Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Parts. Picture book 8

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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

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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

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Genre: Fiction
Author: Peggy Rathman
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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

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Genre: Realistic fiction
Author: Shel silversteen
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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

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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

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Genre: Fiction
Author: Pam adams
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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

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Genre: Realistic fiction
Author: Arnold Lobel
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.