Entries Categorized as 'Younger Readers'
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Animals, Cats, Dogs, Easy Read, Fiction, Good Read Aloud, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Quick Read, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Birds, P.D. Eastman
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Are You My Mother? (Hardcover)
by P.D. Eastman
ISBN: 0394800184
Price: USD 8.99
602 used & new available from USD 0.10
When a mother bird leaves her egg to look for some food, the baby bird hatches and goes on a search to find his mother, even though he doesn’t know what she looks like. He meets a kitten, then a hen, a dog, a cow, a car, a boat, an airplane, and a big thing. But where is his mother?
This book is fun to read aloud but is also good for beginning readers. A five-star picture book.
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Posted by Becca
Categories: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Ethel C. Brill, french and indian war, Indians, mohawks
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Madeleine and her two brothers, Louis and Alexandre, are the only members of the Vecheres family in their seigneury. Their father is away fighting and their mother has just left on a business trip, leaving Madeleine in charge. Soon after, the fort is attacked by Mohawks. Madeleine must defend the fort with only six others, two of which cannot be trusted to hold their posts.
This book is set during the French and Indian war. It is based on a real event, as described in the epilogue. I found it to be a good story and true to historical details. Madeleine Take Command is definitely worthy of your time.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Marie McSwigan
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Snow Treasure (Paperback)
by Marie McSwigan
ISBN: 0142402249
Price: USD 5.99
46 used & new available from USD 2.56
During the winter of 1940, Nazi troops take over the town of Riswyk, Norway. Riswyk’s gold, worth nine million dollars in the United States, is in danger of being discovered by the Nazis. The children of Riswyk take the gold, bit by bit, to a secret ship by hiding it on their sleds. But so many things could go wrong!
I enjoyed this book. It was interesting. In 1940, a Norwegian ship reached Baltimore with $9,000,000 aboard. The gold was reported to have been slipped past Nazi sentries by Norwegian children. The plot of this book is based off that legend.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Posted by Becca
Categories: Easy Read, Fiction, Out of Print, Picture Books, Quick Read, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Carol Purdy
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Least of All (Hardcover)
by Carol Purdy
ISBN: 0689504047
Price: —
14 used & new available from USD 0.10
Raven Hannah is the youngest child in her family. She wants to help with the work on her family’s farm, but everyone always tells her that she is too little. Finally, Raven Hannah is given the job of churning butter. While performing this long task, Raven Hannah learns to do something that no one else in her family can do.
This is one of my favorite picture books. The ending is quite touching, especially because Raven Hannah’s desire to be strong enough to help with the farm work is so clear in the beginning of the story. Sadly, Least of All is out of print.
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Posted by Sarah
Categories: Award Winner, Historical Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Doris Gates
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Janey Larkin is a ten-year-old girl growing up in the Great Depression. Her one beautiful treasure is a blue willow plate. Her family moves from place to place, looking for work. One day they move into an empty shack and Janey makes friends with a Mexican girl who lives across the road. More and more things happen that make Janey want to stay. But when work gets scarce and with Bounce Reyburn demanding rent, it looks like they will have to move on again.
This book is okay. It’s not one of my favorites. However, it kept me pretty interested near the end. There was one part I didn’t appreciate, however, when Mrs. Larkin says that they can thank the Power that is for what had happened to them, and Janey wonders silently whether she means God or the blue willow plate.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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