Case #18 Graphic Novel

Drama

by Raina Telgemeier

ISBN: 9780545326995

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc

Publication Date: 09/01/2012

Callie a student in school wants to try out for her middle 

school theater production but instead, she chooses a different

part of the production but choosing stage crew. She is 

determined to make it to Broadway for the production. But, 

can she Salinas ticket and have the rest of the cast work together?

This is a really cute story for middle school but younger 

students who are just starting to read chapter books. I feel like a 

lot of students go through things that aren’t talked about in school

 like bullying and make the students feel like left out. This is the 

same author who wrote the book Smile.

Case # 17 poem

The Cat in the Hat

by Dr. Seuss

ISBN: 9780394800011

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Publication Date: 03/12/1957

The classic story of the cat in the hat. Dick and Sally are board

 on a rainy day the cat in the hat change user afternoon to

 a very adventurous day.

This is such a classic story that any age can enjoin it. Reading

 it for the 20^th time it never gets old. The fact that they made a 

A TV show about the Cat in the Hat just adds to the excitement. 

I would without a doubt give this a 5 out 5!

Case #16 poem

Falling Up

by Shel Silverstein

ISBN: 9780060248024

Publisher: HarperCollins US

Publication date: 01/24/2006

Coming from the same classic author Shell Silverstein brings 

classic black-and-white stories filled with unforgettable 

characters. Allison Beals goes through the Garden all in a 

hot air balloon

I really like this book it looks really fun. The fact that it 

was in black-and-white he just reminds me of the old fashion

 book that no one can really find any more. The drawings are 

detailed but in a very precise manner that doesn’t have too much 

detail but yet not sure straight lines. This book is great for all ages.

I would rate this a 4 out of 5.

Case # 15 historical fiction

Esperanza Rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

ISBN: 9780439120425

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.

Publication Date: 05/01/2002

Esperanza is a little girl who is always in fancy dresses, has 

everything, but when the Great Depression strikes it affects Mexico, 

when it does Esperanza’s family is affected. She has to not just help 

herself but her family. 

I want this book in school. Like most people probably did, but I read 

this book as a whole class book. I know of the bus and I know it’s a 

very good boy but because he read it as a whole class, I never paid 

attention because that’s not how I learn how to read and so because 

of that, I didn’t really enjoy the book at the time. Now that I have 

my own time to read it I loved it. This book is definitely for middle 

school and older students.

I rate this book a 5 out of 5. 

Case #14 informational

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

by Andrea Warren

ISBN: 9780060007676

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 09/17/2002

This book follows the story of a 12-year-old young boy named

Jack Mandelbaum who was in a Nazi Concentration camp. It 

follows his journey from being separated from his family to a 

never-ending nightmare and no food. Jack survives and tells his story.  

Even though this is a very touchy subject for some people 

because of religion it really goes through the exact experiences 

kid goes through while being in a concentration camp. I took a 

holocaust class in high school and I feel like if we read books like 

this it would’ve made the clothes so much more interesting. I really 

like this book. 

I would give this a 5 out of 5. 

Case #13 informational

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian 

School Football Team

By: by Steve Sheinkin

ISBN: 9781250294470

Publisher: Square Fish

Publication Date: 01/15/2019

Jim Thorpe isn’t just a town where I live but the town a

person was named after. This book goes through Jim 

Thorpe’s history on how he helped create a legendary

Football team during a violent time for Native Americans

 like Jim Thorpe. 

This book is very interesting, for it is an informational 

text it’s very kid-friendly. The text is very easy to read and 

to follow but it is wordy for a young reader. This book has lots 

of pictures to help move the story along. I would definitely 

recommend this book for older students who are 4^th grade or up. 

I would rate this a 4 out of 5. 

Case # 12 picture

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (25th Anniversary Edition)

by Eileen Christelow

ISBN: 9780544283299

Publisher: HMH Books

Publication Date: 10/07/2014

 

 

The classic tale of five little monkeys jumping 

on the bed. Her cage monkey falls off the bed not 

expecting to get hurt but they do.

