https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e Children's Literature 2368 Spring 2023 en-us 2023-04-19 16:01:25 UTC 2023-04-20 17:49:32 UTC hello@padlet.com prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560418810 This book is about Cally Fisher and her family going through the hardships of the death of Cally’s mother. Cally’s father has been going through a lot because of her death and has been doing things Cally doesn’t like such as packing her mother’s stuff and putting it away. Cally doesn’t know how to cope with this and one day a stray dog comes up to her and she finally has someone that would be there for her. This book fits perfectly in this category because Cally and her family lose their loving mother which leaves them distraught, but a stray dog was able to come into their lives and brighten their lives up. This book holds so much value to this world because it shows us that not only humans can love us unconditionally, but also animals that you care and nurture for.]]> 2023-04-19 16:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560418810 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560435630 This story is about a boy and mouse. The mouse wanted a cookie at first, and then kept asking for more and more things from the boy. The boy liked the mouse so much and he thought if he would say no to the mouse, the mouse would leave. So, the boy kept giving more to him. This book represents manipulation and exploitation of friends or family. A lot of our friends use us to get what they want and when we stop providing for them, they will leave. Real friends will stick around no matter what. This book teaches a great life lesson which is choose your friends wisely and do not trust people easily.]]> 2023-04-19 16:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560435630 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560438255 This book is about David who keeps doing a lot of naughty things around the house such as drawing on the walls, playing with his food, eating a lot of sugars, etc. At the end, David accidentally breaks a vase and feels very bad about it and then his mother comforts him saying it is okay and that mistakes happen. This book relates to a lot of us as children. We make so many mistakes and learn our lessons from them. But, when we get hurt or sad, our parents will always be there for us. This book shows the importance of family through David and his mother.]]> 2023-04-19 16:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560438255 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560443039 The book is about a family that lives in a small town. The family is a pretty big one with two parents and four kids. The biggest focus of this book is on the death of their kid Charlie. This book taught me a very important lesson which is never say no to your family because you never know when you could lose them. This book was so sad because of the circumstances of how the little boy died. This book fits well in this category because it can teach all of us to be more understanding of life. We live everyday, but only die once.]]> 2023-04-19 16:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560443039 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560446572 This book follows a young boy who finds out it's snowing and goes around the neighborhood to explore it. He runs around in the snow, makes snow angels, makes a snowman, throws snowballs, etc. After he played in the snow, he got home and was freezing cold. His mother made him hot chocolate and drew him a hot bath. He then realized the whole day is already over! He puts on his pajamas and goes to bed. Later, he wakes up and realizes that it was a dream. The little boy runs to the curtains and throws them open and he sees snow outside. He then calls his friends and goes out to play. This book teaches us to love this small things about life. In the book it shows us the young boy having so much joy with just some snow. I think it is so important to love the small things in life because adding up all those small things will leave us with so much joy. I thought this book fit well in this category because it shows us to love the little things in life just like this young boy is doing.]]> 2023-04-19 16:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560446572 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560448077 This book is about a cute dog named Daisy that has a red ball and loves to play with it. She doesn’t go anywhere without it. One day at the park she lost it and her owner did not go back to get her ball. Daisy was really sad without her ball and the owner didn’t know why. The next day, they went to the park again. The dog found another ball which was blue and she loved it. The kids who were playing with the ball gave it to Daisy and she was finally happy again. This book's message is so valuable because it shows that loss happens, but can be replaced with the love of others. Also, this book fits perfectly in the category because Daisy loses her ball that she loved so much, but found another that she learned to love!]]> 2023-04-19 16:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560448077 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560453511 The book follows our main character Harriet Hamsterbone. Harriet is not a typical princess in the sense that she is not very formal or royal. She likes to be a rebel and do things her own way. Later on, her parents tell her a dark secret from when she was born. A rat placed a curse on her where she will have a life till 12 years old then prick her finger on a hamster wheel and fall into a deep sleep. This book is important for people to read because it shows that it is not that important where you come from, but what you do with what you are given is what is important. I thought this book fit well in this theme because Harriet was able to love herself and live her life to the fullest.]]> 2023-04-19 16:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560453511 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560467228 The three pigs’ house was blown down by the wolf because the wolf wanted to eat them. These pigs then were trying to figure out how to escape this wolf. They then realized if they escaped the pages of the book, they would be able to escape the wolf. Throughout the book the three pigs go through several blank pages running from the wolf and meeting many new creatures. The three pigs resemble a family because they never leave each others' sides. We can learn from this book to always stick together and support our friends. This book fits well in this category because it shows that sticking together resembles a great friendship.]]> 2023-04-19 16:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560467228 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560469543 The book is about two friends, a mouse and a rabbit. The story starts off with the mouse in a toy airplane and the rabbit throws the airplane and the mouse gets stuck in a tree pretty high up. Throughout the story, the rabbit does everything to try and bring the mouse down. This really shows how good of a heart the rabbit had and that he was a true friend. This story shows how good of a friend the rabbit is. The rabbit was doing anything possible to help the mouse get down which is so valuable. This shows the importance of friendship, to never give up on each other.]]> 2023-04-19 16:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560469543 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560624655 This story is about a fox that wants to eat the chicken at a farm he lives nearby, but the fox is not scary enough. He ends up just getting beaten up by the chickens then sent home. He has many instances where he is shown as not scary and other animals just laugh at him. Throughout the book he learns how to be fierce, scary, and cunning. This book showed me how to live up to my potential. This fox was always looked at like a loser, however, he learned to live up to his potential and was finally a big bad fox. This book fits well in this category because it shows us that living up to our potential and working hard will help us love ourselves.]]