Shoe Bop

I liked this book because it was about shoes, my favorite thing in the world. I thought that the book did a great job incoporating all different types of shoes in the book. I also thought that the poems that were written about them were very cute. One thing that I really enjoyed about this book was the way that the author tied the poems together to form a complete story. It did not feel like I was just reading a different poem each time but more like a continuation of the story. I think that this book would be a book that students would enjoy because just about every one has been through a situation where they are looking for perfect shoes and just cant seem to find them.

Love That Dog

This book was interesting. It was my first time ever reading a novel that was written in poetry form. I love poetry so this book was right up my alley. Although I liked the fact that it was written in poetry, I thought that at times I was a little confused about what was going on because everything didn't fit perfectly together like they do in a regular novel. I would love to see how the book would turn out if the author took time and revamped it to be just another novel. I think it would be easier to get more detail in the book but then again the author wrote it in poetry form because that is probably how they pictured the story. I would have this book in my classroom for students to read so that they could experiance a different type of genre that I didnt know was out there.

A Year of Impossible Goodbyes

I really enjoyed this book, although I found it really hard to get into. I thought that So Far From the Bamboo Grove was able to better grasp my attention. I think that this book may have moved along a little slower because it was over a longer period of time than the events that were going on in the other book. I still enjoyed the book almost just as much as the other one. I thought it was interesting to get the other side of the story. Although I really liked hearing the other side of the story, it was really hard for me to get my mind to register that everything was flipped flopped in this story from the other story. That was probably the thing I had the most trouble with.

Midterm Reflection

I have really enjoyed the class so far. I really like reading all the different children's books and getting exposed to all the different things that are out there. I must say that before this class I was not aware of all the different types of things that were out there for children to read. One thing that I must say is that I am not a huge fan of blogging. I feel like when I am reading the books I have to look for things to write about instead of just enjoying the book. Although I am not a huge fan of blogging, I do like having the opportunity to read what other people have to say about the books they are reading, so I am actually happy that we do have to blog.

Picky Mrs. Pickle

I thought that this book did a good job trying to show that it is not a bad idea to try new things. While reading this book, I could picture myself as being Mrs. Pickle. I am usually not the person to try new things and I like to stick to the things that I know because I know that I like them. I think because I was able to relate to the main character in the book it made the book more interesting to me.

Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation

I really enjoyed this book and would like to have it in my own classroom one day. I really liked the formatt of the book. I liked that it was written like acutal letters and newspaper articles. My favorite thing about this book was the way the pictures and the story went together. I thought that it was funny that the dog was writing as if he was having a hard time and picturing in his head (the black and white pictures) something totally different that what was actually happening (the colored pictures). I though that this added more comedy to an already funny story.

Shouting

I was extremely excited when I found this book on the shelf. I had never encountered a book about a black church before so I was really interested in how this book was going to be written. I really liked the story and the fact that it was kind of written in a poem formatt. I thought that this was an interesting twist that I was not expecting. I also found it interesting that none of the people in the books had faces, they were just heads, bodies and clothes. I am not sure why the illustrator chose to do it like this but I would be interested in finding out. I thought that this book did a good job of depicting one of the things that goes on inside an African American church. I myself always wondered where this thing of shouting came from and I thought that this book did a good job explaining it. This is definately one of the books that I would like to have in my classroom.