Emily by Michael Bedard illustrated by Barbara Cooney Doubleday, New York, 1992 A story of the reclusive Emily Dickinson- A neighbor girl befriends her by exchanging gifts of lily bulbs and poems. Ages 3 and up- mainly for girls definitely use in the future- inside is an actual reprinted poem by Emily Dickinson- beautiful illustrations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That Terrible Baby by Jennifer Armstrong illustrated by Susan Meddaugh Tambourine Books, New York, 1994 2 older siblings get blamed for all the baby’s messes Ages Kindergarten – 1st and maybe 2nd grade- boys and girl Not my favorite book about new babies- makes it seem like having a new sibling is a horrible thing- not encouraging for kids- would not use again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now I Will Never Leave the Dinner Table by Jane Read Martin and Patricia Marx illustrated by Roz Chast Harper Collins Publishers- 1996 older sister is baby-sitting and is making her younger sister eat spinach Ages 8 and up –some long words Very funny! especially the illustrations- good that the younger sister still loves her older sister in the end and actually finds out that spinach isnt that bad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leaving Emma by Nancy Steele Brokaw Clarion Books, New York, 1999 Emma’s best friend announces she is moving away and Emma’s dad has to go away on business for 5 months- Emma has to learn to be independent Ages grades 3-5 very insightful- good encouragement for kids in transition- would definitely use this again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bad Girls in Love by Cynthia Voigt Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, 2002 Best friends, Mikey and Margalo are in 8th grade and fall in love and discover heartbreak together for the first times. Ages- middle school kind of interesting- seemed a bit behind the times- most girls in 8th grade have been noticing boys for years…or maybe that was just me. –not one I would really recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett Puffin Books, Middlesex, England, 1981 A young boy living with his widowed mother in the US discovers that he is actually a very rich Lord in England. He and his mother must take a trip to see the grandfather he has never met. The young boy turns out to be precious and generous- the very opposite of his stingy, old grandfather. But because of the boy;s spirit the grandfather learns to let go and live. Ages- 4th grade and up wonderful! enchanting! great lessons for life. would definitely use this again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fourth Grade is a Jinx by Colleen O’Shaughnessy Mckenna Scholastic Inc., New York, 1989 Collette Murphy is a 4th grader with 3 younger siblings when her mom decides to substitute while Colleen’s teacher is out on maternity leave. Colleen has to face the embarrassment of having her mom in school every day. Ages 3rd grade and up hilarious! I have loved the Murphy family for years! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emmy by Connie Jordan Green Margaret K McElderry Books, New York, 1992 Emmy is a coal miners daughter living in rural KY- she is one of 6 kids and when their dad is laid off due to an injury they all have to find creative ways to help out and support the family and still enjoy life and teach their father joy again. Ages 3rd grade and up very good story- lots of love for family- would recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monsters Don’t Scuba Dive by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones Scholastic Inc., New York, 1995 The Bailey School Kids believe their summer swimming teacher might just be the Lock Ness Monster- they spy on her to find out Ages Kindergarten and up I have always loved the Bailey School Kids- they are good for kids afraid of monsters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Harper Trophy, New York, 1987 Mary is an orphan sent to live with her reclusive uncle and must for the first time in her life learn to do things for herself and entertain herself- she befriends the cousin she never even knew she had and together they find fun and mystery and life in the old, forlorn castle. Ages 5th grade and up wonderful story about a girl who learns she is not the center of the world- would definitely recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sleepless Beauty by Frances Minters illustrated by G. Brian Karas Viking-Penguin Books, New York, 1996 A modern-day sleeping beauty story- all in rhyme Ages 4 and up fun rhymes- very updated and hilarious- cool ending with the rock star prince- would use this again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corduroy by Don Freeman Viking Press, New York, 1968 Corduroy is the teddy bear that nobody wanted until Lisa sees him and decides she must have him- despite his missing button and raggedy appearance Ages infant and up a classic story about love and friendship- would use it again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sad Days, Glad Days by Dewitt Hamilton illustrated by Gail Owens Albert Whitman and Company, Illinois, 1995 Amanda Martha’s mother has depression- this is the story about Amanda’s every day life with sad days, glad days, but mostly in between days Ages 3rd grade and up kids with depressed parents will especially benefit from this book- simple enough for young kids to understand but still serious and honest- would definitely recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots by Barbara Knutson Carolrhoda Book, INC, Minneapolis, 1990 Creation story about how the cow actually gave the Guinea Fowl her spots to