Children's Literature by Rowena Leszczynski https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature My personal favorite selections en-us 2017-08-26 02:44:32 UTC 2026-02-01 13:00:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png Giraffes Can't Dance RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/182917447 By: Gile Andreae
     This picture book is about Gerald who is a tall giraffe, whose neck was long and slim. But his knees were awfully crooked and his legs were rather thin, he was very good at standing still, munching shoots off trees. Every year in Africa they hold a Jungle Dance where every single animal turns up to skip and prance. Poor Gerald felt so sad because when it came to dancing he was really bad.
    I liked this book and It's one of my favorite book to read to children because it tells you that even though you are different and how others discourage you, that you cannot do things, sometimes you need to stop and listen to the music that is yours to dance to, and if you find that music that you can dance to, you will be the best dancer or the best that you can be. 
     This book would be interesting for children who feel they are different, It is good for children ages 6 to 8.  I could use this book to teach children that being different or if they are having difficulties in other things that maybe they are just finding out what their things that they can be the best if they want to be. (Date Read:  September 5, 2017)

]]> 2017-08-26 02:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/182917447 The Runaway Bunny RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/182917449 By: Margaret Wise Brown
         This picture book is a story of once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.  So he said to his mother, “I am running away.”  “If you run away,” said his mother, “I will run after you.  For you are my little bunny.”
       I like this book because it is about the unconditional love and how much the Mother bunny is willing to do and go through to make her little bunny realize that where ever he goes, she will always find him.  
      This is a delightful book to read for children ages 3 through 6.  It teaches them to love, care, and how to show affection. 
(Date Read: September 5, 2017)
]]> 2017-08-26 02:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/182917449 Ready for Anything RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/183547981 By: Keiko Kasza
       This picture book is about two friends who want to go to the part, but how bad is it to go to to a park for a picnic?  Two friends decided to go for a picnic at the park. Duck arrived at Racoon's house on a bright, sunny day. "Hey, Racoon!" said the Duck. "Are you ready for a picnic?" "Um, well...I changed my mind," said Racoon.  
       I like this book because it's all about how a simple nice sunny day and two friends decided to go to a park to have a picnic, but before they even get there, there's a lot of ifs and buts, what can be ifs and buts for a picnic at the park?   And how being ready is always a good thing, you'll never know what is going to happen and it always good to be "ready for anything."
      This book would be interesting for children who always over think, and worries a lot,  it is good for early readers children ages 4 through 7. It helps them think and imagine the what's and ifs. I could use this book to teach children how to make conclusions.  Critical thinking.
(Date Read:  August 19, 2017)

]]> 2017-08-29 22:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/183547981 Interrupting Chicken RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/183557053 By: David Ezra Stein
A Caldecott Honor Award Book
     This award-winning picture book is about how would you feel if you wanted to tell a story and someone always finished it for you?  This is a story about Chicken red and his papa and how would a story always end in a different way.  
    This book would be interesting for children who like interrupting, and having a hard time controlling their emotion when they get excited and ended up interrupting.  I like this book because it identifies how younger children usually act and this book would be good for children ages 5 to 7 who are always so eager to hear stories but can't help themselves to interrupts it.
  I could use this book to teach students how to interrupting something could make a big impact on what they are trying to accomplished. Self-control.
(Date Read:  September 5, 2017)]]> 2017-08-29 23:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/183557053 When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/184101844 By:  Molly Bang
A Caldecott Honor Award Book.
Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Picture Book.
A Charlotte Zolotow Award Book.
     This multi-awarded picture book is about Sophie who did not get her way that made her really, really angry and how she handled that very strong negative feeling and manage her emotion.
       I like this book because it teaches us how and what can we do to convert and control that negative emotion into a positive and more pleasant feeling. This book would be interesting for children who have temperament issues.
      I could this book especially to teach about feelings and emotion and how even though they are children they have the power to help themselves divert their negative feeling into a positive outcome. For anger/temperament management. (Date Read:  September 1, 2017)]]> 2017-08-31 22:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/184101844 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/184106562 By: John Steptol
A Caldecott Honor Award Book
       This picture book is about the story is about the two beautiful daughters of a King in Africa, although they are the most beautiful woman, outside beauty is not the only thing to base that you are worth it to be the queen.
      This book tells us that beauty does not come only from your outside appearance but also within your heart.   This book would be interesting for children who like mysteries.  This book is good to read for ages 8 through 10. 
