false 22 33 32 true 6063813 read 1 true 4335626 currently-reading 0 true 4335625 to-read 30 false 4933990 catalog 3 false 4463169 lindzi 3 false 4360577 amber 3 false 4360563 darlene 3 false 4360587 erica 3 false 4360578 corby 3 false 4360617 lori 3 false 4360564 shawn 3 false 4360566 amy 3 false 4360596 sarah 3 false 4360569 shannon 3 false 4360572 pat 1 false 4360574 carol http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56231525 To Serve Them All My Days (Paperback) by R.F. Delderfield
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55897062 to: Matt Jensen: Last Mountain Man (Paperback) by William W. Johnstone
This is the first western fiction novel I have read and I must say, I did enjoy reading it. I look forward to reading the other books in Johnstone's collection. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47244400 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (Picture Puffin) by Alan Schroeder
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This book is based on the childhood of Harriet Tubman. Minty Knew slavery was wrong and once she would run free, she'd help others in the same cause. This would be a great book to read for a beginning lesson on the underground railroad.

Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Late Transitional

Topics & Themes: slavery, conflict

Curricular Use: Intro to a unit on slavery, civil war, civil rights, or African Americans

Social: How a child can make hard decisions just like adults have to.

Literary Elements: conflict with self and dialog

Text & Pictures: Interactive. Illustrates the struggles Harriet Tubman went through while debating on running to freedom. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47244573 The Stolen Sun: A Story of Native Alaska (Hardcover) by Amanda Hall
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Little Darkness is a little Native Alaskan boy whose father is a raven god. The raven took the sun away from the people of the world because they were becoming very violent. Little Darkness had much love in his heart and saw goodness in the people. He got raven to give light back to the people again. This book is great for younger students 1st-3rd grade because of the colorful pictures and characters.

Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Late Emergent

Topics & Themes: Personification and love

Curricular Use: Read-Aloud

Social: Children can have strong emotional effects on people, even adults

Literary Elements: 3rd person narrative with dialog

Text & Pictures: Interaction. Illustrates some of the spiritual beliefs of Native Alaskans. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47245139 The Special Raccoon: Helping a Child Learn about Handicaps and Love (Let's Talk) by Kim Carlisle
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Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Early

Topics & Themes: dissabilities and friendship

Curricular Use: Read-Aloud

Social: This book gives children an understanding of what it means to be physically and mentally challenged. When the raccoons accept the special raccoon Brookie, it showed an outstanding moral for children to follow.

Literary Elements: dialog

Text & Pictures: Interactive. Illustrates how the raccoons accept the special raccoon. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47245418 So Far from the Sea (Hardcover) by Eve Bunting
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Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Fluent

Topics & Themes: historical depiction of Japanese-American relocation camps during WWII

Curricular Use: Intro to a history lesson on WWII

Social: Families can suffer a lot of struggle and hold together

Literary Elements: conflict with others

Text & Pictures: Interactive. Pictures illustrate the hard times Japanese-American families had to go through in the relocation camps during WWII. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47245684 Johnny Appleseed (Paperback) by Reeve Lindbergh
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Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Transitional

Topics & Themes: Poetry

Curricular Use: Read-Aloud

Social: A colorful poem about the legendary Johnny Appleseed. How one individual can make a difference in the world.

Literary Elements: Facts and character development

Text & Pictures: Interative. Illustrates how emotional it was for people who received many apples due to Johnny's commitment of spreading all his apple seeds.

]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47246108 New Adventures Of Mother Goose The (Hardcover) by Bruce Lansky
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This book is a collection of rhymes from old songs like "Jack and Jill" and "Yankee Doodle". These rhymes have been altered to incorporate different imagination and uniqueness. Instead of Yankee Doodle riding on a pony, he is riding on a dinosaur. Children of all ages would enjoy these rhymes.

Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Early

Topics & Themes: Rhymes from old folk songs

Curricular Use: Read-Aloud and Song writing

Social: Ways to alter stories

Literary Elements: Dialog

]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47246613 The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (Paperback) by Lynne Cherry
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Genre: Picture Book

Reading Level: Early transitional

Topics & Themes: Personifications

Curricular Use: Intro to a science lesson

Social: A creative way to show how animals feel about logging

Text & Pictures: Interaction. Illustrates animals whispering into a man's ear to persuade him not to cut down their tree. ]]>