help hide her from the lion. Ages 1st grade and up interesting story- would maybe use again… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Our Image-God’s First Creatures by Nancy Sohnswartz illustrated by Melanie Hall Jewish Lights Publishing, Vermont, 1998 A child’s book about the beginning of creation as told in the Bible- uses actual Bible verses Ages 4 and up an interesting point of view- God made humans in the image of himself and all the rest of creation he had already made- fantastic drawings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Stupids Have a Ball by Harry Allard and James Marshall Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1978 The Stupids throw a party for their zany and eccentric family Ages 5 and up I am not such a big fan of the Stupids… no learning value. doesn’t teach tolerance at all. probably would not use again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Stupids Step Out by Harry Allard and James Marshall Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1974 The Stupids go on an all day outing. Ages 5 and up see previous review. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard and James Marshall Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1977 A teacher tricks her class by disguising herself as a mean strict teacher until they learn to calm down and behave in class Ages 5 and up Hilarious! So fun! A great story- would definitely use again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goldilocks and the 3 Bears by James Marshall Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, 1988 The original Goldilocks story with some updated words and pictures ages 3 and up Funny! Classic. Great Pictures! Would use again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cinderella by James Marshall Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, 1989 the classic Cinderella story with classic James Marshall illustrations Ages 3 and up Fabulous pictures! This is my favorite story. Would use again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying by Barbara Park Random House, New York, 1994 Junie B. Jones is a kindergartener who decides spying might be fun, until she gets caught and learns that spying isn’t very nice Ages Kindergarten and up- beginner readers Junie B. Jones is hilarious! what insight into the mind of a child. great book! would use again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal by Barbara Park Random House, New York, 1997 one of Junie B.’s best friends has a sleepover at her ‘rich’ nana’s house and the girls try to stay up all night and have fun, but end up sleeping and driving nana crazy! Ages Kindergarten and up- beginner readers I just can’t get enough of Junie B.! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yang The Eldest and His Odd Jobs by Lensey Namioka Dell Yearling, New York, 2000 Yang the Eldest is the oldest brother of the Yang family’s 4 children- because money is tight he must find odd jobs to make money to pay for a new violin Ages 4th grade and up wonderful book! very interesting information about the Chinese culture and about how it must feel to be an immigrant to the US- would recommend to everyone. *after all four of the Yang books I would recommend to read them in the opposite order- from the youngest Yang to the oldest Yang* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yang the 2nd and Her Secret Admirers by Lensey Namioka Dell Yearling, New York, 1998 Yang the 2nd is the child most sad to be gone from China- so her younger siblings form a plan to make sure she makes new friends, maybe even a boyfriend but the plan gets out of control and Yang the 2nd ends up with many new admirers Ages 4th grade and up fabulous! so enriching. I really learned from this book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Yang the 3rd and Her Impossible Family by Lensey Namioka Dell Yearling, New York, 1995 Yang the 3rd-Mary (her American name)- is the Yang most trying to fit in in the US- she often gets embarrassed by her family’s traditional ways Ages 4th grade and up great! see previous reviews. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka Dell Yearling, New York, 1992 Yang the youngest has a terrible ear for music- being the only non-musician in his family Yang struggles to be appreciated and understood- he does find that he loves baseball Ages 4th grade and up see previous reviews. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Amazing Frectacle by Ross Venokur Dell Yearling, New York, 1998 Nicholas’ classmates constantly make fun of his freckles- so when he finds a way to get rid of them he takes the chance, until things start going very very wrong and he must get his freckles back to put things back in order Ages 5th grade and up okay- kind of weird… maybe boys would enjoy it more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karen’s Big Lie- Baby-sitters Little Sister #38 by Ann M. Martin Scholastic INC, New York, 1993 Karen cheats on a math tests and lies about it- her lies keep getting bigger and bigger until it is out of control and she has to get herself out of trouble Ages 2nd grade and up good lessons and funny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karen’s Sleepover- Baby-sitters Little Sister #9 by Ann M. Martin Scholastic INC, New York, 1990 Karen invites all the girls in her class for a sleepover, including the new girl, Pamela, but she almost ruins the whole night Ages 2nd grade and up would use again. good series. