This is a great book about monsters who do not use any manners. You should shut your doors so they don’t come in to your house or you will be sorry.
The pictures are wonderful. Colorful and bright, and fun to look at.
The words rhyme which makes it fun for children to hear the rhyming words or guess what the rhyming word will be.
This is a cute book about a little boy who lives near the ocean, but imagines that he is a cowboy. There are cute pictures of what Tex would do If he were a cowboy. He would ride his horse, Thunder. Work on the ranch. Live in a bunkhouse.
The pictures are wonderfully done. This could be the dream of many boys.
The American dream for Sean Combs has taken him from his Harlem childhood to fame and fortune as a rapper, fashion designer, record company executive, and multimillionaire philanthropist.
Born in 1969 to an aspiring model and a hustler dad, and he was 14 years old when he learned that his father had not died in a car accident, as his mother had told him, but from a gunshot to the head from a criminal rival. Beginning with that news, this honest biography includes both the bad and the good throughout his life.
His phenomenal success, beginning with producing songs for other groups and then the release of I’ll Be Missing You, his own first album, is told, but so are his connections to gangs, and accusations from other artists who feel he has used their talents to fill his own ambitions.
Both fans and other readers will appreciate this honest look at Combs as an artist, a businessman, and a person who is willing to share his own success by helping others, and the art and culture surrounding rap and hip-hop artists and their music make for interesting reading.
This book is all about St. Patrick’s Day. There are many fun art projects that can be done in the class room or at home with children. It starts off with the history of St. Patrick’s Day. with each craft there is a bit of history of the holiday that goes with the art. These are easy crafts that are done mostly with paper. The hat would be great for a child to wear on St. Patrick’s Day.
This is a great book with fun jokes for each holiday. These are very funny jokes and tongue twisters and there are fun facts about holidays and other random things.
David Lucas has been named one of the ten Best New Illustrators in the UK and his enormous talent is seen in his creation of “The Lying Carpet.” This book is somewhat of a fairy tale, but does not contain the traditional elements of what Americans consider a fairy tale. It is a picture book with an intriguing story, with shades of black and white illustrations helping to tell the story of Faith, a marble statue sitting in a library near a tiger skin on the floor. Still for centuries, Faith begins to awaken, wondering where she is. She still cannot move, but can talk, and questions the lying carpet. He spins yarn after yarn about what is real and what is not, what is past and what the future could be. Faith is hugely frustrated by not being able to move, but feels something important is about to happen. Sure enough, the exact evening the master of the house passes, she is freed. A beautifully told story with all sorts of twists and turns.
Most sisters will relate to the relationship between outrageous Emma, who looks approximately 3 years old, and her older and responsible sister whose perspective this collections of poems is from. Darling illustrations, poems which are not too long or complicated, and the hilarious content ideas for each poem will entertain all of all ages. It’s guaranteed to have some message for any pair of siblings! Very entertaining with great illustrations, recommended.
This book by Madonna is a hit with my fourth and fifth grade female students. The main characters are five girls who appear to be approximately 11 or 12 years old. The setting is England and in this book, two travel to the United States. The book is sophisticated in geographical sense and socially, but not offensive or inappropriate by any measure. The five girls in this tight friendship circle are Amy, Binah, Grace, Nicole, and Charlotte. What is sophisticated about them is how well they treat each other. Their loyalty and consideration of each other is a model for girls struggling in their friendships. Well written, students like it, and I like the subtle message of friendship and the international flavor.
Straight forward facts are presented under 9 headings: boa constrictors, sizes, colors, where they live, where they are found, senses, defense, food, and babies.
There are “many boa constrictor subspecies… They live in a wide variety of habitats.. rain forests… grasslands and semidesert areas… by plantations, agricultural land… found near rivers… They live from Mexico, through Central America, to South America.” Their blotchy skin coloring helps camouflage them from their few enemies. Boas are not venomous, but do have a painful bite. The photo on page 19 shows a boa constrictor wrapped around the mid-body of a mammal (most likely a rat) with the mammal’s head being swallowed by the boa. The caption under the photo reads, ” Boa constrictors help control populations of rodents and other pests.”
Simple charming art work adorns this simple story of a little girl on Halloween. First carving a pumpkin with her father, then deciding on a costume to wear to her friend’s Halloween party, and finally the party itself with games, costumes, and neighborhood trick-or-treating.