This book is about embracing your life when it seems like it’s completely different or has completely changed and making the most of it. It also teaches empathy for those that are different than you, whether it be due to skin color, physical ability, religion, looks, etc. Everyone struggles in some way and we can…

This book definitely surprised me. I figured it would be another version of the three little pigs that was basically the same old. same old tale…I was very wrong. The story DOES begin like all the other tales of the three little pigs: the big bad wolf knocks on the first pig’s door, he says…

What an interesting book…   A monkey is reading a book and a jackass keeps asking him what it does in terms of technology. He keeps telling him that it doesn’t do any of those things because it’s a book. Then the jackass begins reading and won’t give it back. He tells the monkey that…

Everyone loves a good legend or folktale. This book hits home for me since I was born and raised in Texas. I remember reading this book back when I was in fourth grade years ago. It teaches selflessness even to the young. A tribe of Native Americans are living in a drought. They have lost…

In this realistic fiction book, a family called the Watsons head down to Birmingham, Alabama to visit their grandmother. The visit isn’t a planned and fun little road trip to visit family; it’s a trip to help get the oldest son in the family inline by grandma. Once there though, their grandmother’s church is blown…

This book has been a tried and true book to teach many concepts to fourth graders. I have used this book for years in writing class, because it shows how writing can be used in real life. My students also have enjoyed this book because it is extremely relatable when it comes to having “feelings”…

In this picture book, a grandmother and her grandson are leaving church and getting on the bus headed to somewhere unknown by the reader. The little boy keeps asking his grandmother questions about WHY they must get on the bus and why they don’t have a car or WHY they have to go to this particular…

In this beautifully illustrated book, the story of the infamous Rosa Parks is told with phrases that are easy to understand, but still has children acquiring new vocabulary. The book really paints the picture that Rosa was more than just a woman who refused to give up her seat; she was a talented and dedicated…

This is one of my family’s all time favorite books. My son, who is 5, has his daddy’s copy from when he was a young boy. In this delightful classic, a young boy is acting unruly in his “monster” costume with his momma and gets sent to his room without dinner. He then takes an…

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