Emilee

Emilee's Book Selections

Goodnight ipad By Ann Droyd The book ‘Goodnight ipad’ is about just that saying goodnight to all the electronics that seem to rule our lives. The family in this book seems to only know their electronics. Whether it’s a nook or an ipad or a cell phone with text and new face book friends, their lives revolve around the screens in font of their faces. The grandma in the story gets tired of hearing all the beep and taps and boops coming from phones games and t.v.’s. So she takes them all away and throws them out the window. Then tells everyone goodnight and they all go to sleep.

Why lion roarrrs! By Claudia Lloyd In this story our main character is lion. Lion is a quiet somewhat shy lion, who is the king of tinga tinga. There is a crocodile that is keeping all of the animals from getting into the waterhole. Monkey tells lion that he must do something because he is the king of tinga tinga. Lion is afraid and doesn’t know what to do. Lion’s friend flea comes to his rescue by taking him to a cave that echoes. This is where lion finds hi roar. Lion goes back to the waterhole and commands crocodile shares the waterhole. Crocodile says no so lion used his new found roar and crocodile was so afraid he ran away.

Before you were here, mi amor By Samantha R. Vamos This would be a great book to read if you are a parent expecting your second or third child. It would be great for your older children to see all the fun things they can help do before the new baby comes. This book also helps introduce Spanish. This would be a great tool for teaching your children simple Spanish words. There is also a Spanish to English glossary at the back of the book. This book can also expend a child’s view of the world and the fact that even if we don’t look the same we all have family that loves us.

Why monkeys swing in the trees By Claudia Lloyd This book starts off with three little monkeys who like to play and walk around on the ground. These three little mysterious monkeys liked to pull on the crocodiles tale. This made the crocodile very upset. Soon the big rains came and lion told the monkeys not to stay and get stuck in the mango tree like last time. But what did those naughty monkeys do? They stayed behind and got stuck in the mango tree. Lizard, crocodile’s friend told crocodile that the three little monkeys were stuck in the mango tree. Crocodile tricked the monkeys and told them he would take them to dry ground one by one. When he got to the last monkey he told him he wanted his heart for all the trouble that they had caused. The monkey agreed but he had a plan up his sleeve. Crocodile took him to dry ground, and the monkey gave crocodile a mango that looked like a heart. Crocodile spit it out. All the other animals laughed. The monkeys didn’t pull crocodiles tail after that.

Baby Brains By: Simon James This book starts with a couple Mr. and Mrs. Brain who are expecting their first child. They want their child to be smart so read to the baby and let the baby listen to music and different languages and the news. When baby brains is born he is no ordinary baby. He is brilliant. He can read talk and walk. At one day old he wants to go to school by two weeks old he is a doctor. Than N.A.S.A. ask him to go into space. When baby brain was in space he got scared and wanted his mommy! After that he decided to be a normal baby except on weekends he worked at the hospital.

Tico and the golden wings By: Leo Lionni Tico was a bird with no wings. This made him sad that he wasn’t like his friends. One night he heard a noise it was a wishingbird. The wishingbird granted his wish for golden wings. His friends were mad at him because they thought he thought he was better than them with his golden wings. Tico flew away sad. He found people in need and gave them his golden feathers, and a black one would grow in its place. After he gave away all his feathers he went back to his friends.

Immi’s gift By: Karin Littlewood This is a little girl named Immi who lives in Alaska and it’s the middle of winter. This makes her sad because the only color is white. One day when she was fishing she caught a little wooden bird that was painted in beautiful colors. Day after day Immi caught beautiful bright things and she hangs them on her igloo. Soon animals from all over came to see this bright and colorful igloo. They all kept each other company during the long winter days. When winter ended it was time for her to leave. Before she left she dropped her little white bear from her necklace into the water. Far far away a little boy on the beach was about to drop bright color things he had found into the water when he say a little white bear on the ground.

Sammy the seal By: Syd Hoff Sammy the seal was a good little seal. One day he wanted to go see what it was like outside of the zoo. The zookeeper let him out. Sammy traveled all over the city and even went to school. Sammy learned how to read and write in school. After school let out Sammy went back to the zoo. Sammy was a very happy seal.

My Penguin Osbert By: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel The little boy in the story asked Santa for a penguin for Christmas. He really wanted a penguin. He drew Santa a picture and a detailed description of the penguin he wanted he named it too. Santa gave him just want he wanted. The little boy was so excited. Osbert the penguin wanted to play in the snow all day and take cold baths at night. For breakfast he wanted herring. On day the boy wrote Santa a letter asking him if he could switch presents. The next day there was a package at the end of his bed. There were two tickets to the grand opening of the Antarctic exhibit at the zoo. Osbert wanted to stay at the exhibit and that made them both very happy.

