Reading Review with Christal

Title: Brother Hugo and the Bear Author/Illustrator: Katy Beebe/ S.D. Schindler Genre: Fiction Awards: American Booksellers Association Best Books for Children Catalog (2014); Society of Illustrators, "The Original Art" annual exhibition (2014); Kirkus Best of 2014; School Library Journal Best Books of 2014; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (2015); Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year, (2015) and many other recognitions Age: 5-8 This book about how a monk named Brother Hugo needed to return a library book but couldn't because it was eaten by  a bear. The book brother Hugo needed to return was an important book and the Abbot, who was like the librarian, said he would need to borrow the copy of St. Augustine's letters from the brothers at the Grande Chartreuse and write it out word for word, line by line, and picture by picture to replace their copy. He had to do this within the season of Lent in order to make a good penance...

Title: The Edelweiss Pirates Author/Illustrator: Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren/ Daniela Stamatiadi Genre: Fiction Age: 8-12 This book is about students who take action during Hitler's tyrant. A young boy by the name of Kurt wants to be like his older brother who is an Edelweiss Pirate, which means they boycott Hitler and are defiant to his beliefs. Kurt's older brother Albert plays Jazz music at a local area, even though they're not supposed to be playing jazz music they could get in big trouble for it Albert does it anyway. Before he could argue with his brother, he handed him an album by Louis Armstrong and he couldn't wait to listen to it. That weekend he invited his friend Fritz over, who was Jewish and snuck him in through a side door, so that he wouldn't be seen by patrolling Hitler Youth. They listened to the Jazz record over and over again until they both were able to play it, Kurt on his trumpet and Albert on his sax. The next day in class there were port...

Title: The Paperboy Author/Illustrator: Dav Pilkey Genre: Fiction Major Awards: Caldecott Honor Book (1997) Age: 4-8 This book is about a young boy who delivers newspapers to his local neighborhood and he and his dog enjoy the time together while the city is still asleep. Each Saturday morning while the neighborhood was still sleeping paperboy and his dog leave their comfortable and warm beds to deliver newspapers to the neighborhood. Paperboy and his dog quietly walk down the stairs being sure not to disturb his parents and sister, who are all still sleeping. They eat some breakfast and head to the garage to pack his sack of newspapers, being sure that each has a rubber band around it so that it doesn't come open by accident, and it's easier for throwing. It seems hard at first for him to ride a bike with a bag full of newspapers weighing him down, but he's mastered that skill. Paperboy has learned his route by heart and knows which houses to deliver a newspaper to. ...

Title: Queen Victoria's bathing machine Author/Illustrator: Gloria Whelan/ Nancy Carpenter Genre: Fiction Awards: ALA Notable Children's Books;  CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book; Capitol Choices List (DC); Eureka Nonfiction Honor Book; Kansas State Reading Circle List PrimaryTitle  MSTA Reading Circle List; Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List Age: 5-8 This book is about wants to go for a swim, because it was so hot, but the people around her think it's not a good idea for the queen to show more of her skin than, her hands and face. One day Prince Albert said he would devise and invention to help Queen Victoria get her wish. One idea he came up with was catapulting her into the Atlantic Ocean, but the Queen thought about how the English shoot whatever is in the sky down, so he had to come up with another idea. He came up with the idea to make her a bathing machine. He told her how it would work and that she would enter one side dressed lik...

Title: Wolf in the Snow Author/Illustrator: Matthew Cordell Genre: Fiction Major Awards: Caldecott Winner (2018); Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List (2017); Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year (2017); NPR Best Book of the Year; School Library Best Books of the Year (2017); Booklist Editor's Choice, Evanston IL Public Library Best Books of the Year; CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Age: 2-6 This book is about a little girl who encounters a baby wolf on her way home. The baby wolf got separated from its pack and she tried to help it find its way home. The snow was just too much for the little wolf so she carried and and followed the sounds of the howling wolves to return the cub. Once she finds the pack one wold, assuming it's the baby's mom, the cub jumped out of her arms and sunk into the snow and walked over to the wolf who then licked the cub and picked it up and carried it in her mouth. When the mother wolf walked away the girl had needed to get home, bu...

Title: Last Stop on Market Street Author/Illustrator: Matt de la Peña/ Christian Robinson Genre: Fiction Major Awards: Newbery Medal (2016); Caldecott Honor Book (2016); Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book (2016); New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book (2015); Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book (2015) Age: 3-5 This book is about how a young boy learns to see the beauty in the world around him like his grandmother does. It was Sunday and after church, CJ and his grandma take the bus home, and they ride all through the town. CJ asked a lot of questions, and was very curious as to why they had to ride the bus, or why he didn't have iPod like these two older boys who got on the bus, and for every question his grandma had a wonderful answer. When he asked about the bus, she told him that the bus breathed life and for one thing it didn't have Mr. Denis, the bus driver, who always had a trick to show CJ. He had asked how come two of his friends ...

Title: The Night Before Christmas Author/Pop-up Designer: Clement Clarke Moore/Robert Sabuda Genre: Fiction Age: 4-8 This book is about what happens in a little house the night before Christmas,when Santa was supposed to be coming to lay the presents under the tree. It mentions the preparations a family went through to get ready for good ole St. Nick. They hung up their stockings, set out some cookies and milk and went to bed to await his arrival. They heard noises and went to the window and saw Santa's sleigh and his reindeer, the child then heard them land on the roof. The child saw Santa come down the chimney, and his sack of toys with him. The child was able to describe Santa Claus and see him. They described what he did, putting things in their stockings, described his figure, and that he didn't say a word and just went to work. Once he finished he noticed the child saw him and put his finger to his mouth like saying "shh" and went back up the chimney.  And ...