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book is titled Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko. The book
is about a young boy, Moose Flanagan, and his family who move to the legendary prison on the rock, Alcatraz because Moose’s father gets
a job as an electrician on the island. Living on Alcatraz
are some of the man kind’s most hardened and ruthless criminals including the mob’s head man Al Capone and others
like Machine Gun Kelly. These prisoners are so terrible and despicable that other
prisons don’t want them. Furthermore, there are 24 other children (including
Moose’s sister) who are also living in the apartments built on the island to house all of the help that a prison of
this magnitude would need. Moose is living on a historical island in a historical
period of American history (the great depression). What kind of trouble will
he get into? What will his life be like on the infamous Alcatraz
prison?
Al
Capone Does My Shirts is a must read. Does Al Capone actually wash someone’s
shirts? I mean, this guy is one of the most powerful crime men in America. His face was scarred because he was slashed in the face with a knife three times as
a young man, he was shot in a restaurant, he had his car riddled with bullets on more than one occasion and he had countless
attempts on his life. He was an American gangster and one of the most violent
and powerful of his day. His business made an estimated 10 million dollars per
year in revenue (a lot more money at that time than it would be worth today). Furthermore,
he was credited with a number of a number of gruesome murders. But did he have
a human side and could he actually feel compassion? Would he be able to go from
one of the main mobsters to some one who washes clothes and submits to others (a criminals life on Alcatraz)? You’ll have to read it to find out.
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Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: Al Capone Does My Shirts
Author: Gennifer Choldenko
Annotation: This is an excellent novel about a young boy, Moose Flanagan, and his life on the historical
and infamous Alcatraz off of the coast of California (San Francisco). Moose is living with his family on the island
along with a number of other families and their children. Moose's sister is autistic and there is a wealth of information
about the characteristics of someone who is autistic. Furthermore, the crime leader Al Capone is in prison on Alcatraz.
So the real question is, does Al Capone wash shirts on the island?
Genre: Poetry
Title: It's Valentine's Day
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Annotation: A collection of poems about Valentine's Day that would intrest young children. It includes
giving a valentine to mom, making valentines, making a valentine for the dog and even making a valentine for the teacher.
Genre: Poetry
Title: The New Kid on the Block
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Annotation: This is a book of funny poems for young readers. Some of the titles include "Susana Socked
Me Sunday", "Oh Teddy Bear" and "Eggs". Children would find these verses relevant to their everday life.
Genre: Poetry
Title: Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Annotation: This is a book of poems related to different kinds of dinosaurs. Kids naturally are curious
about these ancient and giant beasts so it naturally draws their attention. This book follows the Jack Prelutsky style
of humor and poetry that all of his poetry books seem to have.
Genre: Poetry
Title: Falling Up
Author: Shel Silverstein
Annotation: This is a popular book of poetry about everyday things that most kids seem to enjoy and be drawn
to. It includes poems about music lessons, food, toys, masks and many other subjects that kids can relate to and are
interested in. This book is written from a child's persepctive.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Enemy Pie
Author: Derek Munson
Annotation: This is a book about a little boy who is jealous of a new boy in his neighborhood. The
boy's dad agrees to help him make an enemy pie to serve to his new enemy. As the little boy gets to know his enemy he
realizes that he would rather have him as a friend instead of an enemy.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Wilson Sat Alone
Author: Debra Hess
Annotation: Wilson is a very shy boy who doesn't participate in anything that goes on in class or at recess.
A new girl named Sara joins the class and is also shy for the first day. After that, she begins to play with the kids
and draw Wilson into the group until he conquers his shyness.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Annotation: Henry has a dog named Mudge. They spend time playing together outside in the fall.
Mudge gets lost but Henry is able to find his dog. The two really enjoy eachother's company.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Mixed up Chameleon
Author: Eric Carle
Annotation: A chameleon is disatisfied with his life the way it is. He visits the zoo and takes on
the characteristics of other animals until he no longer resembles a chameleon. But when he realizes he can't eat he
wants to be a chameleon again so he changes back into a chameleon and is happy the way that he is. The pictures are
very colorful.