Diary of a spider By: Doreen Cronin Is a cute story about a spider and all the fun things she does. Spider is just like a normal kids, she goes to school and has friends. This book lets you think like a spider and have fun while you do it.

Epossumondas saves the day By: Coleen Salley This was a book about a opossum names Epossumondas. It was Epossumondas’ birthday and he was having a party. His mama was baking him a strawberry short cake and she didn’t have enough baking soda. This story is about a mean snapping turtle and Epossumondas saving the day on his birthday.

Principal Fred won’t go to be By: Carolyn Crimi This book had a fun rhyme and rhythm to it. It was about a principal who couldn’t sleep without his teddy bear and it was missing. They searched high and low and the dog found it in a pile of laundry. This made Principal Fred very happy and he went to bed.

Stormy’s Hat //Just Right for a Railroad Man// By: Eric A. Kimmel Stormy was an engineer for the railroad. He was always losing his hats. He told his wife Ida that he was sick of losing all his hats, but he didn’t want to listen to her idea. He talked to his friends about it and they each gave him a hat to try. All the hats worked great at first then they were too hot, caught on fire, got in the way, too tight. Finally Ida got Stormy’s attention and she got him to describe the hat he wanted and she made him one. Everyone at the railroad wanted one. Ida went to work but the demand was too high and they opened a factory sending our Ida’s hats all over the world.

The Birthday Pet By: Ellen Javernick This is a book about a little boy named Danny and for his birthday his parents told him they would get him any pet he wanted. Danny knew he wanted a turtle. His father thought he got him a dog, his mom got him a cat, his brother got him a rat, his sister got him a bird, and all he wanted was a turtle. Danny was very sad. So his family went out and bought him a turtle and he was very happy.

All kinds of Families By: Mary Ann Hoberman This is a cute book about how different things can be families, because they are similar. It also talked about when a baby is born they make a family, and the family grows.

The Cow who clucked By: Denise Fleming Is a fun book to teach children the different sounds animals make. Cow visits all the other animals on the farm and no one had her moo. At the end of the day she was sad and went back home. As she walked past hen she heard her moo. They both found their voice.

What did you do today? //The first day of school// By: Toby Forward This was a cute book about a mother and son. They thought about each other through out their day. This is a great book to remind kids that their parents are always thinking about them.

Celebrate the 50 States By: Loreen Leedy This would be a fun book to have in your classroom. It shows pictures about all 50 states. It also gives little facts about each state.

The way back home By: Oliver Jeffers A little boy crashes his airplane on the moon. To his surprise a little alien boy crashes his space ship on the moon too. This is a story hoe the two work together so they both can get home.

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Andrew Lost on the Dog By: J.C. Greenburg This book is about a boy named Andrew and his robot Thudd and his cousin Judy. Andrew is an inventor. He invents a machine that called an atom sucker. It shrunk things. Andrew accidently shrunk himself, Thudd and Judy. They ended up on Judy’s neighbor’s dog. From there Andrew, Thudd and Judy begin their adventure exploring the dog and escaping form the creatures that live on the dog.

Andy Shane and the very bossy Dolores Starbuckle By: Jennifer Richard Johnson This book is about a little boy who hates school because of his dreaded class mate Dolores Starbuckle. Dolores was a bossy know it all. She always found something that Andy was doing wrong. Andy told his Granny Webb he didn’t want to go to school anymore because of Dolores. Granny Webb shows up at school that day and saves the day with great fun and excitement.

Cam Jansen The catnapping Mystery By: David A. Adler Cam is a little girl with a photographic memory. She and her family were going to visit aunt molly in the city. When they stumble upon a crime a catnapping! Cam comes to the rescue with her memory and finds the catnapped kitty.

Lions at Lunchtime By: Mary Pope Osborne Jack and Annie take a trip to Africa in their magic tree house. They have to solve a riddle and safely return home. They escaped sinking mud, hyenas, a warrior and lions. Using their brains and books they completed their adventure.

The Pirate Captain’s Daughter By: Eve Buntine The pirate captain’s daughter is a story of a secret identity, and deadly mysteries. Catherine decides to leave her old life behind after her mother passes away and turns to the life of a pirate. Her dreamy thoughts of a wonderful romantic pirate journey are turned upside down and she learns the hard truth about pirates and her father.