bus
Summary: This book is about a teacher named Miss. Fizzle and she and her students decide to go into her students Ralphie's body to see why is he sick. They go inside of the magical school bus and the bus becomes small so they can go inside of Ralphie's body.
Response: This book is a classic book it's very interesting book. I think this book is a good book to have in a classroom and it teaches a lot about the human body.

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Author: Norman Bridwell
Illustrator: Norman Bridewell
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date: 1984
Number of Pages: 35 Pages
Visual Elements: Picture book the pictures are very bright and bold
Grade Level: Preschool- Kindergarten
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Friendship, Christmas, and Celebration
Setting: Does not say
Summary: In this book Emily and Clifford are getting ready to celebrate Christmas. They prepare for Christmas by doing most of the things people do before Christmas like make snowballs, get stocking, and buying a Christmas tree.
Response: I think this book is so cute and it's a perfect book to read around Christmas time.

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Author: Clement C. Moore
Illustrator: Cheryl Harness
Publisher: AppleSauce Press
Date: December 23rd 1823
Number of Pages: 48 pages
Visual Elements: Picture book
Grade Level: Preschool- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Christmas and spreading joy
Settings: no setting
Summary: This book is about Santa and about how he prepares for Christmas day when delivering present around the world.
Response: I love this book and have been reading it ever since I was a little girl. This book is a great book to read during the holidays to get you excited about Christmas.

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Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Salvatore Murdocca
Publisher: Random House for Young Readers
Date: August 24th 1993
Number of Pages: 79 pages
Visual Elements: The pictures are in black white there is no color to them. Not a lot of pictures though because it's a chapter book
Grade Level: 1st to 3rd Grade
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Themes: Magic, mystery, working together, and family
Settings: Egypt
Summary: This book is about a brother and sister named Jack and Annie and how they have this magic tree house that allows them to travel back in time. This time they travel back to ancient Egypt and they get lost in a pyramid and have to find their way out.
Response: I really enjoyed this book and thought it had a great meaning behind it. This book teaches kids about how to work together in tough situations.

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Author: Kelly Barnhill
Illustrator: Yuta Onoda
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Date: August 9th 2016
Number of Pages: 61 pages
Visual Elements: none
Grade Level: 5th grade
Genre: fiction
Themes: Family, love and Sorrow
Settings: Forest
Summary: This book is about a girl name Luna and how she gains these magical powers. When gaining these magical powers Luna has to learn how to control these powers because they're super powerful.
Response: This was a really good book and it teaches many great lessons. It teaches kids how to works together and not give up on others.

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Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
Publisher: Random House book for young readers
Date: July 1, 1992
Number of Pages: 97 pages
Visual Elements: The pictures in the book are very bright colors and very detailed which engage the reader.
Grade level: 1st grade- 3rd grade
Genre: fiction
Themes: New changes, facing your problems, keeping an open mind
Settings: school bus and classroom
Summary: This book is about a girl name Junie B Jones and it's her first day of Kindergarten and her mother is trying to get her to ride the school bus. Junie B Jones doesn't want to ride the bus because people are mean to her. She then tries to find ways to avoid the bus.
Response: I liked this book and think the Junie B. Jones series are good books for when kids are starting to read chapter books. I also think this book teaches about how to face your fears.

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Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date: 1961
Number of Pages: 178 pages
Visual Elements: The pages are very dull and not does not have a lot of detail to them.
Grade Level: 4th and 5th grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Making new friends, caring for others, self growth
Settings: New York City, Atlantic ocean, and peach
Summary: This book is about a boy named James and he is an orphan who lives with his mean aunts. One night James is walking at night and see a peach and he ends up going inside of the peach. When he enters the peach he meets a bunch of new bug friends. From here James get stuck in the peach and has to decide if he wants to go back home or stay with his new friends.
Response: I like this book and I think this book is a great chapter book for kids to read when they are first starting to read. I also think this book teaches kids about self growth.