Genre: Biography
Title: A Picture Book of Helen Keller
Author: David A. Adler
Annotation: Helen Keller becomes blind and deaf after suffering from an illness when she was a year and
a half years old. Being unable to communicate, she was often out of control as a child. Her parents eventually
found someone to help her, a teacher named Anne Sullivan. With Anne's help Helen learned how to communicate and
eventually graduated from college.
Genre: Folktale
Title: The Legend of the Bluebonnet
Author: Tomie DePaola
Annotation: There is a drought throughout the land and the people are suffering. A little girl offers
her most treasured possesion to the great spirit as a sacrafice. Her sacrafice is rewarded and rain begins to fall.
The land is covered with beautiful blue flowers called bluebonnets.
Genre: Biography
Title: A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln
Author: David A. Adler
Annotation: This book traces the life of Abraham Lincoln from his birth in Kentucky, through his childhood
years and his years in public office. It includes his wife and children, his presidential election and his involvement
in the Civil War. It concludes with his death by assasination at the fourth theater and burial in Springfield Illinois.
Genre: Folktale
Title: Arrow to the Sun
Author: Gerald McDermott
Annotation: A boy is born to the pueblo people. He searches for his father and ends up becoming an
arrow that is shot to the sun. The boy proves to his father, the sun, that he is his son. The boy returns to the
pueblo and the people celebrate the dance of life.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: George the Drummer Boy
Author: Nathaniel Benchley
Annotation: George was a drummer boy with the king's soldiers two hundred years ago in Boston.
He accompanies the soldiers to Concord to look for hidden guns and powder. As he looks back at Boston, he sees two lights
in the church tower. The soldiers encounter the minutemen and the battle ensues. Finally, George returns with
the soldiers to Boston.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Wolf!
Author: Becky Bloom
Annotation: A hungry wolf goes to a farm looking for food. But, the farm animals are not afraid of
him because they are too busy educating themselves. Eventually, the wolf seeks an education for himself. He becomes
friends with the farm animals and reads to them.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: Abe Lincoln's Hat
Author: Martha Brenner
Annotation: When Abe Lincoln became a lawyer he bought a tall hat. Abe Lincoln had difficult organinzing
his papers so he began to stick them in his hat. He kept papers, his checkbook and a handkerchief in his hat.
In 1860 Mr. Lincoln ran for president. He was elected but he continued to keep important papers in his tall hat.
Genre: Folktale
Title: The Treasure
Author: Uri Shulevitz
Annotation: A poor man dreams that there is a treasure buried by the royal palace. He walks for days
until he reaches the royal palace but he can't look for the treasure because the palace is guarded. He speaks to the
captain of the guard who tells him he dreamed of a treasure in the poor man's village. The poor man goes home and
finds the teasure in his own house.
Genre: Biography
Title: The Story of Ruby Bridges
Author: Robert Coles
Annotation: Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American student at an
all white school in 1960. Each day she would walk to school accompanied by federal marshals. For months, Ruby
was the only student at the school because the white children's parents refused to let their children come. Eventually
the children came back to school. Ruby grew up and created the Ruby Bridges educational foundation for the purpose of
increasing parental involvement in schools.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Inch by Inch
Author: Leo Lionni
Annotation: To keep himself from being eaten, the inch worm measures the robin's tale and the flamingo's
neck. But he can't measure the nightingale's song. So why the nightingale sings the inch worm slips away.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Chester's Way
Author: Kevin Henkes
Annotation: Chester and his friend Wilson have their own way of doing things. They are best friends.
Then, Lilly moves into the neighborhood. Lilly is very different from Chester and Wilson. But, eventually they
become the best of friends.
