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Muggie Maggie
Beverly Cleary (1990), 96 pages
Illustrated by Tracy Dockray
Audience: 2nd Grade - 4th Grade
Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade until she discovers, that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up a new world to her.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0380710870
ISBN-13: 9780380710874
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Mazal is a guardian angel. They say all Jewish people have one. Elvina hopes she does. Elvina is a young Jewish girl in Troyes, France during the times of preparation for the first crusade. Elvina is unique for 1096 because she can read, and write, and because of her free spirit. At times this gets Elvina in trouble, and so she needs the constant care of her Mazal. The early crusaders were a threat to the Jewish population of France. Therefore, the Jews wanted nothing to do with these early crusaders, and tried to do anything they could to get them to leave the Jewish people alone. Some came to Troyes, where Elvina and her family and friends lived. By reading this book, the reader gets to experience several other adventures of Elvina, showing life during these hard, and perilous times.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0439576814
ISBN-13: 9780439576819
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
Mary Pope Osborne (2000), 190 pages
Audience: 3rd Grade - 7th Grade
Maddie's father is fighting overseas in WWII. Back at home in New York, she organizes a group of kids called the K3F to support the war. But everything turns when a messenger brings news that her father is injured. Read this book to find out how Maddie turns her world around when all is going wrong.
Book Series: Dear America
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 11/5/2009
ISBN-10: 0590687158
ISBN-13: 9780590687157
My Worst Days Diary
Suzanne Altman (1996), 48 pages
Illustrated by Diane Allison
Audience: K - 3rd Grade
If you started going to a brand new school, who could you tell about your very worst days? Maureen 'MO' Murphy shares them with her, 'My Worst Days Diary.' When she starts her new school, Mo has lots of embarrassing moments: burping in front of the class, handing in the wrong homework, going to a birthday party on the wrong day, forgetting all her lines in the school play, and many, many more. Read along as 'Mighty Mo' finds out that her worst days eventually lead to great ones. A perfect beginning reader for anyone who has ever had a 'really bad' day!
Book Series: Bank Street: Ready-To-Read
Similar authors: Paula Danziger
Similar books: It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger;
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/22/2009
ISBN-10: 0836816234
Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic
Robert Burleigh (2011), 40 pages
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
Audience: K - 3rd Grade
This book vividly describes Amelia Earhart's flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia was the second person (and the first woman) to fly across the Atlantic-from Newfoundland, Canada to Northern Ireland on May 20, 1932. The paintings are beautiful and definitely complement the vivid text. The afterword is very informative(yet not too wordy) about Amelia's life. Amelia came up with the essence of Nike's slogan before they did. 'The most effective way to do it, is to do it.'
Awards nominated: 2013 Monarch Nominee
Reviewed by: jb
Date read: 3/13/2012
ISBN-10: 1416967338
ISBN-13: 9781416967330
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