Ugly Duckling/ Hans Christian Anderson

A classic, THE UGLY DUCKLING by Hans Christian Anderson retold by Stephen Mitchell with paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher is the story of a swan hatched into a family of barn yard ducks. Because he doesn't look like his siblings or any other duck for that matter he gets rejected, ridiculed, teased, bullied and made to feel worthless. Only the mother duck can look beyond his ugly appearance and recognize that he has a very good heart. She could not bear to see the way he was treated but had no power to change the situation. He ran away and tried to live among the wild ducks - not a good place to be when hunting season starts! He escaped with his life but found no place where he was accepted. It was a harsh and miserable winter. He nearly froze to death and suffered similar treatment everywhere he wondered. Finally he found out who he really was and the place where he was accepted and admired. All his misery made him all the more thankful for his new-found happiness. And, his magnificent beauty on the outside finally matched the beauty of his heart on the inside!

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Bonnie R

The biggest bear/ by Lynd Ward

The story is similar to Gentle Ben, or about how difficult it can be to have a wild bear as a pet. Johny finds a cub and brings him home. The cub has voracious appetite, gobbling up everything he sees and what not. Johny's home soon will be too small for this glutton, and the brute will start ravaging neigbors' fields and larders. No-one is happy no more!!!! Neigbors have had enough of this situation! Johny's family has to come up with a "bear-elimination plan", that will probably not work so well as the bear has no desire to go back into the wild, where food hunt is quite a chore! He is like a boomerang: always comes back. Luckily, Johny meets some people who would fancy this giant glutton at the city zoo.

Great tale with gorgeous illustrations. For all the boys who dreamt about a pet bear!

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Ksenia R

Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs/ by Ian Whybrow

It is book about old friends who are better 2 new ones, but in our story a bucket of dinosaurs is better than a new video! Harry loves his old dinosaurs, he names them all and carries them around in a bucket. One day, he and Gran left a bucket on the bus. Trying to console her grandson, Gran buys him a new video... But it is not as good as dinosaurs! Harry prefers dinosaurs cause he can take care of them.
So, he goes to Lost and Found man and claims his bucket. Harry is very happy, he  is reunited with his bucketful of friends!

Touching story of friendship and loss

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Ksenia R

The three pigs/ by David Wiesner

The three pigs each escaped their own story and found this whole universe of child's stories and went into different books. It is good book, a little bit confusing, but still pretty good.

Isaiah R

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Match curse/ by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

If your read this entire book it will give you headache. It is mind-splitting! My favorite part of the book is when the girl broke the math curse!

Math problems are everywhere. He could make a sequel our of it..... science curse...writing curse...reading curse.. and on and on... This list could go on and on for every class the girl does.

Isaiah R
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Rosa goes to daycare/ by Barbro Lindgren and Eva Ericksson

ROSA GOES TO DAYCARE by Barbro Lindgren and Eva Ericksson is the story of a high spirited little English bull terrier with the anvil shaped head attending a doggy day care.  There are way too many "doggy friends" to follow and too many mundane activities but I did enjoy all the illustrations of various breeds and the list of ROSA'S FRIENDS on the last page.

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 Bonnie R 

Doctor de Soto/ by William Steig

Doctor De Soto is a popular dentist who does not treat " dangerous animals". But one day he risks to treat a well-dressed fox with flannel bandage around the jaw. The dental work is almost done, and Mr Fox is thinking about eating his doctor. So Doctor de Soto and his assistant( who happens to be his wife) have to outfox the fox and do it really quickly!


Delightful and foxy book!

Isaiah R and Ksenia R

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