The Wedding by Angela Johnson is about a girl who's sister is getting married. She is told in the spring, and the wedding is in the fall. The story deThe Wedding by Angela Johnson is about a girl who's sister is getting married. She is told in the spring, and the wedding is in the fall. The story describes her emotions of missing her sister, and being happy for her sister, and how she was involved in the preparation for the wedding. She is the flower girl, and she and her relatives cry when her sister walks down the aisle. She is worried about her sister leaver her, and her family. In the end, they have the memories, and they all come together to think about the wedding.
I give this book 4/5 stars. It is good for younger readers, because on each page there is very few words. The story is more dependent on the illustrations. The illustrations are cute and detailed. The story also has a good message, that even when change is hard, it is not as bad as you think in the end. Great story for young readers, especially for a little girl who may be a flower girl in a wedding coming up....more
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy is about a girl named Tanya and her family. One day, Tanya went over to her grandma, and she was cutting out pThe Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy is about a girl named Tanya and her family. One day, Tanya went over to her grandma, and she was cutting out pieces of cloth from old worn out clothes. When Tanya asked, the Grandma said she was making a quilt. Tanya was intrigued, and she started to help. The grandma told her it would take a long time, but that it would be a masterpiece. Time went by and they continued to work on the quilt. Eventually, the mother even started helping. The quilt was halfway done, but Grandma got sick. After Christmas, she had to go to the doctor. The quilt couldn't be worked on, but Tanya decided it had to be finished. So her and her momma continued to work on it to finish it for her grandma. Tanya cut the pieces and momma sewed them together. After a while, her brother even started helping. Grandma started to gain her strength back, and she was able to finish the quilt herself with all the family memories. In the end, when the quilt was finished, it was dedicated to Tanya, for all her hard work, from her momma and grandma.
I give this story a 5/5 stars. It was very heartwarming, full of family and love. It also brings appreciation to the memory of older things, and that something isn't old if it is worn out, that just means that it was full of love. The illusrations were beautiful, and the ending was great. Definitely for older kids because of the high word count....more
Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Guivanni is about a little girl growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee. She likes summer best, and the things she do in the Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Guivanni is about a little girl growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee. She likes summer best, and the things she do in the summer are described and shown with beautiful pictures. Things such as eating corn on the cob, ice cream, listening to gospel music, or picking vegetables from her Daddy's garden. She also describes being warm all the time in the summer, even when going to sleep.
I give this story 3/5 stars. It was definitely written for younger children because of how little words were on each page. There was about 4-6 words on each page, so it was a lot more about the illustrations, and more poem like. What she was saying could be envisioned in your mind. The illustrations are beautiful, with the visible brush strokes and all the color....more
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema takes place on a plain in Africa where animals eat and people live. The plain was drought-stricken,Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema takes place on a plain in Africa where animals eat and people live. The plain was drought-stricken, and a boy name Ki-pat helped bring the rain back. He made an arrow out of a feather that fell from a bird by him when he was watching his herd that so desperatel needed water. with the feather and a stick and other things, he made a bow and arrow to pirce the big black cloud suspended over Kapiti Plain, and he brought the rain back for the cows and the land. He then met a woman, and had a child who also watched over Kapiti Plain.
I give this story 5/5 stars. The cumulative rhyming was very entertaining, it was almost like a song. Not only that, but all of the rhyming flowed really well, really completing the story. I loved the illustrations, and the creativeness of the story. It also has a good message, that if you try hard enough you can change something bad into something good....more
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats is about two boys, Peter and Archie, who find a pair of motorcycle goggles when they are digging around. They were so excitGoggles by Ezra Jack Keats is about two boys, Peter and Archie, who find a pair of motorcycle goggles when they are digging around. They were so excited, but then a group of big boys started to yell at them to give them the goggles. Peter and Archie ran away with their dog, trying to get away from the big boys. Their dog helped them save the goggles, and after making a plan, they got away from the big boys and were safe and sound at their house, ready to play with their new treasure.
I give Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats 4/5 stars. It was a good book, and I liked the illustrations and the sense of adventure. The pet dog made the chase more interesting because at points I thought the dog might get caught. This book is definitely for younger readers because of the little amount of words on each page. A great edition to classroom books to increase children's creativity....more
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