My Children's Literature Portfolio by Jordan Hamon

Interactive Read Aloud (10):

hamon2646 — 2023-08-25 12:56:17 UTC

Thank you, Mr. Falker

By: Patricia Polacco

Scholastic 1998

This book is about Trisha who struggles to read in school and doesn't identify letters and numbers until 5^th grade. She is teased by her classmates because she struggles, compared to the other kids. When they move to a new place at a new school she meets a teacher Mr. Falker. He brings the teasing to an end and works with Trisha on her reading every day by giving her activities to do. After a few sessions go by she can piece a sentence together and create a paragraph that makes sense. Then at the end of the story, she overcomes her struggle to read. The book is based on the author you is named Patricia Polacco who then sees Mr. Falker and thanks him for what he has done and now she is an author who writes books for kids.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 14:09:24 UTC

Salt in His Shoes

By: Deloris Jordan with Roslyn Jordan

Scholastic 2000

This book is about a kid named Michael who struggles with the fact that he is short and not great at basketball. Then he confides in his mom for help and how to make him grow and be better at basketball. Then his mom says to practice, say your nighttime prayers and and I will put salt in your shoes. Then he starts practicing and being patient with not growing immediately, he starts getting better at it. Then plays a basketball game with his friends and brother and Michael makes the winning shot. Then later down the road, Michael becomes a well-known basketball superstar who wins countless games and is now 6’6.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 14:21:14 UTC

The Cat and the Hat
By. Dr. Seuss
1957

In this book, Sally and her brother are left at home on a rainy day while their parents are gone. Then while they are gone the cat comes to their house and asks if he can come in and play some games. They play a lot of games and do some crazy things. Then he drags in a huge box with creatures inside they are wearing red jumpsuits with things 1 and 2 on them. The next thing you know they are destroying the house and their mom is about to be home any minute. The cat helps the kids clean the house just in time. Then the cat says his goodbyes just before he is seen, then the kids are overjoyed that everything is back to normal when their mom gets home.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 14:31:21 UTC

Brown Bear,
Brown Bear,
What Do You See?
By: Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle
1967

In this book, It starts off with the brown bear identifying what he sees and then it goes to the next animal and the color of that animal. For instance, after the brown bear, it goes to the red bird, and then so on. Then after it goes through quite a few animals it goes to a goldfish that sees a teacher. Then the children are looked at by the teacher. Then it goes through all the animals and colors that we have seen throughout the book. This book helps young children identify their colors and animals.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 15:17:40 UTC

Henry's Freedom Box
By: Ellen Levine
Scholastic 2007

This book is about a boy named Henry who is a slave like the rest of his family to their master. Until one day his master gets very ill and tells Henry that he is giving Henry to his brother to work on his plantation. Henry has to leave his family and then Henry meets a woman named Nancy and they start to get close. Months later Henry marries Nancy and they have kids. But Nancy's master has lost a lot of money and they think they will sell their children. Then the next day their children are sold and so is Nancy in an auction. Now Henry has no one and decides that he wants to be mailed to Philadelphia where he will be freed. So his friends put him in a wooden box and shipped him to Philadelphia. He gets put on a boat and gets pushed and turned upside down until he finally reaches Philadelphia where his box is opened up to four men standing there. They tell him that he is freed and they give him the middle name "Box". Henry Box Brown is now what everyone calls him.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 15:23:39 UTC

Where the Sidewalk Ends
By: Shel Silverstein
1974

This poem is called "Homemade Boat" and is about building a boat and they tell us that it is fine and that they haven't forgotten anything. Also that the sides and the back of the boat are divine and that it is all fine. Until the end lets us know that they forgot the bottom of the boat. Therefore they are not fine, because now they are in the water.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 15:35:18 UTC

Fred
By: Mick and Chloe Inkpen
2016

In this book, Fred is a dog who knows all about sitting and staying and fetching. But Fred doesn't know who he is he doesn't understand what Fred means. He isn't allowed to go upstairs because he sees another dog in the mirror but he wishes he could ask them what being Fred is all about. Fred is chasing pigeons and sees the other dog in a puddle and wants to play so Fred jumps after him. He hears Fred again and is saved, but he still doesn't understand. Then he stares into his owner's eyes and goes into deep thought and then he says "Fred is my name!" Fred now understands that Fred is his name and that he is Fred!

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 15:50:13 UTC

Trombone Shorty
By: Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
2015

In this book, Troy Andrews tells us the story of how he got his nickname Trombone Shorty. It explains that music is a big deal to him but his hometown is his inspiration which is New Orleans where he lived in a neighborhood called Treme. You could always hear music night or day. My brother would play his trumpet all the time my friends and I would pretend we were in the band. Mardi Gras was the biggest celebration in New Orleans, They didn't have a lot of money but everyone had music. He wanted his music to be combined with all different types of ingredients, so his friends and he started making music. But he finds a trombone and starts playing it. His brother called out "trombone shorty" because it was twice his size. He taught himself all the songs they were playing and practiced and practiced. His mom surprised him with a Jazz band concert, and then the band stopped and everyone looked at him and told him to come on the stage with his trombone. He then went back and created a band called The 5'olock Band. Now he has his own band called Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, named after a street in Treme. He played all around the world but still comes back to his hometown and now looks for new upcoming artists that are overlooked.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 16:02:26 UTC

The Sour Grape
By: Jory John and Pete Oswald
2022

In this book, the sour grape holds grudges about the banana that slipped and bumped into it. Then about the orange who never called them back and that's why they're sour. Then the grape talks about how it grew up and that they were all sweet to each other. But the grape explains that their family was filled with humor and kindness. And for a while, the grape was kind and sweet until one day on the grape's birthday. It sent out invitations and had snacks and fireworks. But they waited for friends and everyone but everyone never showed up. Then I started to hold a grudge for everybody and their personality went from a sweet grape to a bitter and sour grape. But then he realized when Lenny was mad at the grape he started feeling what it was like when someone held a grudge against them. So he realized what it feels like to be grateful and started to let go of all of his grudges he held.

hamon2646 — 2023-08-28 16:27:29 UTC

The Three Little Pigs
By: James Halliwell-Phillipps

1890

In this book, on the edge of the forest lived a mommy pig, a daddy pig, and three little pigs. But it was time for the three little pigs to leave home. The first little pig grew tired and decided that this was a good spot to build their home out of straw. Then the second little pig built its house out of sticks and branches. Then the third little pig walked farther and found the perfect place to build his house out of brick. Meanwhile, a big hungry wolf said Little pig pig let me in. Then he said that he would blow the pig's house down. The house fell so they ran to the other pig's house. Where he blew that house down as well. But then they headed to the third pig's house that was made out of brick. Then the wolf blew at the third house but nothing happened, so the wolf crawled up on the roof and went down the chimney. Then the wolf fell in a hot pot of water. He ran away and the pigs were safe!

