Title: Little Red Riding Hood Author/Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman Publisher: Rotkappachen Publication Date: 1983 ISBN:9780823404704 Rating: 5 out of 5 wolves Summary: The classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood was one of my favorites as a child. Little Red Riding Hood, Elisabeth, was on her way to her grandmothers house with a basket of food and drinks. She was told to go right to her grandmothers house without stopping anywhere. On her way there, she met a wolf in the woods who ended up following her all the way to her grandmothers house. Read the rest of the book to find out what happened between the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood!
Title: Charlotte's Web Author/Illustrator: E.B. White Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Publication Date: 1952 ISBN: 9780064410939 Rating: 5 out of 5 webs Summary: This award winning book is a a favorite among young children! Wilber is a pig who lives on a farm who is lonley. One day he meets a spider, Charlotte, and becomes best friends. because of their friendship, Wilber's life turns around for the better and great things begin to happen. Pick up a copy to find out these wonderful things that happen between Wilber and Charlotte!
Title: The Rough-Face Girl Author/Illustrator: Rafe Martin Publisher: Puffin Books Publication Date: 1998 ISBN: 9780698116269 Rating: 5 out of 5 faces Summary: This tale is a version of the well known Cinderella. A young Algonquin girl is seen as being invisible to her family ends up proving to a mysterious man that she is the right one for him. Although her body is covered in scars, cuts, and bruises, the young man chooses her over her two beautiful sisters. Read the book to find out more, as it will bring back memories of when you may have read about Cinderella as a child.
Title: Rotten Ralph's Rotten Family Author/Illustrator: Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Children Publication Date: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-374-36353-6 Rating: 5 out of 5 cats Summary: This beginning reader book introduces short chapters to students who are learning to read on their own. Rotten Ralph is a cat who loves to get into trouble with his owner, Sarah. Ralph does not understand why he is so rotten. By the end of the story, Ralph finally understands that Sarah gave him a great life and why he was so rotten. Title: A Day in the Life of a Builder Author: Linda Hayward Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publication Date: 2001 ISBN: 0-7894-7363-1 Rating: 5 out of 5 hammers Summary: This is an amazing beginning reader book, including learning how to read time on a clock and analogue, as well as reading sentence structures. Jack is a builder who also has a family at home. He goes through his day building houses, going to meetings, and spending time with his family, which shows the reality of the life of a builder, at work and at home. There are specific words, related to building that are hi-lighted through the text with pictures to correspond to help readers learn how to read them with a relation to a picture.
Title: Hattie, Tom, and the Chicken Witch Author: Dick Gackenbach Publisher: Weekly Reader Books Publication Date: 1980 ISBN: 0-06-021958-0 Rating: 4 out of 5 Easter eggs Summary: Hattie Rabbit and Linda Chicken are two friends who love Easter, which is coming very soon. When they are together one day, they see a sign on a tree advertising for specific animals to be in an Easter play. The sign said that chickens were wanted, not rabbits, which allowed Linda to be in the play, but not Hattie, which made her so upset. Read the rest of the book to find out what happened in the Easter play!
Title: David Goes to School Author/Illustrator: David Shannon Publisher: The Blue Shy Press Publication Date: August 1999 ISBN: 978-0-590-48087-1 Rating: 2 out of 5 timeouts Summary: David Goes to School does not have a lot of text to read. It is easy reading for students, but much of it is negative language and yelling at David for what his actions in the classroom are. The text is written in a child's handwriting to make it seem like David is the one who is writing it. Title: Blue on Blue Author: Dianne White Illustrator: Beth KrommesPublisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division Publication Date: 2014 ISBN: 9781442412675 Rating: 4 out of 5 raindrops Summary: This book has a lot of repetition, imagery, and rhyming. The text is very simple which is good for beginning readers. The illustrations through the book are very detailed and help the reader connect to what is being read through the descriptive words. Title: Madeline Author/Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans Publisher: Penguin Putnam Publication Date: 1939 ISBN: 9780606184267 Rating: 5 out of 5 hats Summary: Madeline is one of my favorite books from childhood, with such a great story line and pictures to accompany it. The text is easy for beginning readers, but is also long enough for parents or teachers to read to their children. Madeline is always curious and getting herself in trouble, compared to the rest of the girls in her home, suddenly then, she gets appendicitis and her crazy actions are soon settled down, for a short amount of time.
Title: Mat Author: Bobby Lynn Maslen Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: May 2006 ISBN: 978-0-439-17545-6 Rating: 4 out of 5 friends Summary: This book introduces beginning sounds m,a,t, and s. There was also some rhyming through the book, ex. Mat sat. The only part of this book that I did not think was appropriate for young children was that Mat sat on Sam and Sam sat on Mat, which may show children that it is okay to sit on their friends. Title: Muff and Ruff Author: Bobby Lynn Maslen Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: May 2006 ISBN: 978-0-439-17552-4 Rating: 4 out of 5 tugs Summary: This book introduces the u and f sounds in words. There were some pages with sounds that may have tricked beginning readers and have confused them what sounds they were supposed to be saying. It was about a cat, Muff, and a dog, Ruff, who are tugging on a rug together. Title: Lad and the Fat Cat Author: Bobby Lyn Maslen Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: May 2006 ISBN: 978-0-439-17555-5 Rating: 4 out of 5 cats Summary: This book introduces the sounds of l, k, and x. There were focuses on the l and k sounds a lot more than there were for the x sounds that beginning readers would have noticed. It was about a boy named Lad who napped a lot and had a cat names Kit who sat in a box and had six kittens.
Title: Free Fall Author: David Wiesner Publisher: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books Publication Date: 1988 ISBN: 0-688-05583-4 Rating: 5 out of 5 dreams Summary: A young boy falls asleep in his bed while reading a book about traveling around the world. During his dreams, he is floating through time, from place to place, relating to what was in the book he was reading. This book shows children that you can go anywhere in life if you dream big and believe in yourself.
Title: Sidewalk Circus
Author: Kevin Hawkes Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: 2004 ISBN:0-7636-1107-7 Rating: 3 out of 5 clowns Summary: A new circus is coming to town and the streets are starting to become decorated with flyers, pictures, ticket sales, and so much more! Everyone in town is so excited to see the circus on opening day because of how amazing the publicity has been. If you want to know what to expect at the circus, you will have to wait until opening day to see all of the surprises!
Title: Rainstorm Author: Barbra Lehman Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Publication Date: 2007 ISBN:978-0618-75639-1 Rating: 5 out of 5 rain drops Summary: On a rainy day, a little boy wants to go out and play with friends. He comes across a chest that he climbs into which leads him to another land. Where this new land takes him is wonderful and makes him so happy, but you will have to read it to see it! Jump in the chest with the boy to find out!
Title: Little Red Riding Hood
Title: Charlotte's Web
Title: The Rough-Face Girl
