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Final Blog: LSSL 5360 Sandra Lumbreras
Bartoletti, S. (2005). Hitler Youth. NY: Scholastic.
Hitler Youth is a great book to talk to our kids about. It is about a youth
movement that followed Hitler’s principles of ruling. Hitler used
advertisement and incentives to incorporate young teenagers to his cause.
School teachers were force to taught Hitler’s way of thinking to students in
order to keep their jobs. Many members of Hitler Youth fought during the
war and helped persecute many Jews.
Hitler ruling started during the 1920’s and 1930’s a period of desperation and
hunger. People needed a ruler to save the country's economy from the
poverty they were in.
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Bishop, N. (2007). Spiders. NY: Scholastic. (or any Nic Bishop
book on animals, etc. )
Spiders is an informational book that defines the different body parts
of the spider and what it is used for. It includes beautiful pictures of
each spider with an important fact that characterizes that insect.
Students are exposed to different vocabulary words that are defined
on the book.
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Bragg, G. (2011). How they croaked: The awful ends of
the awfully famous. NY: Walker
How they Croaked is a book that includes the unusual deaths of
important historical figures such as: Cleopatra, Pocahontas,
Elizabeth I, Christopher Columbus, Julius Cesar, and many others. It
provides readers with informational facts about their life and how
they ended dying.
How they Croaked is an interesting book to read and share to others.
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Brown,P. (2014). My teacher is a monster. NY: Little, Brown
Books
The book is about a little boy named Bobby and his teacher Ms. Kirby.
In Bobby’s eyes Ms. Kirby is a mean monster. She is always yelling
and getting after him for throwing paper airplanes in the classroom.
In the course of the story, Bobby sees Ms. Kirby sitting on the park.
He approaches her and spends a good time together with her in the
park.
My teacher is a monster is a humorous book that students will have
fun reading and would relate to. Things are not always as they
seem.
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Cleary, B. (1983). Dear Mr. Henshaw. NY: Morrow.
Leigh Botts is a little boy that suffered the separation of his parents.
He was able to over come the pain and conflict he had towards his
dad by writing in his journal to his favorite author: Mr. Henshaw. At
the beginning it starts with Leigh being in 2nd grade and writing a
letter to his favorite author. To his amazement the author responded
back. Leigh bonded with Mr. Henshaw and continue writing to him.
As the years passed by he learned to write his feelings and in a way
forgive his dad for leaving them.
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Collins, S. (2004). Gregor the overlander. NY:
Scholastic.
Gregor is a boy that lived in New York City. He had to take care of his
2 year old sister, Boots, and his grandma after the disappearance of
his dad. One hot day his mom left him alone with his youngest sister
and his grandma. During laundry, Boots and Gregor fell to the
underground where he meets new friends and a completely new
world. Gregor becomes the undergrounds savior and in his journey
finds his dad and saves him from the rats.
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Creech, S. (2001). Love that dog. New York: HarperCollins.
Jack is an elementary boy that starts writing poetry with the help of
his teacher. He realizes that he actually enjoys writing. Jack writes
about an incident that happen to his dog and puts it in writing.
“Love that dog” is a great book to use with our children to encourage
them to write and read poetry.
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Curtis, C. P. (1995). The Watsons go to Birmingham,
1963. NY: Delacorte.
“The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963” is a humorous book that talks
about racism and segregation through the eyes of Kenny a nine year
old boy. Kenny has a brother named Byron. Byron calls himself a
teenage delinquent. Their parents decide to make a trip to
Birmingham to leave Byron with his grandma in hope to straighten
him up. In their journey, both Kenny and Byron can see the hate and
segregation towards black people.
Deedy, C. A. (2007). Martina the beautiful cockroach.
Atlanta, GA: Peachtree.
Martina the cockroach is at the age of getting married. In her search
for the right groom, Martina’s grandma gives her some advice. To
spill a cup of coffee to her admirers to find the right husband. At
the end Martina finds her true match when she realizes he also has
the same cultural customs as her.
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dePaola, T. (1983). The legend of the bluebonnet. NY: Putnam.
The story starts with a tribe in the need of rain. They asked the
Great Spirits for help. The Great Spirits informed them that in order
to be rain they needed to give away something precious to them. A
young girl gives her most valuable possession to the Great Spirits. A
doll, the only possession she had left of her death family. This is how
the bluebonnets came to be born according to the legend.
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Draper, S. (2010). Out of my mind. NY: Atheneum.
Melody is an eleven year old that cannot speak, write and walk. She can
remember every single detail she sees and is smarter than her classmates.
Melody is a strong little girl that demonstrates to her parents, teachers and
fellow classmates that she is capable of learning and doing what they do just
in a different way.