    I could use this book to teach compassion, comparison, problem-solving, conclusion of what the outcome of a certain action. I can also use this book to teach moral value, and not to judge and be considerate to others. (Date Read:  September 1, 2017)]]> 2017-08-31 23:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/184106562 "Thank You, Mr. Falker" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/184608825 By:  Patricia Polacco
    This picture book is about how knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through the pages of the book.  That is the message that Trisha left to her when she was five years old.  Trisha can't wait to learn how to read but unfortunately she thinks that she is stupid because she cannot read, then in fifth grade she met the new teacher, he was tall and elegant everybody loves his stripe coat and slick gray pants that change everything for her.
     I like this book so much because it inspired me of what kind of a teacher I wanted to be.  That will do extra miles to help and make a student feel that they belong and feel safe.  This book would be interesting for children who are having difficulty reading but having a hard time asking for help.
     I think this book is good for children at the age of 8 to 10 years.  I can use this book in teaching the student that everybody struggle but they have to find help and the part how a person feel when they are being bullied.  It is a character building concept.(Date Read:  September 1, 2017)

]]> 2017-09-05 01:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/184608825 "After The Fall" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185314135 By: Dan Santat
     This newly 2017 published picture book is about Humpty Dumpty's story on how he had a great fall but what we do not know is how Humpty Dumpty get back after his great fall.  Humpty Dumpty, an avid bird watcher whose favorite place to be is high up on the city wall―that is, until after his famous fall. Now terrified of heights, Humpty can longer do many of the things he loves most.  Will he summon the courage to face his fear?
      I like this book because it is a masterful picture book that will remind readers of all ages that Life begins when you get back up.
     This book would be interesting for children that feel frustrated when they cannot accomplish something and feel bad about it.
     I can use this book to teach younger children ages 6 through 10 to let them know that even though sometimes things are hard and they are afraid, that sometimes we need to overcome those fears.  I can use this building character. (Date Read:  September 25, 2017)
]]> 2017-09-06 20:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185314135 "Now one foot, now the other" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185337463 By:  Tomie DePaola
    This picture book is about Bobby's best friend is his grandfather Bob.  Bob and Bobby spent a lot of time together, Bob was even the one who taught Bobby how to walk.  When Bobby turns 5 his grandfather got really sick, and Bobby did what Bob did to him when he was small.
     I like this book because it shows a strong family relationship and compassion between the grandfather and the child.  It would be interesting for children who are living with an elder in their family, children ages 8 to 10.  I can use this story to teach compassion and caring for others.  Building character traits. (August 19, 2017).]]> 2017-09-06 23:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185337463 "Chika Chika 1 2 3" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185341516 By: Bill Martin Jr.
     This picture book is about numbers talking to each other trying to race.  I told 2 and 2 told 3, "I'll race you to the top of the apple tree."        This book would be interesting for children who like stories and start learning how to count.  It is all about how numbers talk to each other to get to the top of the highest number that they can be.  
     I like this book because it makes counting more interesting through a story.  This would be good for children ages 3 to 6.  I can use this in teaching how to count in a fun story telling way,  a twist to enjoy counting with the story. (Date Read:  September 5, 2017).]]> 2017-09-07 00:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185341516 "The Human Body" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185349099 By:  Paul Beck
Edited By: Ben Grossblatt
     This nonfiction picture book is about our human body, you are amazing from head to toe.  In this book, children can experience the different parts of their body from hundreds of bones and muscles and billions of cells in a fun colorful way.
     I like this book because it is a good reference for children ages 8 through 10 in a way that they can relate, familiar characters for them to make science fun way to learn.
     This would be interesting for children who love science and exploring the human body in a colorful way.    
     I could use this book when teaching science about the human body and have it as their reference that they can see in a different perspective. (Date Read:  September 5, 2017)]]> 2017-09-07 00:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/185349099 " John, Paul, George and Ben" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186181117 By:  Lane Smith
    This nonfiction picture book is about the three or they were four lads:  Make that five lads.  There was also Independent Tom (always off doing his own thing).  This book is about how our great heroes come together.  It is how they were when they were a child just like you, and how they use their different ability to fight for liberty and freedom for our country.
     This would be interesting for students who like history, something to get them started with the meaning or what independence means.