Genre: Folktale
Title: Paul Bunyan
Author: Steven Kellogg
Annotation: Paul Bunyan was the larges baby ever born in the state of Maine. He leaves home after
his adventures become too much for his parents. He rescues a baby ox from a blue snow storm. He names the
ox Babe and together they conquer the west.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Flat Stanley
Author: Jeff Brown
Annotation: After a bulletin board falls on Stanley he wakes up flat. He experiences amazing things
while flat, such as being mailed to California for a vacation and capturing museum theives by posing as a flat picture.
Eventually his brother figures out a way to make Stanley whole again.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Lord of the Rings Part I: Fellowship of the Ring
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Annotation: This is the story of a powerful ring that has to be destroyed before the evil king Sauron finds
it and uses it to destroy all that is good. Two hobbits Frodo and Sam, along with a small band of companions, carry
the rign on a quest to the one place where it can be destroyed Mount Doom. There is just one problem, it is right in
the center of Sauron's dark kingdom.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Mr. Popper's Penguins
Author: Richard and Florence Atwater
Annotation: Admiral Drake in Antarctica sends Mr. Popper a penguin which he names Captain Cook. Mr.
Popper and his children were overjoyed. However, Mrs. Popper was not so pleased. Although they made the penguin
a home in the refrigerator, he was droopy. Finally, Mr. Popper acquires another penguin named Greta. Both penguins
perked up and soon there were ten more penguins. Mr. Popper took his penguin flock on the stage.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Lord of the Rings Part Two: The Two Towers
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Annotation: The fellowship of the ring scatters as Frodo and Sam are left to their own to continue the quest
to destroy the accursed Ring of Power in Mordor (the dark kingdom where Sauron reigns supreme). Some of the fellowship
braces for war against the ancient evils of Sauron. Also, some of the fellowship fights to defend against
the treachery of the evil wizard Saruman. Gollum, a deceitful and lust-filled slave to the corruption of the ring, becomes
Frodo's and Sam's guide to Mordor (he secretly wants "his precious" back).
Genre: Science Fiction
Title: Commander Toad and the Voyage Home
Author: Jane Yolen
Annotations: The crew of the Star Warts has been in the dark of space for a long time. Mr. Hop sets
acourse for home but the space ship zeros in on an uncharted planet. The crew members set out to explore, instead of
totem poles they find tad poles. The crew returns to the ship and heads back to space.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: The Class from the Black Lagoon
Author: Mike Thaler
Annotation: Mrs. Green is expecting her new class on the first day of school. She has heard terrible
things about them. She is expecting monsters, so she prepares a survival kit of helmet, hockey pads and ear plugs.
When the class arives they are cheery and clean. Mrs. Green is presently surprised by her wonderful class.
Genre: Folktale
Title: The Three Little Javelinas
Author: Susan Lowell
Annotation: Three little javelinas build their houses but are attacked by a coyote. The coyote blows
down the cactus house and the tumble weed house. But he can not blow down the adobe house.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: George and Martha Encore
Author: James Marshal
Annotation: George and Martha are hippos who are best friends. They share experiences in five mini-stories
that take them from dancing lessons to gardening.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: Ox Cart Man
Author: Donald Hall
Annotation: This story describes the day to day life of an early 19th century New England family.
As the seasons pass they prepare things to take to the market.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: The Hat
Author: Jan Brett
Annotation: A strong wind blows the winter clothes off of the clothes line. As the animals find the
clothes, they begin to put them on. Each animal thought that they were wearing a hat.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Armadillo Rodeo
Author: Jan Brett
Annotation: A near sighted armadillo mistakes a red cowboy boot for another armadillo. He follows
the boot through the rodeo. He ends up being a rodeo hero.
Genre: Science Fiction
Title: Kat Kong
Author: Dav Pilkey
Annotation: Three rats travel to an island where they discover a colossal cat. They capture Kat Kong
and take him back to the city where he is put on display. He breaks free and terroizes the city. Eventually, Kat
Kong climbs a tall building and then falls off. One rat says, "It look as if beauty killed the beast," but the other
one says, "No, curiosity killed the cat."
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: The Stories Julian Tells
Author: Ann Cameron
Annotation: There are six seperate stories about two brothers and their relationship with their dad.
