Phenomenal book! It‘s a beautiful way to introduce Albert Einstein and his impact to small children

Publication Date: 2013
Intended For: Children
Character Dev: Yes
Proper Illustrations: Phenomenal Illustrations
Storyline: the story of Albert Einstein

Teaches children to follow their dreams and their interests

Publication Date: 2016
Intended for: Older children
Character dev: Yes
Proper Illustrations: Yes, beautiful illustrations
Storyline: A girl who was fascinated by sharks goes on to study them

I love how this is a biography in poem form. Occasionally kids can find biographies boring and lengthy and this allows it to be more fun

Publication Date: 2016
Intended For: Children
Character Dev: Yes
Proper Illustrations: Yes
Storyline: Poems telling the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The Snowy Day

I really loved these poems but I mostly loved the sound effect words and the way the city poetically came to life

Publication Date: 2009
Intended for: Children
Proper Illustrations: Yes
Character dev: no need
Storyline: poems about city life

I love how this book offers poem writing tools and help for children. Great!!!

Publication Date: 2005
Intended for: Children of writing age
Proper Illustrations: Yes, not a fan of them though
Storyline: several poems and poem writing tools for children

Wonderful books about trees- very informative

Publication Date: 2010
Intended for: Children
Proper Illustrations: yes
Character dev: no, no need
Storyline: poems about trees

Such a fun poem book- all about dogs. All the poems are written in a fun, cool way and a cool lesson would be to have the kids write a poem that way too

Publication Date: 2011
Intended for: Children
Proper Illustrations: Yes! So cute!
Character dev: no, no need
Storyline: dog poems

Fun poem book but is definitely geared towards a specific interest

Publication Date: 2012
Intended for: Children
Proper Illustrations: Yes, really unique “child- like” illustrations
Character dev: no but no need
Storyline: baseball poems

Really relevant to children feeling not connected to their grandparents. Also important for realizing there is always a way through a communication barrier

Publication Date: 2018
Book for: older children
Character dev: 100%
Proper Illustrations: awesome illustrations
Storyline: a bit and his grandpa do not speak the same language. They learn to communicate through their love of drawing

“And in the end, we are right here to live a life of love, not fear to help each other when it‘s tough, to say together I am enough”

Such a wonderful book for children to understand positivity and their worth

Publication Date: 2018
Book is for: Children... important for everyone
Character dev: not really
Proper Illustrations: Yes. Beautiful, simple illustrations
Storyline: difference of students in a class together. The importance of differences

“Where we didn‘t need to speak, we only needed to trust”

Such an incredible book. Shows the power of books and their illustrations. True story

Who was the book intended for: Children/ or anyone
Character dev: yes
Proper Illustrations: phenomenal illustrations
Storyline: immigrants find the library and fall and love. They find themselves through the stories there

“While Omu‘s big fat pit of thick red stew was empty, her heart was full of happiness and love”

Awesome book about sharing and thankfulness and community

Publication Date: 2018
Award: Caldecott
Book is for: Children
Character Development: Yes
Proper Illustrations: Yes!! Awesome illustrations
Storyline: a woman makes stew and shares with her town. Then there is none left for her- the town thanks her

“And the worst of all, they were only at the beginning”

Great attention getter for children. Personally never got too into it.

Publication Date: 2003
Intended for: older children
Character Development: yes
Storyline: mysterious story of three children

“He was grateful- that being friends meant no longer being in danger”

Seems like a really fun and interesting book that‘s also interactive. Could be a great “breather” throughout the day

Publication Date: 2007
Who is the book intended for: older children
Storyline: An ad appears in the newspaper for children to take a series of peculiar tests- only 4 children will succeed

“Ain‘t I already been whipped twice today”

It‘s great to teach compassion through story but this book could be a sensitive one to read with class

Publication Date: 1986
Award: John Newbery Medal
Who was the book intended for: older children
Storyline: The prince‘s whipping boy finds himself stuck in the prince‘s dream

“An invention like that could be very useful”

I think this would be an awesome book to read through as a class. I love that it‘s a fun spin on a huge historical figure and you still learn something new

Publication Date: 2004
Who is the book intended for: Children above 7
Storyline: Humorous take on the life of DaVinci

“Food and friendship- that‘s all you need”

This book contains multiple old Indian tales. Similarly to the African one; it‘s great for culture lessons. This book is in comic set up and has wonderful illustrations