Whistle For Willie By: Ezra Jack Keats

This a great story of an African American bot name Peter and his dog named Willie. The multicultural aspects of this book are great. The pictures are painted with a variety of colors which helps bring out the multiculturalism in the book. The illustrations are very simple, but yet very interesting.The authors amazing mixed-media collages, consisting in part of paintings and cut paper, create an almost three-dimensional feel to the pages. I love the plot of this book because it is a plot and story that is very relateable to children. Although the characters are not developed the little boy in the story still seems to very real because of his conflict. The authors style of writing is unique and is written in a way that draws the attention of the reader. The writing is very simple. There is not any complexity to it all which made me want to continue to reading, because it was very easy to follow

The Honeybee and the Robber By: Eric Carle

This a cute pop-up book about a honeybee that lives in an old hollow tree. The book tells about the bee;s journey to a flower for nectar, and meeting a bird, a fish , and a frog. My favorite part about this book is the pictures. The pictures are painted which makes the book very fun to read. The pictures are very bright which draws in the reader's attention. The reason I picked this book is because it is by Eric Carle. Eric Carle is one of my favorite children's book authors and illustrators. He did not disappoint me with this book. The engineering of the book is great. With the pop-up and pull out pictures it a type of book that children will love. I think that pop-ups books of this type are also fun for adults to read because they can be interactive with their children while reading. The story is charming and interesting.

Where the Red Fern Grown By: Wilson Rawis

I have always heard great things about this book, but surprisingly have never read this book. I am glad that I took the time to read this piece of literature. It is a piece of children's literature that I will never forget. This is a very convincing story that many people with dogs can relate to. The personalities of the characters were interesting and brought alive to the reader. This book shows a great devotion between humans and animals. The plot is full of attention getters. It is the type of play that makes a reader very curios for what is to come. The plot was also very warm. I noticed in the is book more than any of the other children's novels that I have read this semester that the setting was very well described. From the beginning I was able to create a very clear picture in my head. The setting seemed to fir perfectly with what was happening in the story. I am glad I had the opportunity to read this book.

One Child, One Seed

One Child, One Seed is a South African Counting book. It starts with a single seed in a child's hand, leading right through , to a warm nourishing meal. This books is really neat. I think it would be really great for multi-cultural unit. There are three parts to each page which is very unique for a chilrends' book. On the first page there is picture that resembles the number that is being talked about. On the following page there is section that describes the picture. Then beside that there is some more useful information about South Africa. I really like how the pictures are real, like that have been taken with a camera. On the inside cover of the book there is a picture of a row of seeds. Th seeds look very real and make for a great beginning to the book. The real aspect that this book brings is just outstanding to me. Another really neat aspect to this book is that at the end of the book it gives a map of Africa. It also gives the ingredients needed to make the African dish talked about in the book and how to make it. This is a very cool book!

One Boy By: Laura Vaccaro Seeger

One Boy is simply a book that takes you through the number one through ten. The coolest part about this book is that there are little square pieces of every other page missing, so that when flipping to the next page a new word is created. There is even a square cut out of the center of the cover of the book. The illustrations are very simple which I think is very good, because the audience that this book is intended for is children of a younger age. I like how every page is completely colored. There is no extra space on any of the pictures. On the last page of the book there are pictures of each page that were in the book. The illustrator has given the illusion that each page has been taped to the wall by the one boy who has painted all the pictures. It is such a neat ending to the book. I did not expect to see that the one boy from the beginning of the book had painted all of the pictures I was reading. It was a great surprise which I love!

Granpa Gazillion's Number Yard By: Laurie Keller

The following three books are books that I chose for genre presentation. My genre is alphabet and counting books. This book is a newer book that had me laughing the whole time I was reading it. Take a walk through Grandpa Gazillion's farm to see a variety of ways that numbers can be used. One of my favorite things about this book is that it counts all the way up to the number twenty, My next favorite things is the illustrations. There is a lot going on in the illustrations, but I had so much fun looking at all the datelines and corky things that were added to each picture. It is so funny that each number has been turn into something new. Like the three is now a saddle and the nine a lollipop. I also like how if a reader looks hard enough they will find all of the numbers one through twenty on some of the first last pages. This is a great book. I had never read it before. I had never even heard of it, but I hope to own it someday for my own classroom.

The biggest Pumpkin Ever By Steven Knoll

Two mice, one house mouse, and one field mouse, had their eyes in the same pumpkin growing out in the pumpkin patch. Both mice were taking care it which in return caused it to grow huge. The plots in this book is very creative and really draws in the reader. I like how this book really caused the reader to use their imagination. One of my favorite parts in the story is when the two mice decide that they are going to compromise about the pumpkin. This book is more of one that I would read for enjoyment and one I would read for the lessons behind it. There are many lessons in this book such as working as a team and putting froth effort. . Even though it is a books about pumpkins it can be read anytime of the year it is not written in a way in which it has to be read at Halloween. The illustration are great.