Name of Book: The Runaway Bunny Author: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrator: Clement Hurd Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Audience: 3 – 7 years of age Summary: The Runaway Bunny is the comforting and assuring account of a mother’s love and care. Literary Elements at Work: The...

Name of Book:   Believe Me, I Know Author:  Valerie Chow Bush, editor Illustrator:  Photos taken by the children of the WritersCorps Youth Publisher:  WritersCorps Books 2002 Audience:  8 – 18 year olds.  While there are poems written by children as young as 6 and 7 included in...

Occasionally, students will review the same book so you may come across multiple posts about the same title.  Use these different reviews to see how people can approach the same book with slightly different questions and ideas.  This book was previously reviewed on Oct. 24, 2009....

Name of Book:  Big Blue Whale Author:  Nicola Davies Illustrator:  Nick Maland Publisher:  Candlewick Audience:  Children Age 5-8+ Summary:   Big Blue Whale is a non-fiction children’s book that tells the reader us about the characteristics and lives of Big Blue Whales.  The...

Name of Book: Jubilee Author: Ellen Yeomans Illustrator: Tim Ladwig Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Audience: Can be used with all ages Summary: Jubilee paints a beautiful picture, through words and illustrations, of what Heaven will be like, but also speaks to the...

Name of Book :   The Lightning Thief: Book One in Percy Jackson & the Olympians Author:   Rick Riordan Illustrator :  John Rocco (cover art) Publisher:   Hyperion Books for Children Audience:  High school – Adult Summary: Percy Jackson (a 12-year-old boy with dyslexia...

Name of Book:   Give a Goat Author:  Jan West Schrock Illustrator:  Aileen Darragh Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers Audience:  Ages 7 – 10 Summary: A fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Rowell reads her class the story of Beatrice’s Goat on a rainy school day.  The true story is...

Name of the Book: Once a Mouse…a fable cut in wood! Author: Marcia Brown Illustrator: Marcia Brown Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Audience: 4th – 6th grade Summary: A hermit witnesses a mouse about to be eaten by a crow and comes to the mouse’s rescue.  The mouse is subsequently...