> 2023-04-19 19:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560624655 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560625732 This book is about a husband and wife that need a plant as the wife is very sick and this plant is the only thing that can cure her. The plant’s name is Rapunzel. This plant is where the “evil” sorceress lives. One day the husband goes to try and steal this plant, but as he is getting the plant, the sorceress catches him. The sorceress blackmails the husband demanding him their child in return for the herb which would save the wife’s life. He accepts the trade and gives up their child. This is how Rapunzel gets stuck in the tower. Years later, a man comes upon the tower thinking there is treasure inside of it. He ends up finding Rapunzel and helps her escape that tower and let her live her life to the fullest in the outside world. They end up falling in love and living happily ever after. Throughout the book, I felt so bad for Rapunzel because she could not live her life to the fullest. Also, through all her hardships and adventure, she was able to find herself and see the importance of life. This book fits perfectly in this category because Rapunzel learned how to love herself and live life to the fullest.]]> 2023-04-19 19:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560625732 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560627634 This book is about a pigeon that really wants to drive a bus. The bus driver parks the bus as he needs to use the restroom. While the bus driver was leaving, he said to a passenger “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!”. The pigeon begged and begged the bus driver and the passenger never let up. The bus driver was so grateful to the passenger as if the pigeon drove the bus, he would crash it. This book is a great example of standing your ground. If the pigeon drove the bus, the bus would crash and all the passengers would get hurt. So, the passenger stood his ground and did not let the pigeon drive the bus. This fits perfectly into this category because it teaches us to stand our ground and no when right is right and wrong is wrong.]]> 2023-04-19 19:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560627634 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560628740 This book is about a boy named Bod whose parents were murdered in his house, but he escaped the killer. Bod loves going to the graveyard and being with the ghosts as he feels safe there because no one dares going to the graveyard. Later on in the story, he makes friends with a girl at school and gets close to her. He also helps the ghost of a witch to finish a potion that the witch could not finish before she died, and he also faced hardships at school with bullies making fun of him because he was an orphan. Throughout the whole book, the murderer that killed his parents has been trying to kill Bod because it was “unfinished business”. This book really taught me how to love life and learn to love myself even though anything could happen at any time. This book fits well in this category because it teaches us that our lives are short, and our lives are so important. ]]> 2023-04-19 19:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560628740 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560630275 This book is about a family that lives in a cabin on the mountains that has a lot of snow. There are a pack of wolves that live near their house and the family avoids them as they think the wolves are dangerous. One day, the wolf cub got lost and hurt in the snow and the daughter of the family found the cub outside in the freezing cold snow. The daughter hiked miles to take the cub back to the pack of wolves. This book represents "you receive what you give". The little girl saved the wolf cub, so the wolves saved her. It is always important to be caring and nice to everyone. This fits in well in the category because we can learn this important life lesson.]]> 2023-04-19 19:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560630275 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560632330 The book is about a little girl and her family. The little girl and her dad go to the laundromat to do laundry. With the little girl was a stuffed bunny named Knuffle Bunny. This stuffed animal meant the world to the girl. After they put their laundry in the laundromat, they were walking back home and the little girl then realized that she lost her stuffed animal! In this book, Knuffle Bunny was the little girl's best friend. And when she lost Knuffle Bunny, she was so upset. This shows how important friendships and love can be. This fits well in this category because you can see how important Knuffle Bunny was to the little girl and that shows the importance of friendship.]]> 2023-04-19 19:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560632330 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560633884 This book is about a rabbit named Edward Tulane. He is loved and taken care of by a little girl. Edward loves this girl with all his heart and does not have anyone else in mind. Edward, the girl, and their family go on a ship that is headed to London. On the ship, Edward ends up falling off the ship and gets lost at sea. Edward gets very scared as he loses the only person he loves. Throughout the story, Edward goes from house to house and he learns to love people for their care and happiness. This book is meaningful because it shows how love is so powerful and can completely turn someone's life around. This book fits perfectly under this category because Edward first loses his first owner which represents loss, then learns how to love others.]]> 2023-04-19 19:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560633884 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560634820 This book is about a family of ducks where the mother is about to lay some eggs. The mother sits at home and cares for her current ducklings while the father goes out and tries to find a safe place for the mother to lay her eggs. Later in the story, a police officer finds the family in the middle of the street trying to cross the road. The police officer stops all the traffic so the family can safely cross, but the mother starts to lay her eggs. This is a beautiful story of a family and a loving policeman. This shows that loving one another can change people's lives. This book fits well into this category because it shows that love from a friendly policeman came a beautiful family.]]> 2023-04-19 19:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560634820 prithvimekala https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560636577 This book is about a little house that was built a long time ago that was surrounded by beautiful grass meadows and forests. The book would go on to show that the area that the little house was in was becoming more urbanized. People built skyscrapers, metro trains, apartment buildings, etc. However, this house stayed put through it all. So many new buildings and things were being built around the house. This book shows how far standing your ground and remembering where you are from can get you. This house went through so much and never gave up to the change around him. This book fits well in life lessons because it shows how we can stand our ground and what it could do for us.]]> 2023-04-19 19:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/prithvimekala/clc2jz3aelique6e/wish/2560636577