chapter book 9

Author- Ronald Dahl
Title- James and the Giant Peach
Illustrator- Lane Smith
Genre- Juvenile Fantasy
Theme- fantasy
Date of Publication- 1996

Summary: James is an orphan who must live with his horrible aunts. After so many years he get very lonley. One day a strange man gives him crystals and he tells James that these will make him happy again. Well james Accidentally spills them under a peach and this is where his adventure come in. 

picture book 25

Author- Doreen Cronin
Title- Click, Clack Moo:  Cows That Type
Illustrator- Betsy Lewin
Genre- Juvenile Fiction
Theme- cows,farm animals 
Date of Publication- 2000

summary: Farmer brown has a great farm with cows and pigs and all kinds of animals. There is something slightly different about his cows though, they like to type notes to farmer brown. Soon the cows start making demands and will not perform until he does what they want. 

picture book 24

Author- Maurice Sendak
Title- Where the Wild Things Are
Illustrator- Maurice Sendak
Genre- Juvenile Fiction
Theme- children dealing with dark emotions
Date of Publication- 1988

summary: Max one day gets in trouble by his mother and sent to his room. While he is there is pretends that his room is an ocean and a forest and he goes to where the wild things are. See the great imagination here.

picture book 23

Author- Judith V. 
Title- alexander and the terrible, horrible no good, very bad dayIllustrator- Sheila McGraw
Genre- ray cruz
Date of Publication- 1987

summary: Read about this little boy who can remember everything that makes a bad day, his bad day. 

Picture book 22

Author- Robert N. Munsch
Title- I'll Love You Forever
Illustrator- Sheila McGraw
Genre- Juvenile Fiction
Theme- The love only a mother has for her children
Date of Publication- 1995

Summary: a woman loves her child and every night she sings him the same song. I'll like you forever, ill love you for always, as long as your living my baby you'll be. she continues to sing this to him even through his adult like until she is too old to do it anymore. Then he goes to her and sings the song. 

Picture Book 21 Consider Love

author: Sandra Boynton

illustrator: Sandra Boynton

date of publication: 2002

genre: realistic fiction

themes: love

summary: love can come in many ways, shapes, sizes and forms. This cute book shows us just how many ways. 

Picture book 20 Without You

author: Sarah Weeks

illustrator: Suzanne Duranceau

date of publication: 2003

genre: Facton

themes: motherhood, animals

summary: this is a cute little book that talks about penguins and how they lay eggs and what happens to the babies. 

Picture book 19

author: Julie Sykes

illustrator: Jane Chapman

date of publication:1998

genre: fiction

themes: Friendship, teamwork, playing

summary: smudge was playing outside with his friends when it started raining. They tried to find a place for them to hide and get dry but they all couldn't fit! smudge tried to go inside but the door was shut. they looked and looked and when smudge finally found a way inside it stopped raining. 

Picture book 18 Frog plays soccer

Publish Pos

author: Jonathon London

illustrator: Frank Remkiewicz

date of publication: 1999

genre: fiction

themes: teamwork, excitement

summary: froggy was so excited to play his first big game for his soccer team. the coaches told them to use their knees, feet, or head but don't use your hands! Durning the game froggy kept getting hit by the ball! then he forgets the one rule! Don't use your hands! does froggy win his game? read and find out! 

Picture book 17 attack of the 50 foot teacher

author: Lisa Passen 

illustrator: Lisa Passen

date of publication: 1986

genre: fiction

themes: childhood

summary:  Mrs. Irma birmbaum was the meanest teacher ever! all the children were afraid of her. Well it was haloween and all the children were excited! Well then Mrs. Birmbaum decided to assign homework. all the children were upset. On her way home she ran into a space ship who turn her 50 foot tall! what happens to this teacher? Read to find out!