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Author: Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak- Fenton
Illustrator: Liz Amini Holmes
Publisher: Annick Press
Date: September 1, 2010
Number of Pages: 92 pages
Visual Elements: It's a chapter book but some of the pages have visuals most of the visuals are dark colored.
Grade Level: 4th- 8th grade
Genre: nonfiction
Themes: self esteem, standing up, finding yourself
Settings: the artic
Summary: This book is about a young girl named Margaret and how she wants to leave home and go to a school to learn how to read and write. Her parents lets her go and when she gets there she is very nervous because she is new. She meets the head teacher and she ends up being rude to Margaret and instead of giving her black socks the teachers gives her red socks and calls her fatty legs. Margaret then has to learn how to get through school and learns not to care about others think.
Response: I think that this book teaches a great lesson about learning to love yourself and not care what others think about you.

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Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Sal Murdocca
Publisher: Random House books for young reader
Date: March 21, 1995
Number of Pages: 82 pages
Visual Elements:  The pictures are watercolors and the colors are bright
Grade Level: 1st- 3rd grade
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Themes: learning about others, following what you believe in
Settings: Magic Tree house and Japan
Summary: This book is about a brother and sister named Jack and Annie and about their imagination. Jack and Annie have a tree house that they go into and pretend that they travel to a certain place. They travel to Japan and they end up stuck in a crave with a bunch of Ninja masters and they end up learning about their secrets.
Response: I love this book and think it's a great book for kids to read if they love Fantasy fiction.

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Author: J.K. Rowling
Illustrator: Cliff Write
Publisher: BloomsBury
Date: July 2nd 1998
Number of Pages: 334 Pages
Visual Elements: None it's a chapter book
Grade Level: 3rd to 7th grade
Genre: fantasty Fiction
Themes: Loyalty, Friendship, going against the rules, magic
Settings: Hogwarts
Summary: This book is about a young boy named Harry Potter and he attends a wizard school named Hogwarts. Harry Potter and his friends throughout the book are trying to figure out the mystery of why there are weird things going around the school. They end up finding out that Harry's enemy Voldemort is trying to come back and destroy Harry Potter.
Personal Response: This is such a great book and it's a great book for people who love Fantasty fiction.

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Author: Erin Silver

illustrator: Suharu Ogawa

Publisher: Bluebird

Date: April 1, 2021

Number of Pages: 176 pages

Visual Elements: Very bright pictures, Lots of graphs, very informational text

Grade Level: 5th grade-12 grade

Genre: Nonfiction and informational book

Themes: Environmental Changes

Settings: Around the world issue

Summary: This books is about how around the whole entire world billions of food gets wasted and thrown out. This book helps inform how when we waste food it's bad for our environment because when throwing that much food out it fills up our landfills which can lead to global warming. This book is trying to inform and teach how we can stop global warming and save our planet.

Response: I thought this book was very informative and it teaches a great lesson I agree with all the points this book brought up. I also think it's awful how much food is wasted and how it is bad for our planet. I think this books is a great way to teach someone about this issue.

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Author: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrator: Magaly Morales
Publisher: Abrams Books
Date: September 7 2021
Number of Pages: 40 pages
Visual Elements: Very Bright and abstract artwork
Grade Level: preschool- 3 grade
Genre: fiction
Themes: Learning, Inspiring others, Culture
Settings: Puerto Rico and New York City
Summary: This book is about a women named Pura she loves learning new things especially when it comes to English. Pura has lived in Puerto Rico her whole life but she ends up moving to New York City. She moves here because she ends up getting a job as Librarian. When working here she notices how there aren't a lot of books from her homeland which makes her sad. So she decides to tell the stories herself both in English and Spanish. From doing this Pura ends up becoming the first Latina author in New York City.
Response: I thought this was a great book and found it very inspiring. I think this is a great book to have in a classroom because it teaches a great lesson of you can do anything you set your mind to.

