Snowed In with Grandmother Silk

Title: Snowed in with Grandmother Silk

Author: Carol Fenner

Illustrator: Amanda Harvey

Number of Pages:75

What's the story about: It's about Ruddy visiting his Grandmother Silk. He doesn't want to visit his Grandmother Silk but he has to because his parents went on a cruise. When he's there, there's a huge snow storm and it turns off everything...even their sink. He and his Grandmother get snowed in together. They wear lots and lots of coats over and over because it's very cold because their heater went off. But they can still do a fire. Grandmother Silk teaches Ruddy how to play chess. When the people come to finally fix their power, he's a little sad because he had just started to have fun with his Grandmother.

E's review of the book: I think it was a good book because I am tempted for snow in the summer because it's hot here in Savannah. I liked the pictures and how the illustrator was really paying attention to their work. It's a good book to read in the summer when you're hot...but you will get tempted!

365 Penguins

Title: 365 Penguins

Author: Jean-Luc Fromental

Illustrator: Joelle Jolivet

Number of Pages: 41

What's the story about: One day on New Year's day the mail arrived and it was a penguin. And then more and more penguins kept coming to the house and each had a little letter but no sign about who it was from on the outside. And the last penguin was Chilly. He had blue feet. And at the end there was 365 penguins in the house. Once they had all those, their Uncle Victor came and took them all back except for Chilly with blue feet. And then the next day there was a ding-dong and the #1 polar bear arrived!

E's review of the book: I think it's a really good book because I like penguins myself. It's funny because how many penguins they have and then the final big one is a polar bear!

Monsters Eat Whiny Children

Title: Monsters Eat Whiny Children

Author: Bruce Eric Kaplan

Illustrator: Bruce Eric Kaplan

Number of Pages: 31

What's the story about:

It's about 2 children who are whining and they didn't trust their dad that Monsters would eat whiny children. And then one day a monster came and stole the children. And the monsters couldn't decide what to make out of the whiny children. At the very end the monster aunt decided on cucumber sandwiches made with whiny children.

E's review of the book: I think it's a good book. I would say it's a fun book but not really funny. And it does have a few bad words in it I don't use in my house like "hate" and "stupid".

Linnea in Monet's Garden

Title: Linnea in Monet's Garden

Author: Christina Bjork

Illustrator: Lena Anderson

Number of Pages: 51

What's the story about: Linnea is talking about Monet's Garden with Mr Bloom. Then Linnea wants to go to the Japanese bridge that Monet painted. They take a plane to Paris and go to a museum with most of Monet's art. Then they take a train to Monet's pink house. They look at the garden and the house. And then finally Linnea is on the Japanese bridge in Monet's Garden and she looks for the little boat that Monet painted. And it's still there.

E's review of the book: I liked the book because of all the pretty sites and they showed you real pictures of really what it looks like there.

Freckle Juice

Title: Freckle Juice

Author: Judy Blume

Illustrator: Sonia O Lisker

Number of Pages: 40

What's the story about:It's about a boy named Andrew who wants freckles. He gets the secret ingredient for freckles from Sharon. When we drinks the recipe, nothing happens. The juice is so nasty that he gets sick. The next day since it didn't work, he put blue marker dots all over his face so Sharon would think her idea worked.

E's review of the book: I liked the book because I thought freckle juice was a funny name.

Barry the Fish with Fingers

Title: Barry the Fish with Fingers

Author: Sue Hendra

Illustrator: Alfred A. Knopf

Number of Pages: 30

What's the story about:

It's about how Seaslug see's Barry the fish and says, "Wow we need some fingers like those." It's about what Barry can do with his fingers. And in the end you find out how Barry got his fingers. And from now on underneath the sea will never be the same.

E's review of the book: I think this book is hilarious because they use fishsticks as fingers. Kind of crazy. But they're fish!

Ramona and her Mother

Title: Ramona and her Mother

Author: Beverly Clearly

Illustrator: Alan Tiegreen

Number of Pages: 208

What's the story about: Ramona has a lot of silly adventures in this book. She gets new pajamas and wears them to school by pretending she's a fireman and she wears her clothes over them. She makes slacks for her stuffed elephant on the sewing machine. Beezus gets a bad hairdo and Ramona thinks her own hairdo is pretty. At Howie's house, they make a huge mess with bluing in the downstairs sink.

