Not much to say about this one. Not a huge fan of poetry and I find it a bit odd that a book of poetry on insects is the one to win the Newberry for this year. I find it hard to believe this was the "most well" written book and meaningful that year.....
Set in Cleveland, Ohio, a vacant, trashed lot is slowly transformed into a community garden. It starts with one young girl, Kim, planting lima beans to remember her dead father. Then an old Romanian lady, Ana, snooping from her apartment window with binoculars, discovers her little secret and decide...
What a spectacularly brilliant idea! I adore fairy tales, and also enjoy learning about different cultures, and I got both in this book.I also really appreciated the format. Instead of telling the same story over and over with the different variations, the variations were simply included in that s...
To me, this book is simple and beautiful.It's written in stereotypes and while that could have gone awry, it didn't. I feel as though a hatred of stereotypes has been drilled into me and I sometimes forget they exist for a reason. Several reasons. Sometimes not good reasons but sometimes, they illus...
2/13/12 ** Absolutely fabulous. I've read this many times, but not for at least 5 years. Every time I read it, I see more layers. Most recently, I read it aloud to my fourth graders - amazed by their insight and empathy, even with just one reading.
November 18, 2010We read it last night when we got it home. Such fun! I love the class full of kids who may seem like misfits, but each of whom has very desirable skills which they use together to thwart the evil teacher. An elaborate heist pulled off by kids against a teacher who looks like she ...
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