Julian is a quick thinker and great at telling stories, especially to this younger brother Huey. Huey will believe anything,
but some of the stories backfire on Julian and his father has to take over. All of the stories have a happy ending.
Genre: Non Fiction/Informational
Title: The Milk Makers
Author: Gail Gibbons
Annotation: Almost everyone loves milk. This story traces milk from the cow on the farm, through the
pasterization process, the homogenization process, into the milk cartons and out to the stores.
Genre: Non Fiction/Informational
Title: Knights in Shining Armor
Author: Gail Gibbons
Annotation: The middle ages, from 500 to 1500 A.D., was called the age of knights. This book discusses
the training of knights from a young boy to their time in battle. The book talks about the weapons used, battles
fought and the loyalty that each knight had toward their king.
Genre: Non Fiction/Informational
Title: The Flag We Love
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Annotation: The history of the American Flag and the various uses of the flag are discussed.
Genre: Science Fiction
Title: A Wrinkle In Time
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Annotation: On a dark stromy night an unearthly visitor arrived and changed the lives of Meg, her younger
brother and their scientist mother. The stranger comes to their house through a tesseract, a wrinkle in time.
Genre: Nonfiction/Informational
Title: Germs Make Me Sick!
Author: Melvin Berger
Annotation: Germs are all around us and they are too small to see. Germs make you sick, but your body
works to fight them off and keep you healthy. This book includes rules for good health and also tells how germs
work in your body.
Genre: Nonfiction/Informational
Title: Across America, I Love You
Author: Chris Tine Loomis
Annotation: Different parts of the United States are described in words and pictures. From the California
redwoods to the forests of New England, the different parts of America are described.
Genre: Nonfiction/Informational
Title: ...If You Lived in Colonial Times
Author: Ann McGovern
Annotation: What was life like in colonial times? What were the schools like, what did people wear,
what did they eat? These and many other questions are answered in this description of colonial life.
Genre: Nonfiction/Informational
Title: ...If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
Author: Ann McGovern
Annotation: What kind of ship was the Mayflower? Who were the pilgrims, what could you take with you
on the Mayflower, what was the new world like, how did the pilgrims spend Thanksgiving? These and many other questions
about the Mayflower are answered in this book.
Genre: Nonfiction/Informational
Title: The First Thanksgiving
Author: Jean Craighead George
Annotation: The colonists aboard the Mayflower founded Newplymouth with the help of an Indian
named Squanto. They celebrated their harvest of 1621 with a feast of Thanksgiving.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Fox in Socks
Author: Dr. Seuss
Annotation: A fox wearing socks is in a box. This book contains a series of tongue twisters written
in simple language at a 1st to 2nd grade reading level. If read aloud, it will make your tongue numb.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: The Cat in The Hat Comes Back
Author: Dr. Seuss
Annotation: While mom is out, Sally and her brother are supposed to be cleaning the house and the yard and
clearing away the snow. A cat wearing a hat shows up and creates havoc throughout the house. He finally cleans
up just before mom returns. This book has simple vocabulary and is part of the beginning book series.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: The Sneetches and Other Stories
Author: Dr. Seuss
Annotation: The Star-Belly Sneetches think that they are better than the Plain-Belly Sneetches.
A paculiar maching is invented to give stars to the Plain-Belly Sneetches for three dollars a piece. Written in
typical Dr. Seuss rhyme, this book has an easy to read vocabulary. Other stories in this book are "The Zax" about a
south going Zax and a north going Zax. The story "Too Many Daves" and the story "What was I Scared Of"
are included.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: The Grinch Stole Christmas
Author: Dr. Seuss
Annotation: The Grinch steal Christmas from the tiny Whos. But, he ultimately learns from
them that Christmas doesn't come from a store, it comes from the heart.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Horton Hatches The Egg
Author: Dr. Seuss
Annotation: Mayzie the lazy bird gets tired of sitting on her egg. She talks Horton the elephant into
sitting on the egg for her. He sits on the egg for 51 weeks until it hatches. Mayzie comes to reclame her chick.