E's review of the book: I thought the book was a good book because of all of Ramona's silly adventures.

Scaredy Squirrel has a birthday party

Title: Scaredy Squirrel has a birthday party

Author: Melanie Watt

Illustrator: Melanie Watt

Number of Pages: 29

What's the story about:

This story is about Scaredy Squirrel having his own personal birthday party and then at 1 o'clock. Surprise! Scaredy Squirrel has a lot of dogs surrounding him. He has lots of details he worries about. And especially one is at the beginning of the book - warning wear ear muffs before reading this book.

E's review of the book: I think it's a good book because everything is so funny. And he has a lot of serious details that he worries about. I like the drawings because it has interesting paper patterns in the back of some and the designs are fakish real.

Me...Jane

Title: Me...Jane

Author: Patrick McDonnell

Illustrator: Patrick McDonnell

Number of Pages: 37

What's the story about: It's about a girl named Jane. And she loves animals when she is little. And she takes care of animals when she grows up. Her name is Jane Goodall and it is a true story.

E's review of the book: It's a good book. It's a true story which makes it interesting. At the end it has a real picture of her after all the drawings.

Ducking for Apples

Title: Ducking for Apples

Author: Lynne Berry

Illustrator: Hiroe Nakata

Number of Pages: 26

What's the story about: It's about 5 little ducks picking apples. Along their way the go slowly up a big hill and down the hill super fast. And it's about the ducks making a pie with the apples they pick. And there are other ways they count in the story.

E's review of the book: It was a good book. And it looks like it's water colors and it's very pretty.

Paris in the Spring with Picasso

Title: Paris in the Spring with Picasso

Author: Joan Yolleck

Illustrator: Marjorie Priceman

Number of Pages: 29

What's the story about: The story takes place in Paris. In this book Gertrude loves to paint. And he sews and beautiful dress for his wife. Gertrude has a pet dog who is a messenger for letters for friends in town.

E's review of the book: I like the drawings in this book because the drawings in the book look like water color and I really like to paint with water color. And in the story there is a cat following you around the whole book.

The Adventures of Taxi Dog

Title: The Adventures of Taxi Dog

Author: Debra and Sal Barracca

Illustrator: Mark Buehner

Number of Pages:30

What's the story about: There's a dog lost and he doesn't have any owner and one day a man's tire popped. So that day the man decided to name the dog Maxi and keep him and take care of him and they ride in the taxi together. Everyday is a new thrill in the taxi. At the end of the day Maxi always gets his pay with a biscuit.

E's review of the book: I would like to read this book 100 times. I think it's a really good book because I like rhyming books. And I like the bright colors of the book and the illustrations look so real.

Adele and Simon

Title: Adele & Simon

Author: Barbara McClintock

Illustrator: Barbara McClintock

Number of Pages: 26

What's the story about: It's about a boy and a girl who go out after school. And the little boy loses most of his stuff on the way home and the girl gets tired of looking for them.

E's review of the book: I liked the book a lot because you get the find the boys things in the illustrations. And the illustrations are really good because you can actually tell what things are and things up front our bigger and then they get smaller and smaller. They are very realistic.

A Sick Day For Amos McGee

Title: A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Author: Philip C. Stead

Illustrator: Erin E Stead

Number of Pages: 30

What's the story about: Amos is a zookeeper who takes care of his friends the animals everyday. When he gets a cold, the animals come and visit him and take care of him. And the animals make him feel much better.

E's review of the book: I liked it because when the animals ride on the bus it's funny. I like the illustrations in the book because most books I see the people only have 4 fingers.

Purplicious by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann

Title: Purplicious

Author: Victoria & Elizabeth Kann

Illustrator: Victoria Kann

Number of Pages: 28

What's the story about: People are being mean to Pinkalicious because all the other girls like black and she likes pink. Then, she meets a new girl in class who shows her how pink is powerful. Most of this story takes place in her school.

E's review of the book: I like it because it is entertaining.

Just what the title says...

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