false 22 159 159 true 5743314 read 0 true 4308533 currently-reading 0 true 4308532 to-read 8 false 4359788 brittany 6 false 4359795 melody 5 false 4359798 sean 5 false 4359819 amanda 5 false 4359809 bridget 5 false 4359789 elizabeth 5 false 4359814 bre 5 false 4359822 alicia 4 false 4359807 lauren 4 false 4359811 elissa 4 false 4359817 alyssa 0 false 4359908 kirstin http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53857518 to: Hello, Biscuit (My First I Can Read) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Illustrator: Pat Schories

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Scholastic (1998)

Reading Level: Early

Topic/Theme: Friendship/ Animals.

Issues Addressed: Taking care of a puppy.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Readers Theatre, Individual Reading.

Summary: A little girl talks about her experiences with her puppy. She talks about his biscuits and him woofing. Throughout the text she talks to the puppy.

Text and image: The images match up with the text. The images are beautiful.

Literary Devices: dialogue, onomatopoeia ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53857016 to: Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Hardcover) by Dr. Seuss
Author: Dr. Seuss

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Random House Children's Books (1990)

Reading Level: Early- Transitional

Topic/Theme: Adventure/ Going Places

Issues Addressed: Allowing yourself to step out of you comfort zone and just go.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Readers Theatre, and shared reading.

Summary: Dr. Seuss takes you on an adventure. Throughout the book the reader is just going to the going.

Text and image: The text is actually inspirational. The illustrations don't seem to exactly match up with the text. The illustrations seem strange and has no real correlation with the text.

Literary Devices: poetic rhyme, dialogue, figurative language ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45457743 to: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover) by Jon Scieszka
Author: Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Genre: Fiction Picture Book

Publication Info: Scholastic (1992)

Reading Level: Fluent

Topic/Theme: Fairy Tales (with a twist) / Irony

Classroom Uses: Individual Reading, Readers Theatre

Summary: Scieszka uses the Stinky Cheese man and other characters throughout the book. Characters from all different fairy tales encounter each other. The story is hilarious and phenomenally written.

Text and image: Images and text correspond correctly. They are both hilarious.

Literary Devices: allegory, irony, personification, figurative language, dialogue, onomatopoeia ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53852463 to: Ming Lo Moves the Mountain (Paperback) by Arnold Lobel
Author: Arnold Lobel

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Scholastic (1982)

Reading Level: Transitional- Fluent

Topic/Theme: Hardship/ Trust/ Determination

Issues Addressed: Determination with perseverance pull off.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Readers Theatre, and shared reading.

Summary: Ming Lo and his wife live on the side of a mountain. This is the worst place to live because they don't get any sunlight and rocks are always falling into their roof. Ming Lo decides to ask the wise man for some help. The wise man asks him to do strange things like bang pots and pans and ram a tree into the side of the mountain. These methods do not help to move the mountain. Eventually, Ming Lo moves the mountain by relocating his house.

Text and image:The text is hilarious and the images add to the humor. The text matches up with the images.

Literary Devices: irony, dialogue, mood, motif ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53852530 to: Commotion in the Ocean (Picture Books) by Giles Andreae
Author: Giles Andreae

Illustrator: David Wojtowycz

Genre: First person perspective novel

Publication Info: Scholastic (1998)

Reading Level: Fluent

Topic/Theme: Sea life/ Poetic Rhyme

Issues Addressed: The different types of sea creatures under the sea.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading.

Summary: Andreae walks his readers through an underwater adventure. Readers are able to meet dolphins, swordfish, jellyfish, angelfish, sharks, walruses, and many more. He talks about the differences between the sea creatures and the similarities as well.

Text and image: The text and the images match up wonderfully. Sometimes the author asks you to find something hiding within the illustrations. This offers an interactive experience for children.

Literary Devices: rhetorical question, figurative language, poetic, dialogue, onomatopoeia ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53852599 to: John Patrick Norman McHennessy: The Boy Who Was Always Late (Hardcover) by John Burningham
Author: John Burningham

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Crown Publishers, Inc (1987)

Reading Level: Transitional

Topic/Theme: Honesty/ Trust/ self-deception

Issues Addressed: Strange things do occur, you just have to choose whether or not to believe them.