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Author: Alan Gratz
Illustrator: Alan Gratz
Publisher: Starscape
Date: August 29th, 2019
Number of Pages: 257 pages
Visual Elements: no visuals it is a chapter book
Grade Level: 4th grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: school, standing up, justice
Settings: School
Summary: This book is about a little girl named Amy Anne who is trying to fight the school from banning books from her school. Throughout the book Amy is trying to fight why the books that her peers and her love shouldn't be banned. While fighting the school Amy opens her own private library in her locker so that her peers can read books that are banned.
Personal Response: I think that this book was a good book and it had a great meaning behind it. This book teaches kids to stand up in what they feel strongly about and how they can make a difference if they try.

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Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: Kevin Berry
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Date: 2017
Number Of Pages: 35 Pages
Visual Elements: The artwork watercolor the art is sad and droopy
Grade Level: Ages 4-7
Themes: Friendship, love, and helping others
Settings: Port Carrick
Summary: This is about a cat name Sailor and a girl name Maggie. Sailor is Maggies cat who has passed away but Sailor is still able to see Maggie and she can see him to. Sailor stays by Maggies side because he doesn't want to leave her alone and he wants to help her with her daily chores on the lighthouse. Maggie niece comes to the lighthouse to stay for a while. One night when Maggie hurts herself she needs Sailor and her Niece to work together to light up the lighthouse. They end up working together and lighting the lighthouse.
Response: I thought this book was so cute and I think this is a great book to read in a classroom especially around Halloween.

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Author: Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis
Illustrator: Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Reader
Date: October 2012
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Visual Elements: This is a newer book but the art work reminds me of older books. The art work has more of a darker vibe to it that is because it's a Halloween book.
Grade Level: Ages 4-7
Genre: Humor Fiction
Themes: Spooky, Humorous, and Halloween
Setting: Not stated
Summary: This book is about 10 different monsters who are all hanging out and each time they hang out, something happens to each of the monsters until there is only one monster left. At the end of the book there is only one monster left and it shows the monster going home and the monster ends up being a kid in a Halloween costume.
Response: This book was a fun a read especially during the month of October. I think this would be a great book to read during October in a classroom.

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Author: Chalotte Watson Sherman
Illustrator: Geneva Bowers
Publisher: Astra Young Readers
Date: January 18, 2022
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Visual Elements: The pages are very bright and bold. The illustrator uses water colors throughout the book.
Grade Level: Ages 4-8
Themes: Curiosity, saving ocean life, and family
Settings: It never says what the setting is just that they live by the ocean.
Summary: This book is about a little girl named Kenzie and her mother is a oceanographer so Kenzie is curious about the ocean life as well. Kenzie owns this mermaid tail and once she put this tail on she pretends to turn into an actual mermaid. When Kenzie is a mermaid she can explore the ocean and when exploring the ocean she sees how polluted the ocean is. So, she decides to help the ocean and help clean it up and she ask her mom to help her out.
Response: This is such a cute book and I love the meaning behind it. This book teaches kids about saving the ocean and showing them about how it's bad to pollute the ocean.

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Author: Margi Preus
Illustrator: Manjiro Nakahama and Jillian Tamaki
Publisher: Amulet Books
Date: 2010
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Visual Elements: Chapter Books
Grade Level: 9-13 years
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Friendship and Family relationships, adventure, and staring a new life
Settings: Japan
Summary: This book is based on a true story from 1841 it's about a boy named Manjiro who is a fisher boy and one day his ship wrecks. Manjiro and another fisherman get stuck on a island. The both of them don't know what to do but then an American whaling ship comes to rescue them. Both Manjiro and the fisherman live on the whaling boat for a while until they reach America. Manjiro decides to live with the captain of the boat. The captain take Manjiro in as his own and gives him a great childhood. Manjiro was still upset and wanted to go back to his family and save all the others who were imprisoned when trying to come over to America. So, once Manjiro becomes older he decided to go back and help all the prisoners.
Response: I really enjoyed this book I enjoy fiction books and learning new things from them. I think this is a great book to have in a classroom the author tell the story of Manjiro well.