hamon2646 — 2023-08-30 12:48:51 UTC

The Rainbow Fish
By: Marcus Pfister
1992

In this book, it talks about a fish that lived in the sea and had all sorts of kinds of colors on its scales. He didn't talk to any of the fish that wanted to play with him until a blue fish asked for one of his special scales. But the rainbow fish said, "Get away from me". The blue fish told all of his friends and no one talked to the rainbow fish. But the rainbow fish missed all of the attention from everyone. Then the rainbow fish went to see the octopus in the cave to get advice from him. The octopus said to give everyone a scale of his to the fish in the sea. But the rainbow fish didn't want to but the blue fish came up to him and asked for a scale again. So the rainbow fish pulled off a scale and gave it to the fish, the blue fish was so excited. Then the rainbow fish was surrounded by all of the fish and gave away more scales to all of the fish. The rainbow fish had one scale left, but he didn't care because he was finally happy and played with the other fish.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 11:53:58 UTC

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

By: Barbara Park

1992

This book is about a girl named Junie B. Jones is extremely nervous and kinda scared about attending school. Because she has to ride the bus for the first time, but she gets through the bus ride not without some obstacles of course. She was nervous about riding the bus because she didn't have any friends and had to sit beside this mean boy named Jim. But anyway, Junie B. meets a girl in her class and they become friends her name is Lucille. But she heard that when you ride the bus home they dump chocolate milk on your head. So she hid in the classroom and ran all down the hallways of school until eventually she had to use the bathroom and it was an emergency so she called 911. Then her mom goes and meets Junie B. at the school and explains what she did was wrong and that her friend is riding the bus tomorrow. Then Junie B. believes that the bus ride home won't be that bad after all.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 11:55:46 UTC

Charlotte's Web

By: E.B. White

Newberry Award Winner 1952

This book is about a pig named Wilbur and his friend named Charlotte. In the story, a girl named Fern stops her dad from killing a runt pig and claims that it is unfair to kill an animal that is so small and weak. She then names the pig Wilbur and takes care of the pig every day. But when Wilbur gets old enough Mr. Arable insists that he must be sold. But she figures out that her uncle and aunt can buy Wilbur to keep him safe. But Wilbur got lonely and had the new farm when Fern wasn't there. Next thing you know he hears a small voice saying "I will be your friend". This was Charlotte who was the spider above Wilbur's pen on her web. Then all the animals in the barn were telling Wilbur that Fern's aunt and uncle would eventually have to kill him for meat this Christmas. So Wilbur gets scared and starts to freak out but Charlotte comes up will a plan to save Wilbur. She begins to write things on her web to make it look like Wilbur is doing it like saying "Some Pig". Then everyone spreads the word that Wilbur can do this and then saves Wilbur from being killed. Later in the story, Wilbur is saved but Charlotte will die soon this winter she asks Wilbur to keep her babies safe. Wilbur returns home and keeps the babies alive while never forgetting what Charlotte did for him.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 12:13:15 UTC

Judy Moody was in a Mood

By: Megan McDonald

2000

This book is about a girl named Judy who is not so excited about starting 3rd grade. She is the type of person to show what she is feeling with her face and personality. So she stays in a grouchy mood most of the day until her 3rd-grade teacher tries to win her over. But her teacher attempts to attempt to get her in a better mood. Eventually, her teacher figures out a plan for an assignment that Judy would happily want to participate in. She asks the students to make All About Me collages. Judy immediately changes her mood and is ready to get started to share with the teacher and class all about the things she likes to do. Then the teacher finally wins Judy over and Judy's mood changes and now she is ready for 3rd grade.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 12:20:05 UTC

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By: Laura Numeroff
1985

In this book, it talks about what happens when you give a mouse a cookie and what he asks after that. For instance, he will want some milk and then he will ask for a straw. Therefore this causes a sequence of events to happen after you give a mouse a cookie. Each event leads to him asking for another item or things creating a long list of demands from the mouse.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 12:52:34 UTC

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By: Eric Carle
1969

In this book, there is a very hungry caterpillar and it eats everything in sight. He starts to look for something to eat so he begins with an apple, pears, and plums, and continues to eat more. Until he starts getting a stomach ache and decides to eat a leaf. This helps him to become a beautiful butterfly.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 13:00:37 UTC

Are You My Mother?
By: P.D Eastman
1960

In this book, there is a mother bird who is sitting on her egg and realizes that the baby bird will be here soon and she needs to get it something to eat. So the mommy bird goes off to get food, and while she is away the baby bird hatches from the egg and starts looking for his mom. The baby bird falls from the tree and realizes he cannot fly so he starts walking to find his mother. He didn't even know what she looked like. So the baby bird asked to the kitten, "Are you my mother"? They all said no or ignored him. Until he saw a big thing that wasn't his mother, but he couldn't get away. So the baby bird said I want my mother, then the big thing put him back in the tree and saw his mother. He names all of the things his mother isn't like a plane, dog, or kitten, but his mother.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 15:08:30 UTC

Giraffes Can't Dance
By: Giles Andreae
1999

This book is about a Giraffe named Gerald who is very bad at dancing and every time he tries he ends up falling. But the warthogs are good at dancing and the rhinos. The lions can tango and the monkeys can do the cha cha, but not Gerald. They all began to make fun of him because he couldn't dance and he was so clumsy. Gerald was so sad because all of the animals made fun of me for his bad dancing. Then he met a cricket and she played the violin and he started to dance and do a somersault. Gerald finally says to himself " I am Dancing" he was so happy and he showed all of the animals.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 15:10:17 UTC

This Poem is a Nest
By: Irene Latham
2020

In this book, there are many "nestlings" throughout the book which are small poems. It discusses a variety of emotions, animals, continents, and many other things. One poem is called Mad from the emotion section, it says world a box. It is just filled with some much emotion and whatever you want to take away from it. Another poem talks about animals, for instance, the story of an egg in three parts. This book is filled with many poems or nestlings that many people can relate to and find enjoyment in.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 15:13:50 UTC

Wet Cement A Mix of Concrete Poems
By: Bob Raczka
2016

This book is all about concrete poetry and illustrates many ideas about what is being described in it. For example, the left side of the page spells clock, while the right side discusses kids waiting for five minutes until they are free from class. While being in the shape of a clock it adds so much dimension and a different point of view. All of these poems are all described in different ways and are interesting to read because they aren't set up how you would read a normal book.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 17:44:02 UTC

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
By: Beatrix Potter
1901

This book talks about the story of Peter Rabbit and that there were 4 rabbits named Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their mother and she said not to go to Mrs. McGregor's garden. The other three rabbits listened to their mom and went to pick blackberries outside. But Peter went straight to Mrs. McGregor's garden and he ate some lettuce and raddish from their garden. But Mr. McGregor saw him and chased after him and Peter was frightened. But Peter got caught by a bush and he cried. But he left his jacket behind and went to hide from Mr. McGregor. Then Peter couldn't find his way back home, so he started looking around but he was puzzled. He finally found his way back home but Peter was sad and scared and was exhausted and went to bed.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 18:08:14 UTC

