AUTHOR: Adam LehrhauptILLUSTRATOR: Matthew Forsythe
About Me
- Reading Together
- Valdosta, GA, United States
- Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.
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10/21/14
Warning DO NO OPEN THIS BOOK!
AUTHOR: Adam LehrhauptILLUSTRATOR: Matthew Forsythe
10/20/14
Frindle
AUTHOR: Andrew Clements
ILLUSTRATOR: Brian Selzick
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers PUBLICATION DATE: 1998
AWARDS: Christopher Award
GENRE: Realistic Fiction READING LEVEL: 3rd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Words must come from somewhere… right?
So when Nick learns that the creating of words has a source, he decides to make
up his own word to describe what society has learned to call a “pen”. He calls it a “frindle” and it catches on
fast- first, his friends, then his town, and now nationally. How will he ever get this to stop?
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Create a list of vocabulary words
from the book and classroom objects.
Have students come up with different names to call these regular items.
Create a “new” word list, and have students use the new words for one week.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Ashley January,
Valdosta State University ECSE
The Funny Little Woman
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Arlene Mosel / Blair
Lent
PUBLISHER:
Puffin
PUBLICATION DATE: 1972
AWARDS: Caldecott Medal
GENRE:
Folklore
READING LEVEL: Grade
3
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
A funny little woman who loves cooking rice dumplings chases a dumpling
underground and uses humor to get out of an unpleasant situation.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: This book would be a
good introduction to learning how to multiply by 2.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Gregory Vaughn, Valdosta State University ECSE
10/15/14
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed.
AUTHOR: Barbara Parks Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
PUBLISHER: Random House Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION
DATE: 1997
GENRE: Fiction
READING
LEVEL: 1st grade - 4th grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: After hearing her classmate, Paulie Allen Puffer, talk about the monsters that hide under everyone's bed, Junie B. starts to wonder... Do I have a monster under my bed? Once she discovers the evidence, monster drool, on her pillow she has trouble sleeping at night. However, after talking with her mother, they come up with a clever idea on how to scare those silly monsters away.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have the students write
about their biggest childhood fear and how they overcame them. (Improve descriptive writing skills.)
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hannah Banbury, Valdosta
State University ECSE
LABELS: bedtime, transitions, courage, female character, funny
10/9/14
The Very Cranky Bear
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Nick Bland
PUBLISHER: Orchard Books
PUBLICATION DATE: July 29, 2014
GENRE: Picture Book
READING LEVEL: Ages 5-7
BRIEF OVERVIEW: When a zebra, lion, sheep, and moose try to find shelter in a cave from the storm, they notice a very cranky bear. They try to cheer poor bear up by offering the very stripes off Zebras back, the mane off of Lions head, and even Mooses antelers! Will sheep have the answer to Bears problems?
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Provide students with a copy of brown bear picture and let them decorate him like the story. Stripes like Zebra, mane like Lion and antlers like Moose.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Mary McKenzie, Valdosta State University ECSE)
9/21/14
Late for School
TITLE: Late for School
Author: Steve Martin Illustrator:
C.F. Payne
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Realistic Fiction Reading
Level: 3rd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A boy woke up late for school. He missed the bus and
ran the whole way to make it on time. He made it just in time only to realize
it was Saturday.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have each student write one paragraph describing
what they did the past Saturday.
REVIEWER’S NAME &
AFFILIATION: Brittany Chastain, Valdosta State University ECSE
Eloise in Paris
Title: Eloise in Paris
AUTHOR: Kay
Thompson
ILLUSTRATOR: Hilary Knight
ILLUSTRATOR: Hilary Knight
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster PUBLICATION DATE:
1955
GENRE: Picture Book/Comedy/Made into a movie READING LEVEL: grade 4.8
BRIEF OVERVIEW: There is an Eloise book for every occasion!
This particular one tells the story of a young girl named Eloise and her nanny
receiving the opportunity to travel to Paris. Eloise describes every hilarious
detail of her trip throughout the book.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Ask the entire class who has ever
received the opportunity to travel. Ask where each student would like to travel
to one day. Have each student decide on a place (a state or country). Then take the
class to the library, and ask the students to find a book about the place they
would like to travel to. In one week each student will share about the place
they chose.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Brittany Chastain, Valdosta State University
ECSE
9/14/14
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
author and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Copyright: 2011 Reading Level: PreK-3rd grade
Book Description: A book about a boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree. He continues to throw objects into the tree to retrieve the previous object thrown, because strangely enough, each and every object seems to get stuck in the tree. Surely there must be at least one object he can throw up in the tree to get the objects unstuck. Integrated Idea: Think about the different sizes of the items that Floyd throws in the tree. How long / tall / heavy is each one? How could you measure them? What units of measurement would we need to use? Could you make a list showing the measurements of each item and use these to make a graph?
Reviewer's Name and affiliation: Bethany A. Loggins, Valdosta State University
Copyright: 2011 Reading Level: PreK-3rd grade
Book Description: A book about a boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree. He continues to throw objects into the tree to retrieve the previous object thrown, because strangely enough, each and every object seems to get stuck in the tree. Surely there must be at least one object he can throw up in the tree to get the objects unstuck. Integrated Idea: Think about the different sizes of the items that Floyd throws in the tree. How long / tall / heavy is each one? How could you measure them? What units of measurement would we need to use? Could you make a list showing the measurements of each item and use these to make a graph?
Reviewer's Name and affiliation: Bethany A. Loggins, Valdosta State University
11/22/13
Gobble Gobble gulp gulp
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:
Judith Smith (Author), Brenda
Parkes (Author), Mary Davy(Illustrator)
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A book of nursery rhymes and silly words.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be able to identify the front cover, back cover, and the title page of a book. Students will sing nursery rhymes aloud.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tavia Hundley Valdosta State University
PUBLISHER: Pearson
Education Canada
PUBLICATION DATE: 1987
GENRE:
Nursery Rhymes READING LEVEL:
age 4BRIEF OVERVIEW: A book of nursery rhymes and silly words.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be able to identify the front cover, back cover, and the title page of a book. Students will sing nursery rhymes aloud.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tavia Hundley Valdosta State University
How I Became a Pirate
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Melinda Long/ David Shannon
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Inc. PUBLICATION
DATE: 2003
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book READING
LEVEL: Grades 1-4
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will complete and acrostic on friendship using the word 'pirates'.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Lashundra Coad, VSU
Orangutan Tongs Poems to Tangle Your Tongue
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jon Agee
PUBLISHER: Disney-Hyperion
PUBLICATION DATE: March 10, 2009
GENRE: Fiction
READING LEVEL: Ages 6-10
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This is a series of poems by Jon Agee. The point of these poems is to be tongue twisters. It is very fun trying to read these poems and getting tangled up.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: I think it would be fun for the students to get in groups and create tongue twisters. I would then have them present them and have the rest of the class to try to say them.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Cribb, Valdosta State University
Enemy Pie
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR
PUBLISHER: Tate Publishing PUBLICATION
DATE: 2000
AWARDS:
GENRE: Realistic Fiction READING
LEVEL: PK-5
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Funny endearing story about a boy cooking up an enemy pie. He tries to turn his best enemy into his best friend. This book teaches a lesson
in the difficulties and rewards of making new friends.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chelsea Brown, Valdosta State University
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