The Giver

I hought that this book was really interesting. The author did a really good job with the descriptions of what was going on in the book because I was able to picture them. I also thought that it was really easy to relate to the characters. I was always curious about what was going to happen next so it kept me reading. There was never a point in the book that I got bored which is good because I usually get bored easily. The one thing that I did not like was the ending, and it's not necessarily that I did not like the ending, I just wanted to know what happen as far as them making it to Elsewhere. I really enjoyed reading the book and I think kids would to because it would be so easy for them to relate to each of the characters.

Babymouse: Rockstar

This book is a cute graphic novel. I really liked the book and the illustrations that went along with the book. I also liked that the story seemed to be geared towards girls because most of the graphic novels are geared towards boys. I think kids enjoy these books because they are not overwhelemed by the words on the page because they are split up so it makes it more appealing to the eye.

Once Upon a Time, the End (asleep in 60 seconds)

This book has probably become one of my favorite books. I liked that the book went through many of the fairy tales but in abbriviated versions. I also liked that although the father in the book was telling stories to his daughter and those were the stories we were reading, there was also a second story that was going on about the girl and the father which was shown by using a different font. One of the things that I thought was really funny about the book was that the father made sure to make all of the stories end with the character falling asleep because he was trying to get his daughter to go to sleep so he could sleep. I really liked the end page becaue I thought it was funny that they both feel asleep at the same time and I liked the illustration on that page.

You Can't Take a Balloon Into The Metropolitan Museum

This book was really funny. I had never read a wordless story before and I thought I would not like them but this book proved me wrong. I really enjoyed being able to study the pictures and not worrying about the words that might be on the page. I also liked that the illustrator only put color on the things or people who were directly related to what was going on on that page. This gave me time to try and figure out what might happen next because I knew who or what it was going to involve. I also liked that throughout the whole book there was only one page that was completely in color. When I got to this page it kind of caught me off gaurd but it was a nice suprise and it still stuck to the illustators theme because the whole page was involved with what was going on in that page.

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

I have always enjoyed this book. When I was younger I thought that it was really interesting to hear the story from the wolf and I still think that it is funny today. I really liked the pictures and the way the illustrator played with the shading. The cover is also one of my favorite parts of the book because I realy liked the fact that it looks like a news paper article. One of the other things that I like about this story is that the reader is actually introduced to the wolf a few pages before he starts telling his own story. I thought that this was a very creative thing to do, it was kind of like the author gave the wolf a chance to plead his case and get out all the things that a person might think they already know about the story so they could listen to his side without any bias.

The Three Silly Billies

I really liked the way that this book incorporated a lot of the different fairy tales. I thought that it made the book much more interesting to read because I was always thinking about who would be coming next to join the three silly billies at the troll's bridge. I also really liked the pictures and thought that they added an element of comedy to the story. My favorite page was the page with little red riding hood dumping out her purse and seeing all the things that she had in it such as wolfbanex cream. I thought that this would be really funny especially if the reader knew the story of little red riding hood already.

Kate and the Beanstalk

This spin off of Jack and the beanstalk is very cute. I like the fact that it uses a girl to be the hero and fight off the giant. I thought that it was a good way to show children that there is no difference in gender and boys and girls can do the same things. One thing I would have liked to see was possibly changing all the characters around. For instance, the giant could have been a woman instead of a man since it was a man in Jack and the beanstalk. All together, I thought that this book was a very good book and I would definately want it in my classroom.