Genre: Fantasy

Fantasy 
Just A Dream

This story is about a little boy who learns a lesson. He learns that everyone on earth plays a role in taking care of the land. This book will teach students how to be environmental responsible. It would be a goo book to read about earth day when students are learning about ways to take care of the earth and doing earth day projects.

By: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #: 978-0547520261
Evaluation: 5 out of 5










Zathura

This book is about a game called Zathura. It is a sequel to the book Jumaji by Chris Van Allsburg. He wrote this book to show how to brother have to work together in order to win the game. Jumaji ended by with one brother chasing after the other brother with a game in his hand. How will the brothers survive out in the intergalactic world?

By: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN #: 978-0439830898
Evaluation: 5 out of 5






Doctor De Soto 

This book is about a dentist named Doctor De Soto, who also happens to be a mouse.He checks the teeth of many animals small and large. This book could help parents if their child is afraid of the dentist because it shows that when you go to the dentist nothing bad happens. He usually refuses to treat "dangerous" animals, but one day a fox shows up. Will Doctor De Soto treat him?

By: William Steig
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN #: 978-0312611897
Evaluation: 5 out of 5

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction:

We Are in a Book!


This is an interesting book that has a twist in the story. Students should read this book because it is part of the elephant and piggie series and will help them develop reading fluency. This book allows students to see how the characters in the story would "see" the audience of they were real. 

By: Mo Willems 
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion; 1 edition (September 14, 2010)
ISBN #: 978-1423133087
Evaluation: 5 out of 5 









Math Curse 

This is a good book for teachers to introduce during a math lesson. This book is about a little boy who has a math curse cast on him one day. After the curse is cast on him, he thinks about how math relates to everything he does. Parents or teachers could use this book to show students the  connection between the world to math, which will convey to students the importance of learning math. 

By: Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Publisher: Viking; Library Binding edition (October 1, 1995)
ISBN #: 978-0670861941
Evaluation:  5 out of 5 




In the Tall, Tall Grass

I would recommend this book for early elementary students because it is simple and introduces bugs. Teacher could use this book during science to talk about nature and bugs. The one quality that is very strong in this book is these of vocabulary. The author uses high quality descriptive words. 

By: Denise Fleming 
Publisher:  Square Fish; Reprint edition (March 15, 1995)
ISBN #: 978-0805039412
Evaluation: 4 out of 5

Genre: Traditional Text

Traditional Text




    Tangled

This book is a remake of the original book Rapunzel. It is a good princess book, but children have to be a little older for it to hold their attention. Boys might also like the book because as you know in Rapunzel a handsome knight climbs up the princess's beautiful long hair.

By: Disney
Publisher: Random House New York
ISBN #: 978-0-7364-2718-0
Evaluation: 3 out of 5










The Ugly Duckling

This is a good book to read to children because it will give students something to relate bullying too. It allows students to understand that it is okay to be different from others. Our differences are what make us special. I would read this to a younger group of children just because we want to get this message across to students' before they have a chance to start bullying other children.

By: Lorinda Bryan Cauley
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (September 28, 1979)
ISBN #: 978-0156925280
Evaluation: 5 out of 5











The Three Pigs

This books as amazing illustrations and adds a twist to the original story of the three little pigs. I would recommend reading this to an older group of students because it could be analyzed and interrupted differently by each student. David Wiesner tells the story using dialogue balloons and text excerpts from the three little pigs.

By: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books (April 23, 2001)
ISBN #: 978-0618007011
                                                                                     Evaluation: 5 out of 5