The Tortoise and the Hare
By: Janet Stevens
1984

This book is about a tortoise who did everything very slowly and the hare would get on to the tortoise about how he did everything so slowly. For instance, eating his cereal or picking his garden. Hare kept teasing him and the hare said I could beat you at a race, but the tortoise said he could never beat him. But Tortosie's friends said he needed to so he could put an end to the teasing from the hare. All of his friends helped him prepare for the race. Then it was race day and the hare bolted while the tortoise was barely inching forward. Hare was pretty far ahead so he decided to stop and take a break at Bear's house for a drink. Then the bear said there goes the tortoise and the hare got ahead and stopped again. But the hare got really sleepy so he took a nap because he knew he would win. But he woke up because he started hearing the crowd cheering and the tortoise had won the race.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-11 18:27:38 UTC

Chameleons are Cool
By: Martin Jenkins
1997

This book talks about how big a chameleon can get or how small they can be and their names. It also talks about their skin and their eyes and how they can be all different colors. It also discusses why the chameleons change colors because of their surroundings even if they are sick. The book talks about all of their important features and what they can do with their body. Also, what happens when something catches its eye and grabs it with its long tongue?

hamon2646 — 2023-09-13 12:23:26 UTC

The Story of Ruby Bridges
By: Robert Coles
1960
Biography

This book talks about the story of Ruby Bridges and are experience as one of the first black children to attend an all-white elementary. She had to go through mobs of white people who didn't want her to be there. But Ruby simply wanted to go to get an education despite what the mob would say. Ruby would pray every day for them and for them to be forgiven for what they do. Later down the road classes started to integrate black and white students together. She was a vital part of starting a pivotal time for black students.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-13 12:29:06 UTC

Narwhals
By: Camilla de la Bedoyere
2019

This book, talks about what is a narwhal and what it looks like. It talks about what kind of habitat they live in and how they find food. It just talks about all of these interesting facts about how they live and they stay away from danger. Overall, it gives children a chance to learn all about narwhals and how you can save them in your daily life.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-13 12:42:57 UTC

Chicken Sunday
By: Patricia Polacco
Scholastic 1993

This book talks about three children who eat and their gramma's house for Chicken Sundays. The kids have been trying to save money to buy their gramma a hat for Easter. The kids realized that they needed to make some more money if they wanted to buy the hat, so they decided to paint and decorate some eggs. So they decided to sell the eggs to make up the rest of the money for the hat. They eventually had more money than they thought for the hat. But when they went to buy it Mr. Kodinski said no need to buy it since it was for Miss Eula. They were able to get it and gramma was so happy she cried.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-13 12:44:12 UTC

Horrible Harry and The Goog

By: Suzy Kline

1988

This book is about Harry and his friend finding out that there is a teacher party happening in the library. But they can't figure out who the party could be for. So they make a plan to sneak in and see what all of the talk is about. But as they make their plan of attack they see Harry's cat, Googer, or as Harry calls him the the Googer. The cat is sneaking around classrooms and in the hallways. So Harry immediately makes a plan with Doug that they must find and get his cat before anyone finds out. So they begin their hunt chasing down Googer who is running all over the school into places no student or teacher should ever go. Will they behave to figure out what the party is about in the library while trying to chase after Harry's cat? Or will everything go bad and both he and Doug get in serious trouble?

hamon2646 — 2023-09-15 14:43:53 UTC

Those Shoes
By: Maribeth Boelts
2007

This book is about a little boy named Jeremy who wants the same black shoes as everyone else. But his grandma can't afford shoes like that for him. So he goes through so many obstacles to try and get the shoes. Then he realizes there are more important things in life than having a particular pair of shoes. The book is about friendship and the difference between wants and needs.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-25 12:43:04 UTC

The Wretched Stone

By: Chris Van Allsburg

Houghton Mifflin Company 1991

This book is about a story of the daily log of a captain Allan Hope. He discusses all about the sailors and the glowing rock and what happens to the sailors. They do not know why it controls them. But the glowing rock symbolizes a TV. Overall, it shows how TV or even a phone as that much control over people's lives.

hamon2646 — 2023-09-25 12:53:28 UTC

The First Day of Winter
By: Denise Fleming
Scholastic 2005

This book mimics the twelve days of Christmas and what all their best friend gets their snowman. So he gets him 2 blue mittens and a red cap. Each day they add onto their snowman with something more each time. On the 10th day, he is all finished and the snowman is all ready.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-04 12:41:21 UTC

Cheyenne Again
BY: Eve Bunting
Clarion Books, 1995

This book is about a 10-year-old boy that is called Young Bull. He is taken by colonists to forget about his Indian tribe Cheyeene and become and English man. He gets taken from his tribe and put into a boarding school where he has to go to school and learn how to speak English. He doesn't want to become an English man he just wants to be back on the plains with his family. Until one teacher tells him to never forget where he came from and who he is.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-09 12:46:02 UTC

What Do Living Things Need?
By: Elizabeth Austen
2014

Summary: This book describes what living things need in order to survive for instance, they will need water, air, food, and shelter. The book describes what environments are suited for animals and especially humans in order for them to thrive. This book helps students grasp the concepts of what living things need in order to survive and why the survive in some places compared to others. Overall, this book helps teach what is needed for survival and what animals are living things.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 15:26:31 UTC

Picture Day Perfection
By: Deborah Disen
2013

This book is about a certain day known as picture day and the obstacles that are faced. The first thing that happened to him was the worst case of bedhead, then syrup went all over his face and outfit, he was so upset. He then proceeds to get in trouble at school and finally gets ready to take his picture. He smiled and it goes down as the best picture to his mom.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 15:31:39 UTC

Busy Spring Nature Wakes Up
By: Sean Taylor & Alex Morss
2021

In this book, two kids father their dad through the backyard and look at nature. They discover all sorts of animals, insects, and plants that wake up from a winter sleep. The kids helped their dad plant a garden because it is now for spring after a cold winter season. They discuss how the different parts of nature wake up for spring and what they do to get ready for the season.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 15:36:51 UTC

Day at the Beach
By: Tom Booth
2018
In this book, it discusses what a day at the beach is like for Gideon and Audrey. Every summer they build a sandcastle and they both have specific jobs. Gideon had a different plan this summer he wanted to make an amazing sandcastle by himself. His sandcastle gets destroyed each time he tries to build a sandcastle after sandcastle. He built an amazing sandcastle but he was lonely so he joined his family and his sister.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 15:43:29 UTC

Apples to Oregon
By: Deborah Hopkinson
2004

This book is about a brave pioneer father who brought peaches, plums, and his children. Her dad loved growing apples and started to build and wagon so he could take them and sell them across the plains. They faced some obstacles on the way but they all had jobs to do. They then made it to Oregon and planted their fruits which made them so rich. As soon as he sold his first thing of their apples he bought her a new pair of boots.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 15:49:09 UTC

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
By: Jean Fritz
Scholastic 1915

In this book, it is about the life of Benjamin Franklin and all of the discoveries he made over his life. He also discusses the inventions that he made and all of his travels he did. Also, his big idea was that light and electricity were the same. That was one of his biggest discoveries and he wanted to prove it. Also, he was one of the men to helped write the Declaration of Independence. Also he was sent to talk to French about the war for the US.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 15:57:23 UTC

