Cindy Kelly read and liked Martin's review of Grit:

"Grit
Corey Mesler
Amerstam Press, 2008, $8.00


These are very short, tight poems. They are longer than haiku and they are not other short styles I have seen. They are based on the idea of "a little goes a long way."...more Grit
Corey Mesler
Amerstam Press, 2008, $8.00


These are very short, tight poems. They are longer than haiku and they are not other short styles I have seen. They are based on the idea of "a little goes a long way." Sometimes the simple things say more than the complex. There simplicity goes back to W.C. Williams Red Wheelbarrow poem, where every word is necessary. If you remove one word, then the whole poem falls apart. There is no need for him to say more, and there is no need to say more in this review except read this book. (less) "

Cindy Kelly read and liked Melody Kephart's review of The Mitten Tree:

"Illustrator: Elaine Greenstein
Publisher: Scholastic
Date of Publication: 1997

Genre: fiction narrative picture book
Reading Level: age 4-9
Theme: friendship, loneliness, giving, contentment

Curricula use: us...more Illustrator: Elaine Greenstein
Publisher: Scholastic
Date of Publication: 1997

Genre: fiction narrative picture book
Reading Level: age 4-9
Theme: friendship, loneliness, giving, contentment

Curricula use: use as a read aloud, shared reading, and independent reading
Social Issues: Community awareness.

Text & Pictures: The illustrations are wonderful. Greenstein used watercolor to blend the story together. The pictures and the text go well together.

Summary: An older lady, Sarah, is lonely because her children are all grown up and then she sees a little boy who does not have mittens. She decides to knit him some mittens and put them somewhere where she knows he will find them. She then decides to knit a bunch of gloves for all the children. She mysteriously places the mittens on the tree near their bus stop early every morning. No one knows where they come from but someone must because she keeps receiving baskets of yarn on her doorstep. Sarah is not lonely anymore.
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Cindy Kelly read and liked Kate's review of The Bremen Town Musicians:

"Bremen Town Muscians is a funny story about faith and partnership defeating evil. "