     I could use this book to teach about early history in social studied.  This might be good for student ages 6 to 8.  (Date Read:  September 2, 2017)]]> 2017-09-10 20:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186181117 "Abe Lincoln" The boy who loves books RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186455153 By: Kay Winters & Nancy Carpenter
    This nonfiction picture book is a boy named Abe who was born in Kentucky, his mother called him Abraham his last name Lincoln.    Abe family moved, they walked and rode a hundred miles to Indiana, across the Ohio River,  until at last, they came to land they claimed.  At the age of nine, Abe lost her mother due to illness and his father remarried again.  She took Abe and Sarah as if it was her own children, she got a lot of books that Abe find time after his chores to read, any chance he can, even in between his chores.
     This book would be interesting for a student who loves to read and studying about the different presidents because can find they can relate to him always trying to find ways to read, and also for kids who always try to make excuses in finding time to read.  It is good for ages 8 to 10.
     I can use this in teaching social studies about the different president and inspired the children that reading will make a difference in their lives.  History. (Date Read:  September 5, 2017)]]> 2017-09-11 16:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186455153 "Rosa" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186462538 By: Nikki Giovanni
A Caldecott Honor Award Book
     This nonfiction picture book is about Mrs. Park who was one of the best seamstresses in Montgomery.  They always say that she uses magic, her hands are like the gold spinning from Rumpelstiltskin's loom.  She was a hard-working and a very loving wife.  One day on her way home Rosa got on the bus and sat on the neutral seats since the back of the bus where the colored seats are full.  The bus driver asked her to give her seat, but she didn't.  The driver yelled at her and threatened her to call the police, she just replied "do what you must"  she thinks that everyone has the equal right to seat if they wanted too.  During the time of segregation, this was a big step for the colored people to stand and follow Rosa's action.
     This book would be interesting for the students who are studying American history.  It would be appropriate for ages 8 through 12.
     I can use this book in teaching American history, and the end of the era of segregation,  equality.  Social studies, people rights. (Date Read:  September 1, 2017)]]> 2017-09-11 16:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186462538 "Coretta Scott" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186473742 By:  Ntozake Shange
     This nonfiction picture book is about a woman name Coretta Scott that walks many miles to school in a dusty road, young Coretta Scott knew, too well, the unfairness of life in the segregated south.  A yearning for equality began to grow.  Together with Martin Luther King, Jr.  she gave birth to a vision of change through nonviolence protest, the beginning of the journey with the dream of freedom and equality, that change the American history.
     This would be interesting for children who are trying to understand the meaning of freedom and equality.  It is appropriate for children ages 8 to 12.  
     I can use this book in teaching the history of American, the time of segregation and the nonviolent protest that resulted to the dream of freedom.  (Date Read:  September 2, 2017)]]> 2017-09-11 17:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186473742 "Through My Eyes" RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186481099 By: Ruby Bridges
Parents’ Choice Award
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
Carter G. Woodson Book Award
     This nonfiction picture book is about a historical perspective of the 1950s/60s civil rights struggles, this photo illustrated collection of interviews underscores the differences between what adults know and understand about a situation and what children do. http://mlisunderstanding.blogspot.com/2012/07/through-my-eyes-by-ruby-bridges.html.
     This book would be interesting to teach to children to make them understand how children lives during the time of segregation. This would be good for ages 7 to 9.
     I can use this book in teaching the different era in life.  How the system or how things progress through the years in American history.  (Date read: September 8, 2017

]]> 2017-09-11 17:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/186481099 Sea Monsters RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188705977 A Prehistoric Adventure
By: Marfe Ferguson Delano
National Geographic
     This nonfiction picture book is about 82 million years ago. Tyrannosaurus Rex rules the land. But T. Rex is not the biggest or fiercest predator alive. To find the giant killer carnivores, you must take your life in your hands and join a family of dolphin-like reptiles called Dolichorynchops ("dolly" for short) as they venture deep into the realm of Sea Monsters.
      This book would be interesting for student who loves to read adventures, prehistoric creatures and like science.  I can use this when teaching science and history, a reference for prehistoric animals.   (Date read: September 2, 2017).

]]> 2017-09-19 00:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188705977 Sharks and Rays RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188706066 By: Keith Banister
     This nonfiction picture book is about a remarkable visual reference uses magical painted windows to take the reader on a vivid journey of discovery, right into the heart of the subject. Packed with detailed illustrations and fascinating facts, A Look Inside is an exciting way to explore the underwater world.
What makes sharks such deadly hunters? Did you know that some rays stun their prey with electricity? Sharks and Rays is a window on the marine world and its fascinating inhabitants. As each page is turned, the acetate windows reveal, layer by layer, the inner secrets of the legendary Great White shark and the graceful giant Manta ray. Three-dimensional cutaways explore shark anatomy, while clear, easy-to-read text describes their world and explains their lives and behavior.
