A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews

Find a perfect children’s book to share or read, and information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, teachers, librarians, graduate students, and teachers-to-be! Browse A Book or Two by title, genre, or topic! HAPPY READING! This is a closed site, to prevent inappropriate postings. You won't be able to add your own comments. Communication should be sent to the site organizer, Dr. Deb Marciano (dlmarciano@valdosta.edu).

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10/15/14

The Butterfly Seeds

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mary Watson

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers

PUBLICATION DATE: 08/28/1995

GENRE: Fiction

READING LEVEL: 3rd grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: When Jake arrives in America he feels homesick, and misses his grandfather who stayed back in his home country. However, Jake's grandfather gave him butterfly seeds to plant when he got to America. Join Jake as he finds the resources needed to grow his butterfly bushes, and as he adjusts to American culture.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: As a class you could grow butterfly bushes, and use them as a visual when learning about the butterfly life cycle, or the growth cycle of plants

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hannah Banbury, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: American, gardens, History, Immigrants, Picturebook

10/3/14

The Curious Garden

TITLE: The Curious Garden

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Peter Brown

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers PUBLICATION DATE: 2009 GENRE: Picture Book READING LEVEL: Ages 3-6

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Small boy discovers a struggling garden and decides to try and bring the garden back to life.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The students will go outside and discover something that is growing. The students will write about how they think this living object ended up where they found it.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Curtis Watson, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: Community, Gardens

11/22/13

Growing a Garden

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:Mari Schuh

PUBLISHER:Capstone Press Incorporated

PUBLICATION DATE: 2010

GENRE:Non-Fiction

READING LEVEL: Kindergarten-1st grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW:Growing a Garden is a fun how to nonfiction book that teaches the reader how to grow a garden. It covers everything from the tools that you need to how your garden will look after you are finished.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:If the space is available, you can grow a little garden outside of your room with your class and check its progress on a daily or weekly basis.This will also teach them responsibility because they will have to water it and give it everything it needs.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kacy Flesher; Valdosta State University