I would definitely recommend this book especially 

for kindergarten and first graders because they are 

getting into learning the alphabet around that age so 

it would help them to read it if they know the song 

five little monkeys jumping on the bed.

I would rate this book a five out of five.

Case #11 picture

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Big Book)

by Laura Numeroff, 

ISBN: 9780064434096

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 01/10/1997

This book is about what happens if 

you give a mouse a cookie. The mouse 

does one thing after another just because 

he ate a cookie, all the sugar is getting to him.

I personally did not grow up with these books but

 the more I had read it and I went into the series 

that goes along with the book it is very fun and very 

creative in terms of the writing style. It has very big 

bright colored pictures. Just like any other picture book,

 it repeats a lot for the younger children who don’t really 

know how to read that well.

I would rate this book a five out of five.

Case #10 picture

Madeline

by Ludwig Bemelmans

ISBN: 9780140564396

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Publication Date: 05/28/2000

The classic tale of an orphan girl Named Madeline

who lives in Paris with 12 other girls and what they 

do together.

I love the Madeleine book. I want this a lot when I was 

Younger. I even read this to my class at work and 

because I love this book, I guess I put all my passion 

into it when I read it as a read aloud to the class and 

they love it. And of course, I love the fact that they love it.

I would definitely recommend this to not just teachers

 but the students. There are so many sequel books to the 

original Madeline book that children would love to see

her next adventure.

I read this book a five out of five.

Case #9 fantasy

To the Future, Ben Franklin! (Magic Tree House Series #32)

by Mary Pope Osborne, AG Ford (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780525648321

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Publication Date: 07/09/2019

This magic treehouse book Takes children back in time to learn

about Ben Franklin and what he did as a founding father how 

he invented the lightbulb.

The magic tree house series, in general, is a very well known 

book series for young readers who are just learning how to 

read chapter books. I was never really taught how to read a 

chapter book very well so I kind of skipped over the Magic 

treehouse books and the Junie B. Jones series catch up but 

when I did read them, they were really fascinating.

I would rate this book  a five out of five.

Case #8 traditional Tale

The Three Little Pigs

By: by James Marshall

ISBN: 9780140557428

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Publication Date: 06/01/1996

This classic story of three little pigs and how a wolf tries to 

blow their houses down to eat the little pigs. Will the pigs be 

eaten or will the pigs save each other? 

When I was little, I was aa little scared of this book, but the

more and more I read I loved it. I would recommend this book

to even toddlers who can’t read. It is a classic bedtime story for

children. I did not like how same the print was, even I as an adult

had trouble reading it, children who are just learning the alphabet 

will have trouble.

I would rate this book a 4 out of five. 

Case #7 realistic fiction

Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) (Junie B. Jones Series #18)

By: by Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780375815164

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Publication Date: 08/20/2002

Junie B. Jones takes you on an adventure of what it is 

to be a first-grader with her vision getting worse. Can 

she convince her parents that she doesn’t need glasses? 

In my house, we have at least 20 Junie B. Jones books and 

because I was the youngest, I couldn’t really read them by 

myself at first, but I loved the ones I could read. I definitely 

would recommend these books for students who are just starting

to read chapter books so maybe students who are at the end of first 

grade maybe second grade.

I would rate this book and the series a 5 out of 5. 

Case #6 Beginner reader

Biscuit (My First I Can Read Series)

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780064442121

Publisher: HarperCollins US

Publication Date: 01/24/2006

Biscuit the adorable dog that goes on all different adventures. In this 

My First I Can Read book biscuit doesn’t want to go to bed. Why 

won’t he go to bed? Throughout the story, Biscuit tries his best to find 

something to keep him awake. 

I used to read the biscuit books all the time, I loved them. I would highly

 recommend not just this book but all the biscuit series to all children of 

all ages, especially early readers, like preschoolers. What is shocking to 

me is that I don’t see these books in many classrooms even on a bookshelf 

for students to look at. 

I would rate this 5 out of 5.