   This book would be interesting to students who are curious and like science.  This book is appropriate for ages 7 to 10 years old. I can use this book as a reference when teaching different animals, internal organs/ anatomy of an animals or how internal organs function of how is it alike to human for comparison and sharks habitat.   (Date read: September 2, 2017).

]]> 2017-09-19 00:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188706066 Whose nest? RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188706434 By:Victoria Cochrane 
    This nonfiction picture book is beautifully illustrated introduction book to nests of all descriptions and their inhabitants. It might be a tree frog or a gecko, a dormouse or a rabbit, a duckling or an eagle!
 Can you guess whose nest? Take a peek into the nest and look at the clues that surround it—a feather, a footprint, a tasty food morsel—and guess whose nest. Then turn the page to find out who really lives there. The animals include: • Dormouse • Tree frog • Clown fish • Eagle • Rabbit • Mallard duckling • Bumblebee • Gecko.
     This book would be interesting for children at the age of three to six years old.   I can use this book in teaching the different animals that lay eggs. (Date read: September 5, 2017).  ]]> 2017-09-19 00:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188706434 Ancient Egypt Revealed RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188706482 By: Ben Morgan, Peter Chrisp, Sue Davidson
     This nonfiction picture book is about a dazzling look at Egyptian artifacts and architecture. Hundreds of excellent-quality, captioned, full-color photographs and reproductions demonstrate various aspects of culture and life. A focus on different facets of this ancient civilization, and transparent cutaways are used to view Tutankhamen's mummy, the interior of his tomb, the temple at Abu Simbel, and the hold of a cargo boat on the Nile. This spectacular presentation is easy to read and a delight to browse through. 
     This book would be interesting for student at the age of 9 through 12, that likes stories and histories of other countries.
     I can use this book in teaching world history and other countries a social studies topic.  (Date read: September 8, 2017). 

]]> 2017-09-19 00:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188706482 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188728835 By:  J.K. Rowling
     This upper grade chapter book is about this boy Harry Potter who has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.
 I like this book because when you like reading adventure, mystery and suspense, this book can really hook you up and because it is multiple series children can continuously follow the adventure as they grow too.
     This book would be interesting for advance readers from third grade to middle school.  I can use this book for building stamina readers.   (Date read: September 8, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188728835 "A Series of Unfortunate Event," "The Bad Beginning." RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188728904 By: Lemony Snicket
     This Chapter book is about the three siblings who cannot get a break from one unfortunate event to another, talking about bad luck, but the one thing I like about this book is it is going to get you hooked up on how the author started his book.  He started with "Are you made fainthearted by death? Does fire unnerve you? Is a villain something that might crop up in future nightmares of yours? Are you thrilled by nefarious plots? Is cold porridge upsetting to you? Vicious threats? Hooks? Uncomfortable clothing?
     This book would be interesting and more appropriate for the fragile temperament. And not to the rarest of readers  "Proceed, but cautiously."
   I think this will be appropriate for students ages 9 through 12.  (Date read: September 3, 2017). ]]> 2017-09-19 03:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188728904 "Narnia" The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188728959 By: C.S. Lewis
      This upper grade level chapter book is about these four children in search of an adventure find themselves in the far-away land of Narnia--a world populated by talking animals, an evil White Witch, and a fearsome lion named Aslan, this thrilling tale reminds us of the greatness of God's sacrificial love.
     This book would be interesting for students for advance level reader that is building reading stamina and like adventures and mystery.  I can use this book for reading fun as I build stamina readers.   (Date read: September 10, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188728959 Penny Dreadful causes a Kerfuffle RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729118 By: Joanna Nadin
    This early young reader chapter book is about Penny Dreadful is a magnet for disaster. Starring in three more brilliant stories, Penny creates mishap, mayhem and misadventure wherever she goes. "Penny Dreadful Does Her Best" - After Bridget Grimes shows off her collection of Brownie badges in assembly, Penny and Cosmo decide that they are also going to do their best and try to help. But when their attempt to help out with the washing ends in bubbles, bedlam, and lots of pink clothes, they discover that it might be best not to be helpful all of the time...Penny Dreadful and the Hormones - Penny's big sister Daisy is in love with Joshua Bottomley, and it's all because of her hormones. So Penny and Cosmo decide to invent their own hormones using Cosmo's chemistry set, lots of things from the kitchen cupboards and an extra-special secret ingredient - with disastrous results. "Penny Dreadful and the New Girl" - When Penny's headmaster tells her class that a new girl with a famous dad is joining the school, Penny is determined to be her best friend. But one collaborative art project, a dead pigeon, and a visit from the fire brigade later, things haven't quite gone to plan...Get ready for a taste of destruction with Penny's third side-splitting trio of tales of trouble. Penny Dreadful would have even Minnie the Minx running for cover. Nothing is safe when she's around.