It is an amazing book to read that will change the way we see people that
have some kind of disability.
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Falconer, I. (2000). Olivia. NY: Atheneum
Olivia is an energetic little pig with a great imagination. She is so full of
energy that she tires her mom out. Olivia likes to jump, run, paint, and sing
out loud. The pig enjoys changing into different outfits and is over prepared
to go to the beach.
I love to read this book to my daughter. She is as energetic as Olivia the pig
with a great imagination .
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Gaiman, N. (2008). The graveyard book. NY: HarperCollins.
Nobody, Bod, Owens was found and saved from being killed by ghosts and
raised in the Graveyard. Bod was raised and lived in the graveyard since he
was a baby until he became a teenager. Bod learned to appreciate life and
not to take it from granted when he was old enough to leave.
It is a book filled with mystery and adventure for readers to enjoy.
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Giovanni, N. (2005). Rosa. NY: Holt.
Rosa Parks story starts with her daily routine at home and her job as a
seamstress. One Thursday, she leaves early from work and decides to ride the
bus. Rosa sat in the neutral part of the bus (either black or white could seat
there). She was told by the bus driver to move. Rosa refused to give her seat
and was arrested. Her courage contributed to part of black change in history.
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Hale, S. (2008). Rapunzel’s revenge. NY: Bloomsbury.
This story gives it a twist to the fairy tale we are used to hearing. Rapunzel
is a brave young lady that frees herself from the castle she was in. She uses
her long braid hair to fight against injustice with his partner Jack. Rapunzel
is in a journey to find her mom and seeks revenge towards whom she taught
was her mother.
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Harris, R. (1999). It’s so amazing. Boston,
MA: Candlewick Press.
A great book to have to inform our children about their young curiosity
concerning pregnancy, sexual intercourse and the human body. The book has
a table of contents that allows parents and readers to select a section of
interest to speak or read about.
“It’s so amazing” is an excellent informational source to have handy.
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Holm, J. (2014). Comics Squad: Recess! NY: Random House Books
This graphic novel provides different comics with different sense of humors
that make it an enjoyable comic to read. Secret Ninja clubs!, Pizza Monsters!
and talking desserts! All cover a common theme: Recess!
“Comics Squad” is such a hilarious book to have if you want to have a good
time and some laughter.
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Klassen, J. (2012). This is not my hat. Boston, MA: Candlewick.
“This is not my hat” is about a small fish stealing Big fish’s small
hat. The small fish keeps justifying his reason for taking it away
and at the end thinks he got away with it. But to his dismay, he
didn’t. Big fish found out and was able to trace his steps back.
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Landy, D. (2007). Skulduggery Pleasant NY: HarperCollins.
After Stephanie’s favorite uncle death’s. She meets Skulduggery whom she
finds out knew her uncle. Skulduggery becomes Stephanie’s protector and
mentor. Stephanie gets to meet a new world she wasn’t aware off.
Skulduggery presents her to characters like Ghastly Bespoke, a boxer, and
China Sorrows. Stephanie works together with Skulduggery to find out the
mystery of her uncle’s sudden death where she begins a journey of adventure
and danger.
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Lord, C. (2008). Rules. NY: Scholastic.
Catherine is a 12 year old girl that has a brother, David, whom has autism.
She spends most of her time trying to teach her younger brother how to
follow a list of Rules she created for him. In her quest to find some sense to
her life, she meets Kristi her next door neighbor whom she tries hard to
impress. Furthermore, in her brothers therapy sessions Catherine meets
Jason. A teenage boy in a wheel chair that is physically deformed. Catherine
has to make a decision whose friendship is more important to her: Kristi or
Jason.
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McDonnell, P. (2011). Me…Jane. NY: Little, Brown Books
Jane is a little girl that along with her chimpanzee stuffed animal Jubilee
loved to observed nature. She learned about birds building nests and spiders
spinning their webs. Jane will read about all the animals she studied on her
backyard. She had a great curiosity to find out everything about animals.
Along with her companion Jubilee, Jane will climb her favorite tree and
dream about living in Africa. A dream come true when she grows up.
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Munsch, R. (1992). Paperbag Princess. Canada: Annick Press
Elizabeth was a princess that lived in a castle. She was going to marry her
enchanted prince, but was attacked by an evil dragon that burned her castle
down and the clothes she was wearing. Elizabeth decided to save her prince
and tricked the dragon into playing her game. At the end she tries to save
her prince, to find out he wasn’t whom she expected. Elizabeth decides not
to marry him.
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Nelson, K. (2008). We are the ship NY: Hyperion
We are the ship is a great book to read about Negro League Baseball. It
informs readers about the players passion to play ball. How they faced
racism, underpay, and other hardships just to be able to play professionally.