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary Anne and the Little Princess – Baby-sitters Club #102 by Ann M. Martin Scholastic INC, New York, 1996 Mary Anne gets a baby-sitting job for a real princess for 6 months but it is almost more than she can handle Ages 4th grade and up I love the BBC series. would use again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claudia Kishi Middle School Drop Out- BBC #101 by Ann M. Martin Scholastic INC, New York, 1996 Claudia gets put back into the 7th grade because of her poor grades- no longer with her friends she has to figure out how to get through it Ages 4th grade and up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary Anne and 2 Many Babies- BBC #52 by Ann M. Martin Scholastic INC, New York, 1992 Mary Anne has to baby-sit for twin infants and her baby ‘egg’ from her class at school. She realizes she is not even ready for this kind of responsibility. Ages 4th grade and up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baby-sitters European Vacation- Super Special #15 by Ann M. Martin Scholastic INC, New York, 1998 5 of the BBC members go on a week-long school trip to London and Paris- the find love, relatives, shopping, museums, dancing and visit the Princess Ages 4th grade and up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher by Emma Barnes illustrated by Tim Archbold Walker & Company, New York, 2001 Jessica’s mom decides to become a professional witch despite her family’s concerns- s o Jessica decides to sabotage her career, unsuccessfully Ages 4th grade and up interesting story- lots of witches and wizards- kind of funny- would maybe recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ashleigh’s Diary –Thoroughbred Series by Joanna Campbell Harper Paperbacks, New York, 1995 A flashback story from Ashleigh’s diary when an epidemic swept through her family’ s farm and forced them to sell the whole thing, including Ashleigh’s first horse Ages 4th grade and up great series for horse lovers- would recommend for girls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grover G. Graham and Me by Mary Quattlebaum Dela Corte Press, New York, 2001 Ben has been a foster kid since the age of 5- constantly moving. finally he moves in to a house where Grover is living- an infant foster child- Ben falls in love with him and decides to run away with him so they will not have to be in the system any more Ages 5th grade and up great book! very enjoyable and would definitely recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Bean King’s Daughter by Jennifer J. Stewart Holiday House, New York, 2002 Phoebe’s dad dies leaving her tons of money and a new step-mother she has never met. The new mom helps Phoebe learn the importance of generosity. Ages 4th grade and up- girls mainly would recommend- very good story- very original ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CON-fidence by Todd Strasser Holiday House, New York, 2002 Lauren desires to be a part of the popular crowd and is surprised when the newest member of the crowd decides to befriend her- everything falls apart however when the new friend is more into conning than befriending Ages 4th grade and up- girls written in the first person, so it kind of hard to get into- would recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guy Wire by Sarah Weeks Harper Collins, 2002 Guy remembers how he became friends with Buzz after Buzz is hit by a car and Guy blames himself Ages 5th grade and up sad, but inspiring, would recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Bantam Skylark, New York, 1979 it is hard enough to be 10 without teachers that don’t understand you and crushes- but then her parents announce they are going to have a baby! Ages 5th grade and up a classic. Anastasia is wonderful. would recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anastasia’s Chosen Career by Lois Lowry Dell Yearling, 1987 Anastasia must write a paper on her chosen career- so she tries to choose between being a model or a bookstore owner Ages 5th grade and up wonderful story! hilarious! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang- Caldecott Honor Book Simon and Schuster, New York, 1980 a picture only book- the snatcher follows the grey lady getting closer and closer until he finds something better than her berries- Blackberries! Ages 3 and up beautiful pictures! wonderful book. would use again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Olivia by Ian Falcomer- Caldecott Honor Book Athencum, New York, 2000 Olivia is a pig with a mind of her own- very outgoing and confident- hilarious! Ages 3 and up would use this again. very funny. great illustrations! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin –Caldecott Award Winner illustrated by Mary Azarian Houghton Mifflin CO, Boston, 1998 historical fiction for kids- biography- beautiful illustrations- Bentley was the first person to examine snow and photograph individual snowflakes Ages 3rd grade and up good for 1st book reports. would use again and recommend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg –Caldecott Award Winner Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1981 left alone for the afternoon, 2 kids entertain themselves with a board game they find across the street at the park but it turns out to be more realistic than they imagined Ages 1st grade and up great book- fabulous pictures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say- Caldecott Award Winner Houghton Mifflin CO, Boston, 1993 A Japanese-American man recounts his father’s journeys from Japan to American and back and forth and how he feels similarly about the countries as his father Ages 1st grade and up would use again and recommend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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