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This clever collection of poems will have you laughing out loud. One of my favorites is The Last Piece of Cake.
'Whoever ate the last piece of cake,
I hope that you get a bellyache,
or bit when you sit on a poisonous snake. Perhaps all the bones in your body will break. What's that you say? It was me? ME who ate the last piece of cake? My mistake.'
Similar authors: Shel Silverstein; Jack Prelutsky
Reviewed by: JB
Date read: 11/25/2009
ISBN-10: 0152020845
ISBN-13: 9780152020842
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'Lights Out' by John Himmelman is a MUST read for the novice camper. Counselor Jim is having a difficult time getting the Scouts settled in for the night. The boys can't seem to fall asleep. They keep imagining all kinds of creatures who are just waiting until the lights are turned out to eat them, suck their blood, or make them sick. But never fear, Counselor Jim puts all their fears 'to bed' and the boys turn off the lights and fall fast asleep. The young reader will love the surprise ending that just might get those lights turned right back on!
Similar authors: Alex Harvey; Gwendolyn Hooks
Similar books: Olivia Goes Camping by Alex Harvey;
The Noisy Night: A Pet Club Story by Gwendolyn Hooks;
Scare a Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin;
Camping Day by Patricia Lakin;
Camping Catastrophe by Abby Klein;
I'm Not Scared by Kirsten Hall
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 8/3/2011
ISBN-10: 081673450X
ISBN-13: 9780816734504
Eleven-year-old Lonnie Collins Motion finds a way to express his feelings when his teacher asks his class to keep a poetry journal. The poems are about the things going on in his life, including his foster mom, his little sister, and the parents he lost in a terrible fire. Life in the inner city is not always easy, but through his writing Lonnie develops a new way of looking at things. The mostly free-form poetry beautifully conveys Lonnie's growth and development.
Awards won: Coretta Scott King Honor Book 2004
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 7/15/2011
ISBN-10: 0399231153
ISBN-13: 9780399231155
Lords of the Sea: The Vikings Explore the North Atlantic
Allison Lassieur (2005), 32 pages
Illustrated by Ron Frens
Audience: 3rd Grade - 4th Grade
The Vikings were excellent seafarers with strong, fast ships. When farmland became scarce in Scandinavia, they began exploring across the ocean. This graphic novel illustrates the story of their travels; first to England and Ireland, and then across the Atlantic Ocean. They found Iceland, Greenland, and were the first Europeans to land on North America.
Book Series: Graphic History
Similar books: Graphic Biographies series
Graphic Science series
Reviewed by: donna
Date read: 11/16/2010
ISBN-10: 0736849742
ISBN-13: 9780736849746
Jack's journal begins:
I don't want to
because boys
don't write poetry.
Girls do.
But as Jack learns through others' poetry, he finds that he can say so much in 'short lines' especially about that dog he loved.
Awards nominated: 2013 Bluestem Nominee
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 7/1/2011
ISBN-10: 9780064409599
ISBN-13: 9780064409599
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