Negro Baseball made it through out history and open the door to Negro
players playing professionally among white players.
Ottaviani, J. , & Wicks, M. (2013). Primates: The fearless science of
Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. First Second.
Primates is an informational book about three famous primatologists: Jane
Goodall, Dian Fossey and Galdikas. All three researchers students of Louis
Leakey. In this book we are able to see the work of each researcher in
action. The vivid pictures make it a fun book to read and inform of ourselves
of the beauty of Primatology.
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Pastis, Stephan. (2013) Timmy Failure. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick.
Timmy is a little boy that lives with his single mom Segway. Timmy has an
imaginary friend a large polar bear whom he calls Total. Together with his
friend he created a CEO detective agency to help his mom pay the bills.
Timmy’s mission always ends up in a failure. A comical novel to read and
laugh.
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Paterson, K. (1972). Bridge to Terabithia. NY: Crown.
Jesse is a 10 year old boy that wakes up early every morning to run to be able to win his school race.
One day he meets Leslie Burke, his neighbor from across her house that just arrived from the city.
Together Jesse and Leslie build their own magical place: Bridge to Terabithia. A place where he is the
King and Leslie the Queen. A tragical event happens were Leslie hits her head and drowns. Jesse has to
overcome the death of his best friend and move on.
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Schlitz, L. A. (2007). Good masters, sweet ladies Boston,
MA: Candlewick Press.
“Good masters, sweet ladies” is a book that informs us of the inner voices of the villagers that lived
during the medieval times. It tells the story of each villager life along with a short explanation of the
vocabulary used in the book.
Each story is written in poetry style. I really enjoyed finding out the way they lived and felt during that
time.
Selznick, B. (2011). Wonderstruck. New York: Scholastic.
Ben’s mom died and now he has to live with his aunt and uncle. Ben is deaf
from one ear. He constantly has dreams of wolves. One day he finds a letter
written to his mom from his dad. As Ben goes for the search of his dad, there
is a flash back of a mute little girl in search for her mom. Both Ben and Rose
are in search to find the love of their parent. At the end, they found each
other grandma and grandson. A beautiful book to see and read.
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Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. NY: HarperCollins.
Max wears a wild costume and does all kinds of mischiefs and calls
himself the wild thing. His mom gets after him and sends him to his
room. Max travels in a boat to a far away island where the wild things
are. He becomes their king, he roars and stumps and when he is tired
decides to go back to his home. When he gets there his mom left him
a plate of warm food in his room.
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Singer, M. (2010). Mirror, Mirror. NY: Dutton.
Mirror, mirror is a book full of poetry of the best known classical stories we
know: Goldilocks, Snow White, Red Riding Hood and many more. What makes
it a wonderful book to read is that you can read the poem up and down.
Giving it a different meaning when you read it backwards.
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Smith, L. (2011). It’s a book. NY: Roaring Brook
Donkey is sitting down using his laptop and monkey is reading his book.
Donkey starts asking all types of questions dealing with technology (laptop).
He asks monkey if what he is reading needs a password, can you twit with it,
does it need Wi-Fi. Monkey says no, it’s a book. Donkey takes away the book
and starts reading it for a long period of time. Donkey ends up enjoying
reading the book.
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Sweet, M. (2011). Balloons over Broadway: The true story of
the puppeteer of Macy's parade. NY: Houghton
The book talks about Tony Sarg childhood. He enjoyed making marionettes
since he was six years old. As he grew up, Tony decided to move to New York
City where he got hired by R.H. Macys Department Story. The owner of the
store asked him to design a puppet parade. On Thanksgiving Day, Tony will
always design the best parade ever. His last parade consisted of Huge
Balloons that could be moved as marionettes.
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Urban, Linda. (2007). A Crooked Kind of Perfect. Orlando: Harcourt.
Zoe is a ten year old girl that loves piano music and dreams to go to
Carnegie Hall; a music school. Her dreams start to crumble when her dad
buys her an organ instead of a piano. Zoe’s mom is always working and her
dad is afraid to leave home. At school she befriends a boy called wheeler,
whom is always at her house. Towards the end of the story Zoe learns to use
the organ and enters the Perform-O-Rama. She learns to value what she has:
A crooked kind of perfect.
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Wiesner, D. (2001). The three pigs. NY: Clarion.
“The three pigs” is based on the classical story of the three little pigs. It starts with the the wolf
blowing and puffing the straw house away and eating the little pig. But guess what, the first pig blows
out of the story and decides to save his two other pig brothers by taking them with him. The three pigs
fly away in a paper airplane that was part of the story book into a different story: Diddle , the cat and
the fiddle. The cat followed the three pigs, the dragon from a different story does too. At the end the
three pigs, the cat and the dragon lived happily ever in the brick house.
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