     This would be interesting for student ages 8 through 10 years old who likes crazy ideas and to read for fun.  I can use this book for reading chapter book and read for fun in my literacy area.  (Date read: September 3, 2017). ]]> 2017-09-19 03:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729118 The Twelve Dancing Princesses RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729157 By: Mary Hoffman
     This early young reader chapter book was  based on the book Brother's Grimm, it is about the king that has a problem. His twelve daughters wake up every morning with their slippers in rags and tatters. Where are they going? The palace is guarded to the hilt, and the shoemakers are exhausted. The king has promised his kingdom to anyone who can solve the mystery in three days and three nights. Prince after prince fails, then a disheveled soldier arrives at the palace door. Will he succeed? Miss Clara's dazzling artwork takes the twelve princesses shimmering and waltzing across the pages of this classic fairy tale. 
      This would be interesting for children who loved the enchanting story and mysteries.  It is appropriate for children ages 8 through 12.  I can have this book in my literacy area for children interest reading, something that the children would read for fun.   (Date read: September 1, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729157 Go Well, Anna Hibiscus RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729347 By: Atinuke
    This early young reader chapter book is about Anna Hibiscus who lives in Africa, amazing Africa. Anna is amazing too!  Anna Hibiscus and her family are going to the village with Grandfather. They travel by bus through mangrove swamp and rain forest, through scrub land and rivers, over hills and mountains. When they arrive, everyone stays in Anna's family house, which first belonged to her great-grandmother and great-grandfather. Little has changed since then: there is no running water, no electricity, no road and no signal. But Anna Hibiscus' life is about to change in many ways: cousin Joy is going to get married, and Grandfather - Grandfather talks about staying in the village! 
     This would be interesting for children ages 7 through 10 for fun reading about an adventurous girl in Africa.  I can use this in teaching different cultures, social studies.   (Date read: September 2, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729347 Midsummer Night Dream RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729423 By: Leslie Sims
     This early young reader chapter book is about an entertaining retelling of one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, beautifully       This would be interesting to read by the young readers ages 8 through 11 to encourage independent reading and covers a range of subject matter, including the retelling of children's classics, fairy tales, and a wide variety of narrative non-fiction.
     I can use this book for teaching events or sequence of story or story telling, or just adding to my library for children to read for fun.   (Date read: September 2, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729423 Bollywood Burglary RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729517 By: Geronimo Stilton
     This 2016 graphic novel for early chapter book is about an adventure of a mouse detective that is who is a  mystery solver and in this series, he is headed to India. to help a Bollywood star we're his friends with had received a valuable ruby and wanted us to help her protect it... which meant that I ended up acting in the movie she was filming! Rancid ricotta -- I'm a terrible actor! Even worse, just when we least expected it, the ruby was stolen. Could we find the thief?
     This would be interesting for children ages 7 through 10 years old who likes reading mystery adventures and because of the multiple series their adventure do not just stop in one book but continues in many other series from the same writer with different adventures.
     I can use this book in teaching solving mystery, conclusion or retelling.  Another addition for my fun reading literacy area.   (Date read: September 22, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729517 HOLES RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729767 By: Louis Sachar
Newbery Honor Award Winning Book
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
      This Newbery Honor award winning book is about Stanley Yelnats family who is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.  It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.
     This book would be interesting to read for middle school students.   (Date read: September 16, 2017).]]> 2017-09-19 03:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/188729767 Lunch Lady and The Cyborg Substitute RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191495630 By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
     This early chapter graphic novel book is about a super her lunch lady.   Serving justice . . . and lunch!
     Hector, Terrence, and Dee have always wondered about their school lunch lady. What does she do when she isn’t dishing out the daily special? Where does she live? Does she have a lot of cats at home? Little do they know, Lunch Lady doesn’t just serve sloppy joes—she serves justice! Whatever danger lies ahead, it’s no match for LUNCH LADY!
     This would would be interesting for children from ages 8 through 10 years old who have big imagination and always wonder.  I like this book because it brings out the silliest things that children think or may be thinking about grown ups.
