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Being Teddy Roosevelt
Claudia Mills (2007), 96 pages
Illustrated by R. W. Alley
Audience: 2nd Grade - 4th Grade
Fourth grader Riley wants to play the saxophone in the school band, but his mom can't afford to rent one for him. When his class is assigned historical characters for a project, Riley finds himself as Teddy Roosevelt. He asks himself what Teddy would have done to earn something he wanted? Read this book to find out, and enjoy the hilarious biography tea at the end where he and all his classmates show up in costume.
Awards nominated: 2011 Bluestem Nominee
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 8/12/2010
ISBN-10: 0374306575
ISBN-13: 9780374306571
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Reader Comments
Operation SaxophoneCommenter: Michele, grade 0
Riley sure does have a problem. What would Teddy Roosevelt do faced with this problem? Riley thinks he might know and comes up with a plan or two or three. Will any of them work? Enjoy this book and find out!
The six horrible Herdmans are back in this sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Be ready to laugh out loud, as the worst kids in the history of the world cause mayhem throughout the school year, including kidnapping a classmate's baby brother, drawing pictures on his bald head, and charging classmates a quarter to look at the Amazing Tattooed Baby.
Awards won: Rebecca Caudill Award
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/29/2009
ISBN-10: 0060230436
ISBN-13: 9780060230432
Bigger And Smaller
Larry Dane Brimner (2005), 24 pages
Illustrated by Patrick Girouard
Audience: 1st Grade - 2nd Grade
A boy points out that he's bigger than many different animals at the zoo. Then his sister shows her 'little brother' the truth, he's smaller than many animals, too. Vivid illustrations on each page bring the zoo to life. (Reading Level: 2.1)
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 5/5/2011
ISBN-10: 1592965326
ISBN-13: 9781592965328
Birthday Pony
Jessie Haas (2004), 80 pages
Illustrated by Margot Apple
Audience: 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade
Popcorn the pony likes getting his own way. When Jane finally gets the chance to ride him instead of sweet, tired old SweetPea, she's excited. Soon she learns that Popcorn can't be controlled. It has been her dream forever to have her own pony, but will Jane ever learn to manage Popcorn?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 9/29/2010
ISBN-10: 0060573597
ISBN-13: 9780060573591
Gustave is an eleven year old Jewish boy who lives with his family in Paris, France in 1940. He and his two best friends are inseparable as they attend school and are Boy Scouts together. That is, until news about the Germans persuades his family to leave Paris for a 'safe' place in the countryside until they can obtain visas to sail to America. German soldiers in uniform and planes bombing the highway are just a few of the unhappy events. However, Gustav finds a way to distract the German soldiers so that his father can help with the Resistance in France. It is a good first book about the Holocaust.
Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee 2012
Awards won: Sydney Taylor Honor Award
Reviewed by: cjones
Date read: 4/23/2012
ISBN-13: 9780385738811
Reader Comments
Viva La France!Commenter: Ellen, grade 55
It was interesting to learn some of the creative ways the French Ressistance was able to stop the Nazis from capturing some of the escaping Jews from France.
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