But surprise, it looks like Horton.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: The Lorax
Author: Dr. Seuss
Annotation: The Lorax tries to warn the Once-ler not to cut down all the Truffula trees. However,
the Once-ler continues to cut down the Truffula trees until they are all gone. What was left was a polluted mess.
This is a good book to read on Earth Day.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: The Josefina Story Quilt
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Annotation: When Faith's family packs their covered wagon for a trip west, Pa says Josefina, the
pet chicken, is too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs and can't come with them. Faith loves her pet and convinces
Pa to bring Josefina. Josefina saves the day when robbers attack and she warns the family with her cackle.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: Wagon Wheels
Author: Barbara Brenner
Annotation: The Muldie boys and their father have traveled a long way to Kansas and freedom after the Civil
War. Dad leaves the boys on their own while he continues on to find free land. The boys learn to be brave and
independent and eventually join their father.
Genre: Science Fiction
Title: Commander Toad and The Big Black Hole
Author: Bruce Degen
Annotation: Commander Toad and the intrepid crew of the Star Warts encounter a black hole in space.
Something long, pink and sticky comes out of the black hole and grabs the ship. Commander Toad must resort to his ultimate
secret weapon to save the Star Wart from toad-al destruction.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying
Author: Barbara Park
Annotation: Junie B. Jones is a kindergarten student. She sees her teacher at the grocery store.
Her teacher eats a grape without paying for it. Junie B. holds her accountable.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: James and The Giant Peach
Author: Rolad Dahl
Annotation: James accidentally drops some magic crystal by the old peach tree and strange thinks start to
happen. The peach on the tree starts growing and growing until it is as big as a house. James crawls inside the
peach and meets a house full of oversized friends, grasshopper, centipede, earthworm and more. The stem breaks and the
peach starts rolling away and their adventures begin.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Because of Winn-Dixie
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Annotation: When ten year old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida with her father, she doesn't know
what to expect. She adopts a dog and names him after the super market where they met, Winn-Dixie. With a little
help from Winn-Dixie, Opal and her father realize that even though their lives have been touched by sadness, they still have
a lot to be thankful for.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: Magic Tree House #Sixteen- Hour of the Olympics
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Annotation: The Magic Tree House takes Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece. They find out that
there are no girls aloud at the original olympic games. Annie finds a way into the games and almost gets herself
arrested.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Freckle Juice
Author: Judy Blume
Annotation: Nicky has freckles on his face, his ears and the whole back of his neck. Andrew wishes
he had freckles like Nicky so his mother would never know if his neck was dirty. Sharon offers Andrew a secret recipy
for freckle juice. She charges his fifty cents for the recipy. He carefully mixes the strange combination of ingredients,
drinks them but gets no freckles. He gets even with Sharon.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: The Quilt Story
Author: Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola
Annotation: Long ago, a young girl named Abigail has a beloved quilt made by her mother. She eventually
folds the quilt and puts it away in the attic. Years later, another girl finds the quilt and makes it her own.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Author: Judi Barrett
Annotation: The weather is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow. There were no food stores in Chewandswallow.
The sky supplied all the food that they could want. It rained soup and juice. There were showers of eggs and toast.
Genre: Folktale
Title: Pecos Bill
Author: Steven Kellogg
Annotation: As a cowboy in the Old West, Pecos Bill accomplishes amazing feats. Lost and raised by
wolves, Pecos Bill ends up conquering the west but is eventually returned to his family.