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Author: Eiko Kadono
Illustrator: Akiko Hayashi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Date: January 25, 1985
Number of Pages: 259 Pages
Visual Elements: Chapter Book
Grade level: 5th- 6th grade
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Themes: Strengths, accomplishing goals, and learning to grow up
Settings: Europe
Summary: This book is about a young girl named Kiki who's from a family of witches and her mother tells her she has to venture by herself. So Kiki leaves her home and goes into a town to learn how to be a witch by herself. When Kiki is in the town by herself she makes a cat friend name Jiji and they end up becoming best friends. Kiki and Jiji decide to start a delivery service where Kiki delivers items to others on her boom stick. After doing this for a while Kiki decided to travel home to her family and show how much she has learned and accomplished. After coming home for a while she then leaves her home again and goes back into town to continue her delivery service.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book and thought it had a great meaning behind it. I think this book teaches about learning how to be responsible and learning how to accomplish things on your own. It also teaches about learning how accomplish whatever you set your mind to.

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Author: J.K. Rowling
Illustrator: None
Publisher: Bloomsbury (UK)
Date: June 26th 1997
Number of Pages: 223
Visual Elements: None
Grade Level: 5th-6th grade
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Themes: Friendship, family, magic, belonging
Settings: Hogwarts and London
Summary: This book is about a boy named Harry Potter and he finds out on his 11 birthday that he is a wizard. He finds out that he must attend Hogwarts a wizard school. Harry lives with his aunt and uncles who treat him poorly so he is happy to be going away to this wizard school. Harry goes to the school and he ends up making friends with two other kids named Hermione and Ron. When Harry  enters the wizard world he is very famous because he is known for surviving from Voldmort who is the most evil wizard in the wizard world. So, everyone is constantly staring at Harry and treating him differently.  Throughout the book Harry, Ron and Hermione are trying to find out the mystery of how Harry survived Voldmort and how his parents died.
Response: I love this book so much and I think it's a great book for every kid to read. This book is what made me love reading and I know a lot of others who agree.

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Author: Lisa Flipps
Illustrator: none
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen books
Date: March 9th 2021
Number of Pages: 352 pages
Visual Elements: Chapter book
Grade Level: ages 10-13
Genre: fiction
Themes: self acceptance, friendships, family,
Settings: Texas
Summary: The book is about a 13 year old girl named Ellie who struggles with her image. The reason she struggles with her image is because at her birthday she wore a whale swimsuit and jumped in the pool and after that everyone started to make fun of her. After this Ellie let people making fun of her weight get to her which affects her mental health. The only time Ellie feels happy though is when she is swimming in her pool it's where nobody can hurt her feelings. It's where she can stretch out like a starfish and not worry about her weight.
Response: I thought this book was a great read it had a great meaning behind it. This book teaches self acceptance and teaches not to care what other think and only care for the people who love you for who you are.

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Title: Lon Po Po
Author: Ed Young
Publisher: Philomel
Date: November 1989
Number of Pages: 32
Visual Elements: Picture book the art was made with water color.
Grade Level: 2nd- 3rd grade
Genre: Fiction, Fairytale
Themes: Danger, survival
Settings: China
Summary: This is just like the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood but it was written in China. In this story there are three younger girl who are left alone because their mother leaves. Their mother tells them to lock the doors up and be safe because there is a wolf who lurks the forest. After the mother leaves the wolf comes to the house and knocks on the door and tries to convince the three girls that he was their Po Po meaning grandmother. The little girls let the wolf inside of the house and the wolf tries to convince the girls that he is not a wolf and is their Po Po. One of the girls was smart enough to know the wolf wasn't their Po Po so she convince the wolf to go get some nuts from a tree but they had to climb the tree in order to get the nuts. So the girls  put the wolf in a basket to get the nuts the three girls pulled the rope so the wolf would go up the tree. As they are pulling the rope they let go making the wolf fall to the ground and they kill the wolf they then go inside and lock the door and go to sleep.
Response: I Really enjoyed this book and liked reading a whole new version of Little Red Riding Hood told in a perspective in a different culture.