Chapter book 8 Breaking Dawn

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Illustrator:

Date of Publication: 2008

Genere: fiction

Themes: Travel, love, new friends, vampires

Summary: Bella and edward finally marry. But things get rocky when she conceives his child. Will it kill her? read and find out!

chapter book 7 Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

Author: J. K rowling

Illustrator:

Date of PuBlication: 1998

Genre: fiction

Themes: witches

Summary: Harry potter is a boy who's parents died and he is stuck living with his horrible aunt and uncle. Then he finds out he is a wizzard! What happens to harry? ready the book!

chapter book 6 I'm not who you think I am

Author: Peg Kehret

Illustrator:

Date of publication: 2001

Themes: mistrust, love, loss of a love one, scared

Summary: Thirteen year old girl named Ginger is trying to help her teacher not loose her coaching job. Then she becomes the target by a woman who thinks she is her dead daughter!

chapter book 5 Charlottes Web

Author: E.B White

Illustrator: Garth Williams

Date of Publication: 1952

Themes: Friendship

Summary: wilbur and Charlotte ( spider) are good friends and fern loves wilbur( the pig). they find out that Wilbur is going to be sent to slaughter by the farmer! Charlotte writes messages in her web  such as "some Pig" to help save him. With her and all the other animals help the save Wilbur. 

Picture book 16 Harry the Dirty Dog

Author: Gene Zion, Margret bloy Graham

Illustrator: Gene Zion, Margret bloy Graham

Date of Publication: 2006
Genere: fiction

Themes: cleanliness

Summary: little harry hates baths and getting clean. he decides to hide his scrub brush and run and get very dirty. when he comes home he is filthy and his family does not recognize him. what will he do? read to find out!

Picture Book 15 Good night Moon

Author: Margret Wise Brown

Illustrator: Harper Collins

Date of Publication: 1991
Genere: realistic ficiton

Themes: bedtime

Summary: A little bunny is being tucked away for bed and one by one he says good night to everything around him. It is a cute book for little children. 

Picture book 14 Go away! Big Green Monster

Author: Ed Emberly

Illustrator: Ed Emberly

Date of Publication: 1992
Genere: fiction

Themes: courage, emotions, fear

Summary: This book is all about telling the monsters to go away! each page that you turn, the body part that is told to go away disappears! great book for young children!

picture book 13 Duck on a Bike

Author: David Shannon

Illustrator:

Date of Publication: april 1, 2001
Genere: fiction

Themes: Bravery to try new things, fun

Summary: So our duck gets the idea that he can ride a bike. All the other animals are thinking this is weird, and crazy and even some of them want to give it a shot! We later get to see a bunch of animals riding bikes! 

picture book 12 Corduroy

Author: Don Freeman

Illustrator:

Date of Publication: 1976
Genere: ficiton

Themes: Love, and home

Summary: this poor teddy lives in a department store and is never bought. One day a little girl wants to buy him but her mother says no because he is missing a button. That night he sets out to try and find one and cannot. What happens to poor little cordoroy? read and find out!

picture book 11 chicka chicka boom boom

Genere: fiction

Author: Bill Martin, John Archambault 

Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Genere: fiction
Date of publication: 1989

Themes:

Summary: rhymes and chats, and songs will have everyone going along. all the classics that we know and love!

picture book 10 bark george

Genere: fiction

Author: Jules feiffer

Illustrator:
Genere: fiction
date of publication: may 20, 1999

Themes: being goofy

Summary: George's mother is telling him to bark and what does george do? he meows! but what he is a dog! She tries again and he quacks! what is going on with George? Does he ever get it right? read and find out!

picture book 9 Andy and the Lion

Genere: fiction

Author: James Daugherty

Illustrator:
date of publication: first started in 1938 but has been retold many times

themes: Don't judge a book by its cover, make friends

summary: Andy meets the lion on his way to school. He wins the lion by removing a thorn from his paw. well one day the circus comes to town and all the animals escape. everyone is scared but andy and his new friend the lion save the day!

Parts. Picture book 8

Genre: Realistic fiction

Author: Tedd Arnold

Illustrator:

Themes: Growing up

Summary: The Boys is doing his daily routine when he realizes that things about him are changing. his toes are pealing, this makes him think that his skin is pealing off! Then he has a loose tooth! Can this mean he will have no teeth soon? Then he notices something grey is coming out of his nose! Oh no! his brain is falling out! Eventually he thinks he whole body is falling apart and he does what any rational boy would do to stop this from happening, he tapes himself up. 

