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: The War that Saved My Life Author/Illustrator: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Genre: Historical Fiction Major Awards: Newbery Medal Honor (2016); Mark Twain Readers Award (2017); William Allen White Award (2017); Odyssey Award - (2016), and many more Age: 8-12 This book is about a little girl's journey away from her abusive mother and how life is without her. Ada was born with a disability called club foot, and her mother saw nothing but her disability. While she lived at home things were always difficult for Ada, her mother never treated her with respect and she wasn't allowed to leave their apartment because her mother was ashamed of her. It took for her brother to be shipped out of London to a countryside, and thus a chance for her freedom and a new life away from her mother. Since all the young children were being shipped out to get away from Hitler and his army and a possible invasion, Ada saw it as her chance and snuck out and was able to get away. Since she had a...