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Author: Megan E. Freeman

illustrator: None

Publisher: Aladdin

Date: 05/03/22

Number of pages: 416

Visual Elements: None because it's a poem novel

Grade level: 4th-6th grade

Genre: Fiction

Themes: abandonment, bravery, survival, and loneliness

Settings: Colorado

Summary: This book is about a 12 year old girl named Maddie who goes over to a sleepover with her bestfriends when she wakes up from her sleepover she finds everyone is just gone. Her whole entire town is evacuated expect her throughout the book Maddie is trying to find out where everyone had gone and why she is all alone. While surviving on her own Maddie makes friends with a dog and her and the dog have to learn how to survive on by themselves.

Response: I really enjoyed this novel it was very intense at times when reading about all the things Maddie had to go through in order to survive, it also had a lot of sad parts in the book though. I could never imagine having to survive all by myself trying to find food and water. Being alone is one of my fears in life so reading this book was very intense for me to read I would recommend this book to someone though.

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Author: CeCe Bell
Illustrator: CeCe Bell, David Lasky
Publisher: Amulet Books
Date: September 2, 2014
Number of pages: 248
visual Elements: Picture book, Graphic novel
Grade Level: 3rd-8th grade
Genre: Autobiography, graphic novel, comic
Themes: overcoming challenges, learning to communicating, autobiography, friendships, learning to love yourself
Settings: Oregon
Summary: The main character of the book CeCe gets sick and has to go to the hospital she finds out she is deaf. Her doctor gives her a device called Phonic ears to help her hear. CeCe is embarrassed to wear the phonic ears to school. So CeCe makes up a super hero persona named El Deafo. When CeCe pretends to be El deafo she is more confident and speaks up for herself. She also makes tons of friends throughout the book.
Response: I really enjoyed reading this book and thought it had a great meaning behind it. This book is a great book  to teach kids about how everyone is different but it's ok to be. It also can teach them to love themselves and accept their differences.

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Author: Beth Ferry
Illustrator: Molly Idle
Publisher: Roaring book press
Date: 10/27/2020
Number of Pages: 32
Visual Elements: picture book, bright pages, simple artwork
Grade Level: 4–6-year-olds
Genre: fiction
Themes: believing in yourself, encouragement
Settings: Safari, ocean, Grasslands
Summary: In the book it shows different animals and showing them doing they’re daily task in their environment. After showing the animals doing their task it says, “we believe” for example it shows a giraffe being tall and using its long neck to get food the giraffe is saying “We believe in standing tall” The whole purpose of this book is to show kids to believe in themselves and that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to.
Response: I really enjoyed this book I thought it was super cute and had a great message behind it about believing in who you are.

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Author: Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: Dave McKean
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date/Number of Pages: July 2nd 2002, 176 pages
Grade Level: 4th-5th grade
Genre:  fantasy fiction
Visual Elements: Not a lot of visuals throughout the book it's a chapter book. Most the visuals are in black and gloomy images.
Themes: home, family, and being courageous
Settings: England
Literacy Elements: In the book it's about a young girl names Coraline and she is unhappy with her home life she thinks everything is unfair. Her family move to an apartment house called the Pink Palace. She then discovers a weird door with another mother and father who listen to her and spoil her with whatever she wants. She then finds out that they are evil especially the mother. The other mother kidnaps Coraline's real parents and Coraline then has to save her parents. She ends up saving her parents and realizing she should be thankful for her parents.
Response: I love this book it's one of my favorite books. I really enjoy fantasy fictions. I think that this book has a deeper meaning behind it and shows that kids need to be thankful for what they have in their life.

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Author: Leo Politi

Illustrator: Leo Politi

Publisher: Scribner

Date/ number of pages: 1949, number of pages 32

Grade level: 1 st- 3 rd grade

Genre: Fiction

Visual elements: Not a lot of color the colors are very mellow, the pictures are very simple but beautiful
Setting: San Juan Capistrano
Themes: Friendships, coming together

Summary:  The book is about a young boy named Juan who lives in San Juan Capistrano. He is friends with a man named Julian who Is a Gardner and they feed the swallow birds together. Julian teaches Juan more about the swallows and how the migrate from one place to another. Juan than find a swallow nest in the garden and he watches over it. On Saint Joseph Day they all sing the song of the swallows as they watch the swallows migrate.

