Starting 2nd Grade can be a little scary, especially if the nice teacher from last year was repaced by a new teacher named Ms. Light. Amber Brown is excited about 2nd grade but is still worried about her new teacher. 'Will she like me?', 'Will she think that my backpack is for babies?', and 'Will she give us lots of homework?' Read to find out if 2nd grade will be an 'enlightening' experience for Amber!

Similar authors: Judy Blume

Similar books: Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger; Orange You Glad It's Halloween, Amber Brown? by Paula Danziger; It's A Fair Day, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger; Amber Brown is Green With Envy by Paula Danziger

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0399236074

ISBN-13: 9780399236075

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The Good Knight is determined to help three very sick dragons in his kingdom. When he requests remedies from the kingdom's wizard, he receives some disgusting soups, made with ingredients like fish scales, old snails, fingernails, and lizard tails. After the dragons refuse to eat the yucky remedies from the wizard, the Good Knight seeks advice from his mom, who cooks up a tastier cure.

Similar books: Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas: JR THOMAS; Sir Small and the Sea Monster by Jane O'Connor: JR OCONNOR; The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie de Paola: JE DE PAOLA; Sir Small and the Dragonfly by Jane O'Connor: JR OCONNOR

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 6/1/2009

ISBN-10: 0525469141

ISBN-13: 9780525469148

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Every week, Ben knows the answer to the riddle at Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop. He would love to win the prize of a jar full of jelly beans, but he is too shy to speak in front of everyone for a chance at winning. Will Ben ever find the courage to speak? Find out in this pleasing story about the rewards of courage! (Reading Level: 2.1)

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 12/30/2010

ISBN-10: 0142400491

ISBN-13: 9780142400494

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Captain Van Buren Bates has been searching high and low for the perfect town for he and his wife to live. He decides to try out the quaint town of Seville, Ohio. But there is only one problem, the Captain is a GIANT! He towers seven feet and eleven inches tall and his wife is a giant too! In the book, 'The Giant of Seville, A 'Tall' Tale Based on a True Story' by Dan Andreasen, Captain Bates and his wife have retired from the circus and just want a place to settle down. But the Captain has not had any luck. So far, due to his extensive travels, the Captain has discovered that there is no bed long enough to fit his frame, no table tall enough to get his legs under, and certainly no floor strong enough to withstand his toe-stompin' dancing. But the citizen of Seville know the true meaning of hospitality. To welcome Captain Bates into their community they build him a 'giant size' house showing the Captain that the town has a heart that is just as big as he is.

Similar authors: Steven Kellogg; Deborah Hopkinson; Paul Robert Walker

Similar books: American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne; Big men, Big Country: A Collection of American Tall Tales by Paul Robert Walker; Short and Tall Tales; Moose County Legends by James Mckintosh; Mike Fink: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg; Sally Ann Thunder, Ann Whirlwind Crockett: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg; Peggony Po: A Whale of a Tale by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/30/2010

ISBN-10: 081090988X

ISBN-13: 9780810909885

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Thump, Thump, Thump! Here comes the Giant Postman delivering the mail! You can hear his BIG boots all over town. Each day, the Giant Postman knocks down gates, stomps on cabbage, and frightens Mrs. Atwell's cat as he delivers the mail. Everyone in town is afraid of the Postman, all except Bobby. One day, Bobby decides to write a letter to the Postman asking him to stop upsetting the town's people and to be friends. See what happens when the Postman returns the next day with a letter for Bobby!

Similar books: Tooth Fairy In Trouble by Julia Jarman; The Princess and the Pets by Angela Kanter; Friends Forever by Sally Grindley

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0753453193

ISBN-13: 9780753453193

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