Genre: Folktale
Title: Johnny Appleseed
Author: Steven Kellogg
Annotation: This is the story of Johnny Appleseed, a great American frontier hero. He traveled through
the west planting apple orchards and helping settlers as they traveled west.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: How to Lose All Your Friends
Author: Nancy Carlson
Annotation: This book pokes fun at bullies, brats, taddletales, grouches and other mischief makers.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea
Author: Cynthia Ryland
Annotation: Mr. Putter brings home an old yellow cat from the animal shelter. Since they are both
old they become best friends and enjoy doing things together like having tea and eating muffins.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Annotation: Mr. Putter always wanted to fly a plane. When he finds a remote control airplane at the
toy store he can't resist buying it. Tabby doesn't like the plane and it causes her to have hiccups.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Annotation: Mrs. Teaberry has an accident and must rest her foot. Mr. Putter agrees to walk Zeke her
dog. They have some great adventures together.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Annotation: It's spring time and Henry and his big dog Mudge enjoy playing in the puddles. Mudge adopts
a litter of kittens and must defend them from another dog.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Henry and Mudge Get The Cold Shivers
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Annotation: Henry catches a cold and stays home from school. Mudge is his companion while he gets
better. Then, Mudge catches a cold and Henry must nurse him back to health.
Genre: Folktale
Title: Apples to Oregon
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Annotation: A pioneer family travels to Oregon bringing apples, peaches, pears, plumbs, grapes, cherries
and children across the plains. The family has many adventures trying to protect the fruit trees as they travel West.
They eventually arrive in Oregon and establish the orchards.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: David Gets in Trouble
Author: David Shannon
Annotation: David gets in trouble when he pulls the cat's tale, when he burps at the table and when
he spills his juice. But, he eventually says i'm sorry to mom.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: David Goes to School
Author: David Shannon
Annotation: When David goes to school he has to learn to follow the rules like raise your hand, keep your
hands to yourself, be quite and wait your turn.
Genre: Non Fiction/Informational
Title: George Washington's Mother
Author: Jean Fritz
Annotation: After George Washington's father died, his mother raised him as best she could. She followed
his career in the military, visited him at Mt. Vermon and eventually moved close by. She died at age 81.
Genre: Picture Book
Title: The New Kid from the Black Lagoon
Author: Mike Thaler
Annotation: What will the new kid in class be like? Will he come from outer space? Will he be
a bully? He turns out to be a regular guy.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Magic School Bus; In the Arctic, A Book About Heat
Author: Joanna Cole
Annotation: Ms. Frizzle takes the gang to the Arctic Circle as they learn about heat. They have an
exciting ride on the Magic School Bus.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Magic School Bus; Gets Cold Feet, A Book About Warm-and-Cold Blooded Animals
Author: Joanna Cole
Annotation: The class lizard is missing. In order to find it, the Magic School Bus gang goes on a
cool field trip to find out what it really means to be cold blooded.
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Magic School Bus; In A Pickle, A Book About Microbes
Author: Joanna Cole
Annotation: The prize winning cucumber has been stolen and a pickle has been left in its place. The
class must shrink to the size of a microbe to help Ms. Frizzle get out of the pickle.
Genre: Non Fiction/Informational
Title: Elephant Families
Author: Arthur Dorros
Annotation: This book details the fascinating day-to-day life of elephants living on the grasslands of Africa.
Genre: Poetry
Title: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers; A Collection of Family Poems
Author: Mary Ann Hoberman
Annotation: This book includes poems on sisters, brothers, grandmas, grandpas, uncles, cousins and other
aspects of a family and family life.
Genre: Biography (Autobiography)
Title: Grandfather's Journey
Author: Allen Say
Annotation: After immigrating to America from Japan, grandfather begins to experience a unique cross-cultural
experience. He loves both countries and desires to be in both places at once.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Henry and Ribsy
Author: Beverly Cleary
Annotation: Henry can go salmon fishing with his father, but only on one condition: that he keep his dog
Ribsy out of trouble for one month.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Freckle Juice
Author: Judy Blume
Annotation: Andrew wants freckles more than anything else, so Sharon offers to sell him her secret recipes
for freckles. The recipe backfires but Andrew gets even in the end.
Booklist Numbers So Far
Science Fiction- 4
Historical Fiction- 8
Poetry- 5
Realistic Fiction- 18
Fantasy- 7
Biography- 4
Folktale- 8
Picture Books- 16
Non Fiction/Informational- 10
Total- 80
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