A Day for Rememberin'
By: Leah Henderson
2021

This book is about a boy named Eli who wants to follow his father to work, but his parents want him to take advantage of the opportunity he gets to receive an education. He imagines his father standing up in front of people who believe that we should still be enslaved. Eli thinks about what it would be like and what they do now for memorial day as african american people. Eli now understands why it is so special this day and what it stands for.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:04:01 UTC

I am Rosa Parks
By: Brad Meltzer
Scholastic 2014

This book is about the life of Rosa Parks and how she got made fun of for being different. Rosa pushed a boy who was bothering her, and his mom saw and was angry and said I could put you in jail because you're black. She stood up for herself and told her what happened. She discusses that people who were black were mistreated when it came to everything and everything was separate. She then goes into the story of sitting on the bus and she sat in a white person's section and she refused to get up. Until she was escorted off because she was sitting there because it wasn't fair. Rosa Parks started the Montgomery bus boycott, and then public buses no longer separated sections.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:06:35 UTC

Not Your Typical Dragon
By: Dan Bar-el
2013

In this book, the little dragon's parents were telling him that he will breathe fire tomorrow on his birthday. But when he went to blow his candles out he thought fire would come out but it was whipped cream. All of his family asked what was going on and what would the neighbors think, so they took him to the doctor. Then all sorts of things started coming out of his mouth bandaids, marshmallows, and bubbles. He was worried that his family would be disappointed so he ran away. Then he met a knight and they discussed their issues and became best friends through their differences.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:16:56 UTC

The Most Magnificent Thing
By: Ashley Springs
2013

This book is about a regular girl and her best friend and how they like to do all of things together especially make things. But she is the one who makes the things and he is the one who unmakes things. She tries to find and build the most magnificent thing but people don't understand what is going on in her head. She then hurts her finger and she explodes with anger and gives up. So they begin to take a walk and she figures out how to make the thing magnificent all thanks to her assistant.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:22:52 UTC

How I Met My Monster
By: Amanda Noll
2016
This book is about Eli who meets monsters underneath his bed and they all compete to be his official scary monster. They all are different and look all sorts of ways. Eli begins to describe what they all look like and what their rules are as monsters. He begins to get them food because their bellies are going crazy. They all tried to scare Eli to be his official monster who will be the one and only monster that stays under Eli's bed.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:39:13 UTC

Malala's Magic Pencil
By: Malala Yousafzai
2017
This book is about Malala wishing for a magic pencil and what she would wish for. She would use it to make people happy and erase all of the bad things like the smell of garbage near her house or to sleep an extra hour in the morning. She wished and wished but the magic pencil wasn't underneath her pillow no matter how hard she wished. School was Malala's very place to go and on her way home she would see families who didn't have enough food. So over the next few years, she worked hard in school, and girls were later banned from going to school. So Malala stood up to them and were on the news and people stood with her.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:45:26 UTC

Sing with Me The Story of Selena Quintanilla
By: Diana Lopez
2021
This book is about Selena Quintanilla and how ever since she was little she would sing and pretend that she would be performing in front of her family. Then her father brought up the idea that they should start a band. She would sing with her family in front of her customers and restaurants and little concerts. Then the recessional hit and no one had anyone money her family lost their restaurant. Then people were interested in her and wanted to produce her songs. Then years past and she blew up she became a pop-star and helped her family get their restaurant back.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:51:37 UTC

The Boy Who Became King: Lebron James
By: Anthony Curcio
Autobiography
2016
This book is about Lebron James's life and how he started his life growing up with his single mom and not having a place to go. She had to work all the time and she would have to leave Lebron at home by himself. He would be sad when we would go to school because they had no money and no two parents. But then Lebron started basketball and he was natural he started playing so young he loved it. Mr. Walker helped Lebron with the game and Lebron would practice every day. He started doing better in school and graduated and Lebron made it big in the NBA.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 16:58:37 UTC

If Polar Bears Disappeared
By: Lily Williams
2018

Summary: The book starts by discussing what the ecosystem is like in the Arctic and that whatever lives here has to be strong and resilient to the cold. But the polar bears are to be deceived by the brown bears but they have evolved to adapt to the wintery tundra. The biggest threat to Polar bears is the melting sea ice which would affect how much they would eat and they would be weak and have fewer cubs. It would also make the polar bears travel outside of the Arctic and find somewhere else to live. Ultimately the polar bears going extinct could affect all sorts of wildlife in the Arctic.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 17:05:05 UTC

Jellyfish
By: Mari Schuh
2015
This book is about the life of jellyfish and how they float in the ocean all around the world. They also come in many sizes and how wide they can get to be. Also, jellyfish come in different colors they can be bright or they can even be clear. Also, jellyfish find food by stinging their prey and making their prey stay still for the jellyfish to eat it. Overall, jellyfish are very interesting creatures and they vary by size, shape, color, and are very unusual creatures.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 17:11:30 UTC

The Three Wishes
By: Liane Moriarty
2003
This book is a story about a woodcutter and his wife and how he would work in the forest. Every day he would go to the woods and cut trees but he was very sad because they were very poor. He found a big oak tree and the fairy told him not to cut it down this tree and granted him three wishes for not cutting it down. They wished for thing after thing but their last wish was to wish that sausage would come off his wife's nose. Then they made supper with the sausage and lived happily after.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 17:18:46 UTC

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
ReTold By: B.G. Hennessy
2006

This story is about a shepherd who watches sleep every day and all day long and all they do is eat and say Baaaaaa. He says he is bored every day and no one comes and sees him or hangs out with him. Until, one day he tells the townspeople that there is a wolf, but there isn't one he was just pretending. So one of the shepherd's friends comes and stays to watch out for the wolf. He is bored again so he does it again and adds that there are 2 wolves now so everyone needs to come and help protect the sheep. Then all of the townspeople don't believe him anymore. But then he actually heard a wolf and he went to tell the townspeople but they didn't believe him anymore. Then the wolves ate all of his sheep.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-19 17:26:09 UTC

Our Class is a Family
By: Shannon Olsen
2020

This book is about picturing a family like a mom, dad, a couple of kids, and their dogs. But being family doesn't have to be someone that is related to you, it can be another special group that loves and cares for you. Also, most of your time is spent at school with a group of people who love and care for you so why not make a class like a family and a home? It is a place where you can build connections and see differences but can be a class family just like your own fmaily.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-20 13:56:44 UTC

The Very Last Leaf
By: Stef Wade
2020
This book is about a leaf who is afraid to fail his exam or anything he is the brightest leaf in the class. He also struggles with anxiety and he doesn't want to embarrass himself. Until his teacher, Mrs. Timber helps him through his fear and helps it get through it. Overall, it is a great book to read to you discussing how to get through your fears and anxiety.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-20 14:38:59 UTC