Classroom Uses: Shared Reading, Readers Theatre.

Summary: John (long name) is walking to school and a lot of strange things happen. He encounters lions, hairy gorillas, crocodiles, and tidle waves on his way to school. His teacher does not believe him and punishes him for being late to school. The teacher ends up finding out the truth because he gets held up on the ceiling by a big hairy gorilla.

Text and image: The text and the images correlate together. Both the text and the images are absolutely hilarious.

Literary Devices: flashback, irony, figurative language, and personification ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53852645 to: Tinka (Hardcover) by Rainy Dohaney
Author: Rainy Dohaney

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Antheneum (2003)

Reading Level: Early

Topic/Theme: Strength/ Determination/ Friendship

Issues Addressed: Fitting in.

Classroom Uses: Individual Reading, Read Aloud

Summary: Tinka is a really small sheep about the size of a cupcake. There are a lot of disadvantages of being a sheep so small. But, Tinka finds that there are some advantages by the end of the book.

Text and image: I absolutely loved the illustrations in this book. They were done with color pencils and watercolors. They match the text wonderfully.

Literary Devices: dialogue, personification, irony ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53852691 to: The Mitten Tree (Hardcover) by Candace Christiansen
Author: Candace Christiansen

Illustrator: Elaine Greenstein

Genre: Narrative picture book

Publication Info: Scholastic (1997)

Reading Level: Early Transitional

Topic/Theme: Charity or donations/ Friendship/ Giving

Issues Addressed: The gift of giving.

Classroom Uses: Shared Reading, Read Aloud

Summary: Sarah sees a little boy who does not have mittens. She decides to knit him some mittens and put them somewhere where she knows the boy will see them. She ends up knitting a bunch of gloves for children. She ends up getting a basket of yarn on her doorstep which shows that her knitting is appreciated.

Text and image: The illustrations are beautifully done in watercolors. Greenstein masters the correlation of color and winter. The text matches with the images wonderfully.

Literary Devices: figurative language, imagery, irony ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45155257 to: The Paper Bag Princess (Classic Munsch) by Robert N. Munsch
Author: Robert Musch

Illustrator: Michael Martchenko

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Annick Press (1980)

Reading Level: Early-Transitional

Topic/Theme: Fairy Tales (with a twist)/ Egocentrism (Robert)/ Persistance

Issues Addressed: Things can still end happily ever after even if the princess doesn't marry prince charming.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading, or Reader's Theatre.

Summary: Elizabeth is a princess and had everything she wants. This is until a dragon comes and takes Edward (prince) while burning down her castle and all her nice clothes. She has nothing to wear so has to wear a paper bag for clothing. She follows the dragons burnt trail to find Edward. She tricks the dragon into breathing out all of his fire and getting really tired so he falls asleep. Now she is able to find Edward. But, he is upset because she is not wearing her pretty clothes looking like a princess. She says that he may be pretty, but he is a bum.

Text and image: The images in the text are excellent. A child could use these image to tell what is going on in the story.

Literary Devices: irony, character development, personification, mood, and imagery ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53849677 to: Dooby Dooby Moo (Hardcover) by Doreen Cronin
Author: Doreen Cronin

Genre: Fictional picture book

Publication Info: Atheneum (2006)

Reading Level: Early-Transitional; Ages 4-8

Topic/Theme: Agriculture/ Music and singing

Issues Addressed: This book offers a challenge to stereotypical view of a farm. Although, the farmer wears his straw hat with hay sticking out of his mouth, the animals are spontaneous and fun.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud (could incorporate musical instruments), Readers Theatre

Summary: The animals on the farm find out about a talent show. Farmer Brown does not suspect a thing whenever they are practicing in the middle of the night. The cows practice Twinkle Little Star (in moo of course), while the sheep and duck practice as well. They end up going to the talent show and the judges are amazed. Duck ends up winning the prize (trampoline) by singing Born to be Wild (in quack of course).

Text and image: The images are masterfully drawn in watercolor. The pictures are beautiful and offer a comical attribute to the text.

Literary Devices: personification (animals on farm), onomatopoeia (boing, quack,moo) ]]>