Response: I really enjoyed this book loved how the story line was simple. I also enjoyed the art in this book it was very beautiful. Along with the art this book also won a Caldecott Medal for the Illustration. I think that this is a great read and a great book to add to a class.

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Author: Claire A. Nivola
Illustrator: Claire A. Nivola
Publisher: Farrrar, Straus, and Giroux
Date/ Number of Pages: January 1st 2008, 32 pages
Grade Level: ages 5-8
Genre: Biography
Visual Elements: picture book, water colors, bright colors
Themes: women empowerment, coming together
Settings: Kenya
Literacy Elements: In the book the main character Wanagari  notices when she comes back from school from America, that all the trees in her hometown were dead. So she brings all the women together in the town and tells them we should replant the trees.  All the women come together and replant them and then the men cut them down again. So Wanagari stand up to the men and they put her in jail. As she is in jail the women again replant the trees to show they can just keep re planting the trees even if they keep getting chopped down.
Response: I thought this book was very empowering and a good read. I think that it shows that you should stand up for what you believe in.

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Author: Jeanette Winter
Illustrator: Jeanette Winder
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date/Number of pages: 2008, 32 pages
Grade Level: ages 4-7
Genre: biography
Visual Elements: Picture book and the pictures are bright
Themes: women empowerment, coming together, and equality
Settings: Kenya
Literacy Elements: This book is about a girl named Wanagari and she trying to replant the trees in her village because the government cut them all down. She gathers all the women together to replant them and they do. But the government chops them down again. So Wanagari stands up to the government and she gets put in jail. But the other women in the town keep replanting the trees to show they can just keep replanting the trees.
Response: I really enjoyed this book and found it very empowering when wanagari stood up to the government. It shows how passionate she is about her village. This book has a great message behind it and I think would be a good book to have in a classroom.

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Author: Rajani Larocca
Illustrator: None
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date/ Number of Pages: February 2, 2021, 224 pages
Visual Elements: it's more of a chapter book so there is not visuals.
Grade Level: Ages 8-12
Genre: Fiction
Themes: finding yourself, love, family, and losing a love one
Settings: Boston
Literacy Elements:  The book is about a young girl name Reha and talks about her life style. Reha is Indian and she feel as though she doesn't fit in with the other kids because of her culture. She discusses her culture throughout the book but she also talks about American Culture. The book is her trying to decide on what culture she feels she fits in more. She wants to try and fit in the American culture more but parents don't want her to. Her mother then becomes sick and Reha then doesn't care on what cultures she fits in more. She cares only about her mother and wanting her to get better.
Response: This was a very emotional book to read while reading the book in a sense I related to Reha. About how she didn't fit in due to her cultural. I feel like lots of kids feel this way so this book would be a great book to have in a classroom. I also like how this book discussed such deep moments like her mom being sick and showed her Reha handled them being so young.

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Author: Christian Robinson
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Date/ Number of Pages: June 2, 2020, 40 pages
Visual Elements: Many of symbols throughout the story to set the themes throughout the story.
Grade Level: ages 4-8
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Diversity, community, coming together
Settings: outside, space, and ocean
Literacy Elements: The book is to show no matter who you are you are important to this world. The book shows that even objects can have feelings about not feeling as though they matter. For example the author shows a dinosaur being sad because nobody is there to help him when he needs it. This shows kids that everything had feelings and it's ok to have feelings.
Response: I really enjoyed this book I think it has a great message behind it. It's important to teach kids about self love. I feel like this is such a big topic in life people tend to feel insecure and as though they don't mean anything. So, I personally think this is a great book to have in a classroom and even teach it.