The Princess and the pea. Picture book 7

Genre: Fiction

Author: Lauren Child

Illustrator: Hans christian anderson

Themes: Trust, Dont' judge a book by its cover, love

Summary: A kind and a Queen want their son to be wed but he wants a real princess. Many Princesses come and non pass the kind and queen's test. Later during a storm one more comes claiming she is real. she is dripping from head to toe. they invite her in and the queen makes her bed. she uses 20 mattresses and 20 quilts, but underneath she places a single pea. the next morning the princess is covered in bruises from the pea. 

officer buckle and gloria picture book 6

Genre: Fiction

Author: Peggy Rathman

Illustrator:

Themes: Friendship

Summary: officer buckle loves to make rules. every time he makes a new one he sticks it to his board. He and Gloria( the police dog) goes to different schools to share these safety rules. Every time Officer Buckle tells one gloria does a trick, behind His back, and the kids loves it. One day Officer buckle watches himself and Gloria on the t.v to see that all the children are cheering for Gloria's tricks. How does officer Buckle deal with this?

The giving tree Picture book 5

Genre: Realistic fiction

Author: Shel silversteen

Illustrator:

Themes: Generosity

Summary: It starts with a boy and a tree. The tree gives to the boy, apples shade ect, with out any though of getting anything back. the boys grows older and leaves for school and marriage. the tree is still there when he comes for a visit to give him anything he wants. Does the boy end up taking to much?

brown bear brown bear what do you see? picture book 4

Genre: fiction

Author:Bill Martin Jr. 

Illustrator:Eric Carle

Themes: Description, visuals, nature

Summary: Brown bear brown bear what do you see? a big happy frog, a plump purple cat and a soft yellow duck are all things the brown bear sees. brown bear tells us of all the very vivid things he sees in the forest.

there was an old lady who swallowed a fly picture book 3

Genre: Fiction

Author: Pam adams

Illustrator:

Themes: Don't eat anything that isn't food

Summary: The story follows an old lady who continues to eat odd objects. first its just a fly, then she eats a spider. the story continues on this was until she grows so large from eating so many things. 

Frog and toad together picture book 2

Genre: Realistic fiction

Author: Arnold Lobel

Illustrator:

Themes: Friendship, organization, working together

Summary: Frog goes through many trials. In the first book of frog and toad together frog makes a to do list. He and toad try and do everything in his list. Then frog's list gets swiped away by the wind. We then follow the two friends as the try and catch it. 

I love you because your you picture book 1

Genre: realistic fiction

Author: Liza Baker

Illustrator: David Mcphail

Themes: love, motherhood

Summary: this is a cute little picture book about a mother loving her son. She tells her son that she loves him when he is happy, when he is sad, when he is acting up and even when he is sleeping. she is telling him and us as the reader that mothers love their children no matter what.

A walk to remember. Chapter book 4

Genre: Fiction

Themes: love, trust, Judging, health

Primary Characters: Landon

Secondary Characters: Jamie

Summary: Landon is a popular boy at his high school. He is strange from his father but he is still a " top dog" at his school. this is his senior year and he dreads going to the homecoming without a date so he asks a girl named jamie. She is a quite, pretty girl who always carries a bible. This book takes us on a tale of the two growing very close.

Are you there God? It's me Margret. Chapter book 3

Genre: Realistic fiction

Themes: Friendship, womanhood

Primary Characters: Margret

Secondary Characters: Nancy, Gretchen, and janie

Summary: Margret and her friends are all very close. They each have not hit the trials of "Womanhood" just yet but they are all waiting for it. They do techniques to make themselves grow, and they practice how to deal with their friend when it arrives. Margaret talks to God through out the book asking for help. 

Goose bumps Say cheese and die! Chapter book number 2

Genre: Fiction

Themes: fear, future

Primary Characters: Greg 

Secondary Characters:Shari, Michael and bird

Summary: Greg finds and old camera and he thinks that something is wrong with it. whenever he takes a picture it is different. it shows something happening to the person but it hasn't happened yet. It's like the camera can show the future or maybe even something worse. 

Junie B. Jones and that stupid smelly bus: Chapter book 1

Genre: Fiction

Themes: Scares about the first day of school, exploring.

Primary Characters: Junie

Secondary Characters:Lucille and Grace

Summary: Junie is scared about riding the bus on the first day of school because of all the rumors her friends tell her. so when school is over she hides in the closet and is accidentally locked in! she wanders around and eventually finds a janitor and calls her mother. she then must explain to her mother why she did what she did.