Picture book 26

Title: My Friend Rabbit
Author: Eric Rohmann
Illustrated by: Eric Rohmann
Genre: Children's Literature/picture
Subgenre: picture book 

Theme: determination, trouble, friendship

Primary and Secondary characters: rabbit, mouse, secondary: other animals
Awards, date of publication: 2011
Publishing company:    Roaring Brook Press 
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom: This is the story about the friendship between rabbit and mouse. Everywhere rabbit goes, trouble follows. He gets an airplane stuck in a tree and tried to get other animals to stack together and help, but something always goes wrong. This book was very interesting because only like 4 of the pages actually had words, the rest just had pictures that told the story. This story can be used to show how even when our friends make mistakes we can always stick by them and make sure they know that we are there. It is a great life lesson for students to read about. It also shows how to get others involved in everything we do.

PIcture book 25

Title: Finders Keepers
Author: William Lipkind and Nicolas Mordvinoff
Illustrated by: N/A
Genre: Children's Literature/picture
Subgenre: picture book 

Theme: sharing, hard work, decisions

Primary and Secondary characters: Nap and Winkle  secondary: Big dog, farmer, hair trimmer, and goat
Awards, date of publication: 1989
Publishing company:   Sandpiper 
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom: This is the story of two dogs fighting over a bone they found. They begin to ask everyone around them whose bone it should be since one saw it first and the other touched it first. They end up asking a big dog who tricks them into showing him the bone and he takes it. They work together to fight him and get their bone back. In the end they end up sharing the bone. This story can teach children about sharing and learning that it works out better in the end that way. It also shows how other people can help you make decisions if you need them to. This is a very cute book and I advice everyone to read it.

PIcture book 24

Title: Big Momma Makes The World
Author: Phyllis Root

Illustrator Hellen Oxenbury
Genre: Children's Literature/picture
Subgenre: picture book 

Theme: creation, imagination, the world

Primary and Secondary characters: Big momma and the baby
Awards, date of publication: 2002
Publishing company:   Candlewick 
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom: This is the story of Big Momma creating the world in 7 days, It goes off of the same theory of creation and she makes the sun, moon, stars, animals, and such on the same day that God did. She, however, also has a baby that she carries on her hip while doing this. It is a very cute book and although I do not believe in what it is saying, it could open the eyes up to children to start questioning things in life and where they came from. This can be used in the classroom to entertain. It could also be used when talking about evolution or where things came from since evolution is usually in the textbooks. It can be used to show determination and creativity also.

PIcture book 23

Title: Snowflake Bentley
Author:Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by: Mary Azarian

Genre: Children's Literature/picture
Subgenre: picture book

Theme: determination, pride, photography, loving what you do

Primary and Secondary characters: Bentley, and family
Awards, date of publication: 1998, Caldecott
Publishing company:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom:From the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles and constantly wanted to know more about them. He was determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful.This story was a beautiful story in which Wilson Bentley will always be remembered for his scientific ways, and determination. This story can be used in the classroom when doing science or talking about weather changes. It also shows students to never give up on what you love.

Picture book 22

Title:Kitten's First Full Moon
Author:Kevin Henkes
Illustrator: Gouache and colored pencil were used

Genre: Children's Literature/picture
Subgenre: picture book

Theme: determination, courage

Primary and Secondary characters: Kitten
Awards, date of publication: 2004
Publishing company: Greenwillow Books
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom:This is the story of a little kitten who is bound and determined to get the huge bowl of milk in the sky. She goes on a mission and climbs trees, races through fields, and takes leaps of faith just to get this huge bowl of milk in the sky. She then sees the reflection in the water and decided to jump in the water to try to get the huge bowl of milk. She gets all wet and realizes that it is not milk. She goes home to find a bowl of milk waiting on her. This book can be used in the classroom to show students determination. It can also be used for entertainment purposes because the drawings in it are beautiful.

Picture book 21

 Title: Lon Po Po

Author: Ed Young
Illustrator: Ed Young
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Nursery story/ traveling
Theme: Creativity, danger, courage,
Primary and Secondary characters: Shang, Tao, and Poatze. Mother and wolf.
Awards, date of publication: 1989
Publishing company: Scholastic Inc.
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom: This is story of a woman leaving her children at home while she visits her own mother. While the mother is gone, a wolf disguises himself as their grandmother and tries to get them to open the door so he can eat them. The children unknowingly open the door and begin to ask the wolf why his voice had changed from their grandmothers. The wolf  blows out the candles and sneaks into the bed with the children. In bed the children feel the fur on his tail and his sharp claws. At once one of the children lit a light and saw that the wolf was not grandma. The children then tricked the wolf to climb into a basket and said that they would pull him up to get food. The children then pulled him almost up and then dropped him so that he would die from his injuries. The mother arrived home and the children then had a story to tell her. This would teach the children that sometimes bad things happen to good people. This is also really cool because it is the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. It can be used to show multiculturalism in the classroom and that students all around the world have the same stories just different names.

Picture book 20

 Title: Just Imagine

Author: Mary Shrode
Illustrator: Mary Grace Eubank
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Imagination
Theme: Imagination, anxiety
Primary and Secondary characters: Lori and Barney

 Awards, date of publication: 1992
Publishing company: The Lyons Group
 Summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book tells the story of a little girl named Lori. Lori is nervous about moving to a new town with her family and asks her doll barney to help her feel better. Barney tells Lori to use her imagination and think of all the fun things she will do at her new house. She is then excited and happy about her move and is happy to have her Barney. This teaches the kids to use their imagination and to stay positive. It can be used to show kids that everyone is scared of new things, but if we try new things out and think positively we can like them. It also shows the value of friendship.