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Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator: Rafael Lopez
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Groups
Date/ Number of Pages: August 28th, 2018, 32 pages
Visual Elements:  It's a picture book and each page is very colorful and they're are many symbols throughout the text
Grade Level: Kindergarten- 3rd grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: Friendship, acceptance, diversity, and coming together
Settings: Classroom
Literacy Elements: In this book the purpose is to show the differences between everyone. It's to show that it's important to accept other differences and be kind to one another. In the book it shows different kids with different back grounds. The story shows how all the kids feel as though they don't fit in. Then at the end it shows them all becoming friends with one another and accepting each of their differences.
Response: I really enjoyed this book and related it. All throughout my life I always felt as though I didn't fit in especially when I was in elementary. I am Hispanic and when I was younger, It made me feel like I was different than the others kids in my class. But then I made friends who I felt as though accepted me for my differences. I think that this book is a great book to have in a classroom.

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Author: Kimberly Dean and James Dead
Illustrator: James Dean
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date/Number of Pages: September 3, 2019, 40 pages
Visual Elements:  Picture book each pages is very bright and the words are all bold. The drawings look hand drawn and not animated. On each page each sentence rhymes.
Grade Level: Kindergarten- 2nd grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: friendship, patience's,  and accepting of others
Settings: Pet the Cat house, and outside
Literacy Elements: The main character Pete the cat wants to throw a pizza party to make the perfect pizza with his friends. So he invites all his friends over and Pete begins to make his version of a perfect pizza. But his friends keep adding more and more different types of toppings to the pizza. Each time a new topping is added everyone seems to be bothered by it but they just accept it each time. In the end Pete makes the pizza and they all try the pizza because they came to conclusion it's good to try new things.
Response:  I like Pete the Cat books they tend to teach kids important lessons. Which this book did it's teaching kids that even though we don't want to do something because we don't like it it's always good to try new things. This is a very important lesson in life so this book is a good book to be in a classroom.

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Author: Katherine Applegate
Illustrator: Liz Dresner
Publisher: Feiwel and friends New York
Date/ Number of pages: 2015, 208 pages
Visual Elements: It's a chapter book so there isn't a lot of pictures. The only picture is when each chapter starts there is a black cat before it.
Grade Level: 2nd and 5th grade
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Themes: Friendship. mystery, acceptance, and growth
Settings: Outside, beach, classroom, and main characters house
Literacy Elements: The main character of the story is a boy named Jackson. In the story Jackson is starting to see his imaginary friend which is a cat named Crenshaw. Jackson is in 5th grade and he hasn't seen Crenshaw since 2nd grade. Throughout the story Jackson is trying to figure out why Crenshaw is back Jackson doesn't like when Crenshaw is here. The reason why is because he notices he only see Crenshaw when bad things are happening in his life. Jackson is very stressed in his life because his family is poor and his father is super sick. In the end Jackson figures out that the reason Crenshaw is back in his life is because he needs that emotional support to help him. Jackson learns that Crenshaw is there to help him and he shouldn't push Crenshaw away.
Response:  I love this book and the meaning behind it and how it can teach the reader about it's ok to lean on someone for help. This book bought up a lot of topics that should be spoken of more. Such as mental health and how it's important to ask for help when you need it. Also how it's ok to lean on someone for support. This book didn't have any pictures it was very dull but it fit the sad vibe of the story. I think that this book is a great read and I would recommend it someone for an emotional read. I would add this book to my classroom library if I teach 5th grade.

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Author: Tom Brenner
Illustrator: Jaime Kim
Publisher: Scholastic
Date/ Number of Pages: 2017, 15 pages
Visual Elements: picture book, water colors
Grade Level: Kindergarten- 1st grade
Genre: Fiction
Themes: friendships, family, excitement, change
Setting: Outside
L iteracy elements: The main character of the story is Johnny. The story is about him finally being done with school and him being excited for summer time. The story goes over all his summer time activities that he has planned with this family and friends.
Response:  I really enjoyed this book because it's a reminder how fun summer can be especially when your a kid. It reminded me of when I was in elementary school and getting super excited for summer time. When reading this book during the school year, it makes you feel more excited for next summer gives you something to look forward to. I think that this is a good book for a beginning reader because the illustration's in the book is so vibrant. When the pages are so bright it catches the eye more making you more engaged in what is happening in the story. It's also a very easy read which is also great for a beginning reader.