     I can use this book in teaching about graphic novels as part of children's reading exercises, stamina builder.    (Date read: September 23, 2017).]]> 2017-09-27 00:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191495630 HURRICANES! RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191495710 By: Marci Aboff
     This graphic novel format, text and illustrations explain how hurricanes form, and how they are named and measured, and how to stay safe during one.
      This book would be interesting for children ages 7 through 10 who are studying the different weather and calamity.  This will give them ideas and knowledge in the an informative way to learn about the hurricanes.
     I like this book because it can connect to young reader at the same time they will be learning about the hurricanes.  I can use this book in science when we are learning about the different calamity and natural disaster, science.   (Date read: September 23, 2017).]]> 2017-09-27 00:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191495710 Fly Guy Family RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191495863 By: Tedd Arnold
     This 2017 newly release early young reader chapter book of Fly Guy family is about how Fly Guy misses his family, so when Fly Guy's not looking, Buzz plans him a surprise party and invites his whole family-including all his brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and mother and father. When the time comes for the party, will Fly Guy be surprised?
     This book would be interesting to children who just starting reading chapter books, because Fly Guy is a series of books that they can continue to go on reading his adventure and knowing that if they are done with this book there are more others series that they can read that they are familiar with the plot of the story.
     This book is appropriate for children ages 6 through 8 or early chapter reader.  I can use this book for retelling the sequence of the story, for reading and understanding a fun reader to get the children start reading chapter books.

Readers will love reading this fun, zany story about Fly Guy's big family and all the Fly Guy books!   (Date read: September 6, 2017).]]> 2017-09-27 00:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191495863 A Unicorn Name Sparkle RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191499804 By: Amy Young
     This new 2016 picture book  is about a girl name Lucy who sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and waits four to six long weeks for her very own unicorn to arrive. She imagines the flowers that she'll braid into his beautiful pink mane, and she even picks the perfect name for him: Sparkle. But when Sparkle arrives, his ears are too long, his horn is too short, he smells funny--and oh, he has fleas. Lucy isn't pleased, but in the end she warms up to Sparkle and realizes that even though he wasn't exactly the unicorn she wanted, he might be just the one she needs.
     This is interesting for children ages six to eight years old who see things differently.  That things do not have to be perfect all the times, sometimes it is just what we need, it is about friendship and acceptance.   I can use this book in teaching character traits. (Date Read:  September 25, 2017)

]]> 2017-09-27 01:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191499804 Johann Guttenberg and the Printing Press RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191514132 By: Kay Melchiesedech Olson
     This graphic novel format is also a nonfiction book, and also fall on the early chapter book series is about the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. 
     This would be interesting for beginning chapter book reader and learning about famous inventors. I like this book because it give you a little glimpse of how a newspaper started and it will amaze student about the history of the news ad.
     I can use this for science and social studies, a reference for famous inventors.  This is appropriate for children ages 7 through 9 years old.  (Date read: September 23, 2017). ]]> 2017-09-27 03:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/191514132 Wolf Hollow RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/192284900 By: Lauren Wolk
2016 Newbery Honor Award Winning Book
     This newbery award winning chapter book was published in 2016 is about a haunting tale of America at a crossroads and a time when one girl’s resilience, strength, and compassion help to illuminate the darkest corners of our history. Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becomes a target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby’s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness. She will soon need to find the courage to stand as a lone voice of justice as tensions mount. 
     This book would be interesting for children that likes to read about courage.  It is appropriate for ages ten through twelve.
       I can use this book for teaching sequence, retelling stories, summarizing book report, reading stamina, for teaching Language Art .  (Date read: September 24, 2017).]]> 2017-09-28 21:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/192284900 Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Dog Days RowenaCL https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/194537041 By:  Jeff Kinney 
  This book is about a middle school boy who started to write a diary of how his life is as a kid.        He started writing about his how he spend his summer, and at one point when he was on a club house, and he kept ordering and charging the bills, and ended up with a bill, his parents oblige him to pay back, so he started thinking of different idea that he can earn money to pay it back but he don't know any better about real life. 
     This book would be interesting for children who is into graphic novels. I like this book because it flows as if it is for student that they can relate to, a ordinary summer day of a boy with a big problem.
     I can use this book for  building reading stamina and appropriate for ages 8 through 12 years old.  
Date read: September 25, 2017]]> 2017-10-06 01:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/RowenaCL/childrensliterature/wish/194537041