Too Much Glue

By: Jason Lefebvre

2013

In this book, let's just say Matt has too much fun with glue with that being art projects or assignments. He uses way too much glue to where there are puddles everywhere of it. His art teacher is always reminding him to do raindrops and not puddles when he uses his glue. But Matt and his dad make things out of glue all the time like glasses, balls, and even mustaches. Until glue is all over his outfit but they later make him into a art masterpiece because of it.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:11:33 UTC

Lucky

By: Ellen Miles

Scholastic 2010

In this book, it is about two boys named Charles and David who become friends one day. David is very shy and doesn't talk a lot. So over a few days, Charles and David start to talk until he invites him over to his house for a campout. Then the night of their camp out there is a bad storm and they think they see a puppy's eyes when lightning strikes. So the next day they go off looking for the puppy they find him and try to get him to come here but he is shy and scared. They finally can get the puppy and it is in bad shape. They bring the puppy to the vet to see if it is going to make it and then they try to find out who its owner is. The puppy makes a full recovery and they find its owners and reunite them. Then the two friends discuss why one of the friends David was able to relate to the puppy because he was also shy and scared to make friends with Charles.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:14:21 UTC

When you Trap a Tiger

By: Tae Keller

Newberry Award 2020

This book is about a girl named Lily who goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. It starts with Lily, her sister, and her mom moving in with her grandmother (Halmoni) because she is sick. But her Halmoni is getting sick because of this magical tiger because she stole the tiger's stories. At the beginning of the story, Lily is someone who isn't very brave and she believes she is invisible to everyone. But throughout the trials she faces trying to find her Halmoni she finds herself and develops bravery throughout the book. Lily is also very close to her grandmother who she spends a lot of time with and they have a strong relationship. That is why the story is so gut wrenching because she doesn't know what she will face while trying to save her Halmoni. But she knows no matter what obstacles she has to face she is risking it all to trap this magical tiger and save her grandmother.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:17:29 UTC

Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

Newberry Award Winner 1989

This book is told by a ten-year-old girl named Annemarie who deals with life during World War II. This is when the Nazis were on the lookout to send Jewish people to concentration camps. In this book Annemarie has a good friend Ellen who is Jewish and her family takes Ellen in to disguise her as one of their daughters. Annemarie encounters some lies and almost gets taken by the soldiers in order to keep her best friend safe. Her parents explain to Annemarie all about what is going on about why Jewish stores are being closed and people are being taken away from their homes and families. Then the family goes to Mrs. Johansen's brother's house Henrik's where he keeps them hidden. He then tells Annemarie about how the package she had with the handkerchief is so important because he hid passengers on the bottom of his boat. It was essential because it kept the Germans' dogs from smelling the human cargo. Uncle Henrik praises Annemarie for her bravery and reassures her that Ellen is safe on the boat that he sent her on and that they will meet again someday. The war ends and she awaits Ellen's arrival and tells herself that she will wear Ellen's Star of David until she returns.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:20:40 UTC

Sarah, Plain and Tall

By: Patricia Maclachlan

Newberry Award Winner 1985

This book is set in the 19th century and is about a family who just lost their mother and her having a hard time with their father going to work. So their dad puts an ad in the paper and a woman from Maine, Sarah Wheaton answers the ad. The father goes and picks Sarah up at the train station where she describes herself wearing a yellow dress and being plain and tall. While a few weeks have passed to writes back to her brother about what has been going on while growing closer to the children every day. Sarah goes through obstacles of wanting to go back to her brother but also being torn between home and the kids. The book is very uplifting and inspiring because in the end she goes back to the family and plans to stay there for good. The family is so happy because they know that this is where she belongs.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:22:12 UTC

Bridge to Terabithia

By: Katherine Paterson

Newberry Award Winner 1977

This book is about two friends named Jess and Leslie who are in 5th grade and become very good friends. They then create an imaginary land called Terabithia, where they go and play to forget about issues going on in their lives and just simply be kids and be free. This story is about their friendship and how it gets closer and stronger when they go through hardships individually and share them. One day Jess goes off to tour art galleries in Washington and comes home to hear that Leslie has drowned in the creek that morning trying to swing into Terabithia on the rope they used. Jess goes through all of the stages of grief and raises himself to the king of Terabithia. But eventually realizes that he can only keep Leslie's memory and his own newfound sense of his identity.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:30:47 UTC

Sweet Tooth

By: Margie Palatini

2004

This book is about a boy named Stewart who has a very bad sweet tooth and whatever sweet tooth wants sweet tooth gets. Stewart's sweet tooth is loud and his troublemaker screams at weddings for cake and also for candy in class. This sweet tooth has caused Stewart so much trouble with his daily life until Stewart has had enough and wants it out. So he ate a carrot to get the sweet tooth out and the sweet tooth is the tooth fairy problem now.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:32:27 UTC

The Smart Cookie

By: Jory John

2021

This book starts in a bakery where Cookie lives with other pastries and they are a community. All the pastries help each other out but Cookie didn't start like this. The Cookie once was shy and didn't speak up like he does now. It wanted to be the cookie that knew all the answers and it worked hard to become the smart cookie like it is today. So now all the pastries come to him when they have problems that they just can't figure out.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:36:17 UTC

Maddi's Fridge

By: Lois Brandt

2014

In this book, there are two girls named Maddi and Sofia and they hang out with each other at the park. After playing at the park they go back to Maddi's house because Sofia is thirsty. Then Sofia opened up the fridge and found just a carton of milk so she asked Maddi why doesn't your mom go to the store. Maddi told her not to tell anyone you promise? Sofia started thinking about how much stuff she had in her fridge and how little Maddi did. But she had to tell someone about Maddi's fridge and her mom helped her get groceries for Maddi. In the end, they both thanked each other for being great friends to each other.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:38:00 UTC

The Sound of Silence

By: Katrina Goldsaito

2016

This book is about a boy named Yoshio who lives in the busy noisy city of Tokyo. He passes by hearing all of the sounds until he sees someone playing a koto and she explains silence to him. So Yoshio is on a mission to find silence in his busy city and even at school. He noticed that when he is in the bamboo and nothing else is around it is silent. So then he keeps asking himself where is silence and where silence isn't. Yoshio then realizes that silence has been all around him but he never really stopped and listened.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:39:10 UTC

The Bad Case of Stripes

By: David Shannon

Scholastic 1998

This book is about a girl named Camilla who likes to eat lima beans but she is made fun of for it by her classmates. She started to get ready for the first day of school but she didn't know what to wear and she then broke out head to toe in stripes. Her mom told her she couldn't go to school today and she was relieved she then got examined by the doctor. But she felt fine, so she went to school. Everyone laughed at Camilla and then she changed into stars and stripes while they said the pledge of allegiance. She faced many obstacles until a lady came by with lima beans and as soon as she ate them she was all better.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-24 23:41:11 UTC

Across the Bay

By: Carlos Aponte

Scholastic 2019

This book is about a boy named Carlitos who visits the big city of San Juan and begins a mission to find his father. Carlitos meets people as he looks for his father and learns more about the city. He searched everywhere for his father looked high and low for him. He then loses the photo of his father but the ranger says he will live forever in your memory. Then he realizes he needs to get back to his family back home and he understands that his father will always be in his memory.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:30:19 UTC

Mighty Jackie

Marissa Moss

Simon & Schuster 2004

This book is about a girl named Jackie and she finds herself standing on the mound in front of a big crowd throwing pitches at Babe Ruth. She has been teased and made fun of for trying to play baseball because she is a girl. She explains that her Dad is her motivator and tells her not to give up. At the game, she ends up striking out Babe Ruth and people start to notice that girls can play ball. Overall, it a very motivational and inspiring to chase after your dreams even if there are some obstacles in the way.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:32:38 UTC

I'm Not Scared, You're Scared!

By: Seth Meyers

2022

This book is about a bear that is scared of everything and it is hard to make friends when you are scared of many things. Fortunately bear has one friend, a very brave rabbit, unlike the bear. One day the rabbit is admin on the bear going on an adventure together. They face many challenges but the two friends learn about the true meaning of bravery. Overall, this book teaches you all about having bravery and confiding in friends to help you.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:33:48 UTC

A Ticket Around the World

By: Natalia Diaz and Melissa Owens

2015

This book is about a boy who visits his friends in the different countries where they live. When he visits them he learns about important landmarks and experiences different cultural events. This book gives insights into differences and even similarities that places share between foods, landmarks, and even some cultural events. He explains his experiences with different countries and shares his experiences with their foods, landmarks, and culture differences.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:36:03 UTC

I Color Myself Different

By: Colin Kaepernick

New York Times Best Seller 2022

This book is about Colin who looks different it's amazing but can be hard sometimes. Colin being different takes courage at school, they had to draw their families out. They had to show the class and see the drawings of everyone's families but the kids were asking why are you the only brown one in your family. So Colin asked her mom and they talked about adoption and how she is special which means different. Even though we don't share the same skin color we share the same love.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:37:27 UTC

Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo

By: John Lithgow

2013

This book is about a concert that was right next to a zoo and how a swarm of wild animals stormed the stage. There were lots of animals that came lions, elephants, and raccoons they were taking the instruments. They wanted to play the instruments like the musicians. But then they hurried back after they performed for everyone. That is why you don't have a concert next to a zoo.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:38:38 UTC

Lotus & feather

By: Ji-li Jiang

2016

This book is about a girl named Lotus who walks home alone and everyone treats her like an outcast. But Grandpa was the only one who understood her loneliness. So they took a boat ride and discussed that the fisherman took all the fish and ruined it. But Lotus went to collect reeds for her grandpa and she then saw a huge white bird. She screamed it was a crane, she had heard many stories about this endangered species. She then heard a loud gunshot and the bird was hit she then grabbed the bird and brought it back to Grandpa. Grandpa nursed it back to health and Lotus gave the bird the name feather they became great companions and helped keep the hunters away from the lake.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:39:26 UTC

The Kissing Hand

By: Audrey Penn

1993

This book is about a raccoon named Chester who doesn't want to go to school and be away from his mother. But his mom tells him he will have fun and she will be right here when he gets back. She then tells him the secret about the kissing hand to help reassure him that everything will be alright. She kisses his hand and says whenever you feel worried or scared just press your hand to your cheek and remember mommy loves you. Chester then felt loved and knew that it would be there whenever he needed it. He then gave his mom a kiss on her hand so she would feel his love while he was away.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:40:51 UTC

The House That Jane Built

By: Tanya Lee Stone

2015

This story is about the life of Jane Adams and how she became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Also, she made a huge impact on a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center. As a little girl, Jane Adams has always had a heart for helping others so she did everything in her power to help the less fortunate. The book is very inspiring for students but especially students you have the heart for helping others and making a difference in people's lives

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:42:09 UTC

Library Lion

By: Michelle Knudsen

2006

This book is about one day a lion came to the library and Mr. Mcbee said there is a lion, to the secretary. But she asked if it breaking any rules, and it wasn't. No one knew what to do there weren't any rules about a lion being in story hour or reading books. But the lion roared but Mrs. Merriweather said if you are a quiet lion you can stay. The lion left and then they went looking for him and he finally came back to listen to more books in the library.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:43:06 UTC

Harry the Dirty Dog

By: Gene Zion

1956

This book is about a dog named Harry who hates taking baths so much that he hides his scrubbing brush in the backyard and runs away from home. While Harry roams the city he discovers many ways that he can get dirty. He gets so dirty that when he finally decides to come home his family doesn't recognize him. Harry looks like a completely different dog, but then he runs to the garden for the scrub brush and runs into the house straight into the bath. He then begged his family to wash him so they would recognize that it was Harry, the children then screamed "it's Harry".

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:44:09 UTC

Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

1993

This book is about a young bat named Stellaluna who gets separated from her mother and tries to find her way to a nest of birds. The bird nest adopts Stellaluna and she learns bird-like behavior to fit in and become one of them. Eventually, she sees bats like her and begins to follow them to see if they can lead her to her mother. Then she begins to learn what bats are truly like and how they behave. She learns that bats and birds are really that different after all.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:45:28 UTC

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

By: Patricia Polacco

1994

This book is about Tricia you can not stand her terrible red-headed brother named Richie. But they both enjoyed listening to her stories which were always magical but Tricia didn't understand how Grandma could love Richie. Richie could do everything better than Tricia and that made her so mad, Tricia thought there had to be something that she could do better than him. So then she made a bet that he couldn't eat more rhubarb than you, she knew he hated it. But he ate more than are and she ran back to Grandma who said that she could wish on a shooting star. She wished that she could do something anything better than her brother. She went on the carousel and she got dizzy and found herself in bed surrounded by her family. Her brother carried her all the way home and had to get stitches. But at that moment their relationship changed.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:46:52 UTC

No Mirror's In My Nana's House

By: Ysaye M. Barnwell

1998

This book is about a young girl who enjoys visiting her nana whose house doesn't have mirrors. The girl realizes that she finds beauty in everything around her nana's house. She also began to see things she wouldn't normally see because there weren't any mirrors. She also started to understand the world was a magical place. She then starts to understand the meaning behind inner beauty and not the physical features of ourselves.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:48:38 UTC

David Goes to School

By: David Shannon

1999

This book is about a boy named David and what is like for him during the school day and how he struggles to follow the rules. David's teacher is always telling him No! No matter how much David's teacher says no David still can't follow the rules, telling him no hardly ever makes a difference. But David finally gets a punishment that makes him realize that he needs to start taking accountability for what he does. In the end, David starts owning up to his poor decision making and his teacher finally praises him.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:50:10 UTC

Broken Crayons Still Color

By: Toni Collier with Whitney Bak

2023

This book is about a girl named Avery who has big emotions and struggles with anxieties about changes that are going on in her life. One day she is coloring and her crayons break as she scribbles angrily and she discoveries that her crayons have personalities and feelings too. The crayons show her how to use her love of coloring to manage her overwhelming feelings and anxieties. She then uses her crayons as a way to cope and express what she is feeling in good and bad times in her life. Overall, this book helps show children how to deal with stress and overwhelmed thoughts and feelings in a positive way.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:51:18 UTC

the Water Princess

By: Susan Verde

2016

This book is about a girl named Georgie who is a part of the Burkina Faso village. She and other girls in her village have to walk miles each day to collect water that is safe for her village to drink. She describes what is like to walk for miles with a heavy basket of water to just survive. She helps shed light on what people have to do in this world in order to get fresh water for their villages and families. Also, she is a strong woman and she is resilient when she faces obstacles.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:52:24 UTC

Guess How Much I Love You

By: Sam McBratney

1994

This book is about little Nutbrown Hare who asks big Nutbrown how much I love you? They show how much they love each other by reaching out their arms and saying how high they can reach. They each say how much they love each other by saying phrases that compete with the other. The little Nutbrown hare wishes that he could love just as much as the big Nutbrown hare. But they both realize both of them love each other as much as they possibly could.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:54:00 UTC

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

By: Simms Taback

1997

This book is about an old lady who swallowed a fly and they don't know why she swallowed a fly and could she die? But then there was an old lady you then swallowed a spider to catch the fly that was inside her. Then it goes to the cat, bird, or spider, to catch the fly. It goes on for the animal before it catches the next animal. But then she died of course because of all of the animals she ate. But the moral of the story is never to swallow a horse or you will die.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:56:12 UTC

Franklin Goes to School

By: Paulette Bourgeoisuis

1995

This book is about Franklin who is so excited about his first day at school, but then he gets nervous about going to school. He then talks to his friends and they tell him how they can already read and write but Franklin can't do any of that. He starts to think that he doesn't know anything and that they are going to make fun of him. But then Mr. Owl, realizes that Franklin is good a painting and drawing. So, Mr. Owl plans activities for Franklin to do that involve drawing and painting. Soon, Franklin starts exploring other activities with his classmates and starts having a great time.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 13:59:33 UTC

At School Kindness Starts With You

By: Jacquelyn Stagg

2018

This book is all about showing kindness to your classmates while at school. It shows you ways to show kindness by taking turns on the swing, helping each other up when you fall, and even asking the bus driver how their day is. There are many ways that you can show people that you care about them and that you need to include everyone. There are many ways you can show kindness and just remember that you wouldn't want someone to be mean and rude to you. So just be nice to everyone and try to help your friends out by just showing some kindness.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:02:22 UTC

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner

1949

This story is about the boxcar children who spend their summer break on their grandfather's island. Where they have a little home and museum. The girls are ready to set up the home and get all of their stuff unpacked while the boys are ready to explore. The boys find a cave that has a lot of history behind it and find artifacts that should be in the museum. They meet a man named Joe who seems to know a lot about history, later they find out Joe is their cousin who for a while lost his identity. While facing obstacles and exploring more history they finally reunite Joe and Grandpa Alden. The family is happy and all together and starts their journey back home when the summer comes to an end with some stories to tell.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:04:29 UTC

Amelia Bedelia Means Business

By: Herman Parish

2013

This book is about a girl named Amelia Bedelia who had a bike when she was little. It had a few dents and several chips out of it from having it for over the years as she as grown up. But then a new girl arrived in her class named Suzanne who was bossy and crabby to people. But she wouldn't stop talking about her new bike. The bike was awesome and took Amelia by surprise it was green with gears and spikes. Amelia felt very sad because she wanted a new bike that she could show her friends. So Amelia began to pray after dinner for a new bike and she talked to her parents about it. But they told her that a new bike costs a lot of money. But then Amelia and are parents came up with an agreement that she would pay half of what the bike costed and then they would pay for the other half. She ends up applying for different jobs and doing different ones until she finally gets enough money for a bike.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:07:00 UTC

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

By: C.S. Lewis

1950

This book is about 4 kids who travel through a wardrobe to a land called Narnia and learn to fulfill their destiny as kings and queens with the guidance of a magical lion. It starts with the four kids being sent off during the time of WWII they are sent to watch over an old professor. They then start to visit the magical place called Narnia. They all follow different paths three of them go and try to help animals and people they can from the white witch. While on of the kids gets involved with the white witch and ends up in a mess. They then realize they must find the magical lion to understand their destiny and that they must protect Narnia from the white witch. They face many obstacles but in the end, they become kings and queens of Narnia and have the experience oof a lifetime. In that wardrobe, they make friends, and memories, and overall carry out their destinies to protect the people they care about.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:08:50 UTC

The One and Only Ivan

By: Katherine Applegate

2012

This book is about a gorilla named Ivan who was captured from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He spent 27 years living in a cage in a mall before he moved to Zoo Atlanta. Where he lives at the mall he has some friends known as Stella an elderly elephant, Bob a stray dog, and he is also friends with Julia the daughter of the janitor who works at the mall. Ivan turns to art to deal with the lonely and sad life he spends in his small cage. But all of the animals become very happy for the new addition Ruby who is a baby elephant. But as time goes on Ivan and Ruby become great friends and try to piece together what has happened in Ivan's life. They end up coming up with a plan to escape captivity and being stuck in a cage for the rest of their lives. They eventually are able to leave the zoo and end up living at a zoo where they are free from cages and also find forever homes with forever friends.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:09:47 UTC

Wonder

By: R.J. Palacio

2012

This book is about a 10-year-old boy named August who lives with his parents and sister in New York. But his family calls him "Auggie" and he was born with differences on his face that make him look different from other kids. Auggie dreads going to school and being around people because he is unique and different compared to other kids. When he finally decides to go to school he gets made fun of and bullied for how he looks. But Auggie faces some obstacles with people at school and learns that being different is okay. Also that he is a wonder to everyone in his life and that's a good thing. Auggie starts to make a difference in the classroom and to his friends and learns to be comfortable in his own skin and be proud of who he his and what he looks like.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:11:04 UTC

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

By: J.K Rowling

1997

This book is about an 11-year-old boy named Harry Potter, who gets invited to attend Hogwarts which is a school of witchcraft and wizardry. He meets his best friends while being there Hermione and Ron. Harry learns about magic and how to use it to protect himself and his friends from evil people. He then is faced with some evil people and magic and he tries to figure out ways to beat them. He starts to learn more about where he came from and about his birth parents who died when he was very young. He then starts becoming a great wizard to prepare him for more adventures and obstacles he will face while at Hogwarts.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:12:40 UTC

Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard and Florence Atwater

1938

This book is about a house painter named Mr. Popper who is very poor and trying to make ends meet for his family. He lives in a small town called Stillwater and is unexpectedly in possession of a penguin. The penguin's name is Captain Cook and then receives a female penguin who later has 10 baby penguins. But the penguins are doing so hot in this weather and climate that they live so they come to the North Pole. But Mr. Popper is very happy because he gets his dream of exploring new places and going to places he would never had the money to experience. But in the end, Mr. Popper lets the penguins go to the North Pole so they can be free and be where they are supposed to be in the wild.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:14:38 UTC

The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea

By: Ann M. Martin

Scholastic 1989

This book is about Kristy's big idea of starting a babysitter club because Kristy's mother has to make multiple phone calls to find an available babysitter all the time. So Kristy decided that this club would meet at specific times of each week so parents would be able to reach multiple babysitters at one time with one number. So Kristy asks her good friends Mary Anne and Claudia to join the group along with a new girl at school named Stacey. But Kristy gets upset when she is the only babysitter who is available to watch her mother's boyfriend's children. This led to some of the girls being mad at each other because they were trying to make this club successful and helpful to people. But it isn't looking so good for Kristy right now but she can form a relationship with the kids and accepts the fact her mother is going to be with him. The girls face some obstacles in their friendship throughout the book while being in the babysitters club. But they can work through it and hope the babysitter's club will stay together for a long time.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:17:26 UTC

The Magic Treehouse #6 Afternoon on the Amazon

By: Mary Pope Osbourne

New York Times Bestselling Series 1992

This book is about two kids named Jack and Annie who find a magic tree house that has books inside that transport them to different places. But this book is about a book about the Amazon forest. So as soon as Jack opens the book they are transported to where tall trees grow and exotic flowers live. The kids are surprised the forest isn't sunny but dark and damp. So the children set off on an expedition to locate the second item that Morgan needs from this place. On their expedition, they saw many scary animals like crocodiles, huge spiders, snakes, and even monkeys. The kids still look for clues about where the second item for Morgan could be but they decide they need to go back to the treehouse and come up with a game plan. They get stopped by a monkey who gives them a piece of fruit that Morgan needs and return to the treehouse where it lands safely in Pennslyvania where they live. Jack then puts the red fruit and the moonstone together and the kids call out to Morgan that they have found the artifact.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:18:56 UTC

Nate the Great

By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

1972

This book is about a boy named Nate who believes he is a detective and takes on the case of a missing painting for his friend Annie. He doesn't let anything stand in his way when it comes to uncovering the truth of where the painting is but pancakes occasionally. Nate tells Annie all about the objects and things he has found. So that she understands he is the person for the job. He then gets his detective suit on so he can start figuring out what happened to the missing painting with the help of Annie. He starts asking Annie questions about the house and if it had any trap doors or squeaking places that were alarming. Nate started looking under the bed in the trash and everywhere in Annie's room to see if he could find the picture. Then Nate says everything counts including Fang who was the dog and tries to find where he buried his bone in order to see if the picture was there too. They look everywhere for the picture until the decide to paint a new picture.

hamon2646 — 2023-10-25 14:20:49 UTC

Matilda

By: Roald Dahl

1988

This story is about a young girl named Matilda who is extremely intelligent and has a great love for reading. She faces a very challenging home life. She grew up alone because her parents would leave her at home when she was just a little one. She learned how to cook and provide for herself because no one ever taught her. But Matilda would get bored sitting at home so she decided that she would go to the library and bring home books to read. As soon as she could get her hands on a book there was no way of stopping her. She loved to read so much that she would bring home a wagon of books daily until her parents sent her to school. But that doesn't come without its challenges her headmistress, Miss. Trunchbull is very mean. Miss. Trunchbull fails to see how brilliant Matilda is until a teacher Miss. Honey comes along. Miss. Honey would try her best to protect Matilda and the kids from Miss. Trunchbull. Then Miss. Honey builds a relationship with Matilda and sees how awful her parents treat her. She realizes that she could have Matlida become hers and allow he parents the freedom of not keeping her from her dream of reading and growing.

hamon2646 — 2023-11-13 13:15:17 UTC

Memoirs of a Hamster

By: Devin Scillion

Sleeping Bear Press 2013

The book is about a hamster who believes his life is perfect in his cage with water, food, and all the fun he could imagine. Until one day a cat comes by and says that he is missing out on life while being stuck in this cage. The hamster realizes that there is a lot of the house that he has never seen. So the hamster starts feeling like he is missing out on life. But then the hamster escapes and realizes that is cage is safe and where he belongs.

hamon2646 — 2023-11-13 13:16:35 UTC

Henry's Freedom Box

By:Ellen Levine

Scholastic 2007

Summary under Historical Fiction.

hamon2646 — 2023-11-13 13:39:27 UTC

Being Frank

By: Donna Earnhardt

2012

This book is about a boy named Frank you just let's people know what he is thinking and he is brutally honest. Frank says what he is thinking to everybody even if it isn't nice he still says it. He makes mistakes by calling out people's flaws and by using his opinion. But he learns from his Grandpa that somethings don't need to be said at certain times. So Frank learns a life lesson about not being brutally honest all the time especially when people get upset about it.

hamon2646 — 2023-11-13 13:46:19 UTC

Rosie Revere, Engineer

By: Andrea Beaty

ABRAMS 2013

This book is about Rosie Revere who loves to build gizmos and gadgets. She showed her inventions to someone one time but was made fun of. So now she keeps her inventions a secret until one day. She wanted to build a invention so her aunt could finally fly. So Rosie worked day in an day out, she eventually tested her invention. But an old lady started laughing at her when she was testing it out. But aunt Rose gave her a huge hug and showed Rosie that it did fly for a little before it crashed. So then Rosie started again and kept trying with her aunt Rose.

hamon2646 — 2023-11-15 13:28:53 UTC

Catching the Moon

By: Crystal Hubbard

Linen Press 2015

This book is about a girl named Marcenia who loves to play baseball. When she grows up she wants to be a ballplayer. Her parents want her to focus on school but her passion is to be a ballplayer. Until one day on the playground the manager of the Cardinals comes and watches the kids. So that day she played really hard infront of Mr. Street to show him his hardwork and he invited them to his baseball camp. But the manager Mr. Street said he doesn't take girls on in his team. Until one day she stole home and won the game and Mr. Street invited to her to his camp. She then showed her parents what Mr. Street gave her and she had all of equipment for the camp. She then would make her dream come true by being a professional baseball player when she grew up.

hamon2646 — 2023-11-17 13:50:43 UTC

The Hula-Hoopin' Queen

By: Thelma Lynne Godin

Lee & Low Books 2014

This book is about a girl named Kameeka who wants to be the hula hoopin queen. She has to miss out on it to help her mama cook Miss Adeline food for her birthday. So they started with the cake but Kameeka set the oven to the wrong heat setting so they must start over. Her mama sends her to the store and she sees Jamara hula hoopin outside. Then Kameeka starts hula hoopin with the girls and they have a competition for who can hula the longest. Then she remembers about the cake and hurries home to her mom furious with her. So the Kameeka tells Miss Adeline who don't really like cake, do you? But Miss Adeline says I love cake and says I think it is time for birthday cake. So then Kameeka tells Miss Adeline what happened and says it is my fault. So then Kameeka gets a chocolate donut and puts whip cream on it with a candle. Then Miss Adeline says this is about perfect! Miss Adeline brings up hula hoopin and said don't you know I was the best hula hooper. So then they started hula hoopin together at brings the party to the street.