Erin's Reading Blog

Title: Fry Bread Author: Kevin Noble Maillard Illustrator: Juana Martinez- Neal Genre: Historical Nonfiction, multicultural Teacher Evaluation: This is a great book and it has such great explanation explaining the Native American culture, and their food. The illustrator I have seen images from before and she does a great job. I really enjoy this book, and it could be read when you are in the classroom learning about America's history, because Native Americans are an important part of America's history.  Summary: Fry Bread is a Native American story. It is a food made of flour, salt, water, cornmeal, baking powder, milk and sometimes sugar. It is mixed all together. It is shaped by hands in any shape. They then fry it in oil. It makes a loud sound. It is a golden brown and warm. It is flavor which brings people together. It is when you can spend time with your family. while making and eating it. It is also art. It has history of how it evolved. It is from all over the place in A...

Title: What If We Were All the Same Author: C.M. Harris Illustrator: Eric Everett Genre: Multicultural, informational nonfiction Teacher Evaluation: This is an amazing book that shows all different types of people and why it is so important that we are all different. This is a great book for us to read in the classroom because everyone that is in your classroom will be different. We should tell everyone and explain how everyone is different and why that is special. It is a great book that we can read.  Summary: what if everyone's houses cars and stars were all the same, if we only had beets. All animals are different with different characteristics. Differences is what makes us fun. Everyone has different characteristics. We can know and love everyone who is unique. It is good, exciting and different abilities. everyone can make new friends. different is beautiful while the same would be lame, everyone is beautiful and different. 

Title: La Princesa And The Pea Author: Susan Middleton Elya Illustrated by: Juana Martinez-Neal genre: Fantasy, multicultural Teacher evaluation: This is a great book with beautiful images. It uses English and Spanish to complete the story. It is a good story, but is a deceiving story. It sort of allows lying to happen, so I probably would not read it in my classroom. I would also consider reading a different version of this book because there are multiple versions, but I would need a better version without so much deceit.  Summary: There was a prince and he wanted a wife. But a specific wife. The prince was lonely, and his mom needed him to be married. A maiden moved into the castle and the prince fell for her. He knew she was the one. His mother had to test her. She got a pea fit for a queen. She came in with 20 mattresses for the maiden to choose from they were very different. There were 20 mattresses with 1 pea down below. The prince practiced i dos. The girl did not like ...

Title: A Girl Named Rosita Author: Anika Aldamuy Denise Illustrated by: Leo Espinosa Genre: Realistic nonfiction; based off a true story,  Teacher evaluation: This is a beautiful book with an amazing story. It is about a woman who overcame a lot. It is a great book to read because sometimes students do not understand why others are different and we can read this book to be able to understand more. This is a really good book to be able to read with the class especially during Spanish Heritage Month.   Summary: This book is about Rita Moreno she is an actor, dancer, and singer. She was born in Puerto Rico. She loved to dance all around and sing everywhere. Her mom then told her they are moving, without "Fransisco" her baby brother. She waves goodbye to her baby brother as she leaves on a boat. After days of a hard trip, she sees New York, the Statue of Liberty. Rosita is confused where the flowers are, but she dreams she is home. Rosita then cries because she misses home. S...

Title: Binny's Diwali Author: Thrity Umrigar Illustrator: Nidhi Chanani Genre: Realistic fiction Teacher evaluation: I think this is a great book if we are learning about India and their religion, but you do have to be careful talking about religion in school. It could be used to teach students new things about their classmates and friends. This is a really great book with very detailed images to see the clothing, food and culture.   Summary: Binny was excited because she was teaching her class about Diwali, her favorite holiday. She got all ready in her traditional Indian clothing. everyone would shop for diwali, and exchange gifts. She ran downstairs for breakfast. When Binny got to school ready to share she got scared and shy. Her teacher got up to try to help her and calm her down. She then told the class you need, oil lamps to guide luck home. It marks goodness. it is a festival of lights. with large fireworks and sparklers. The class used an oil lamp. She said on Diwali ...

Title: I love Boba Author: Katrine Liu Illustrator: Dhidit Prayoga genre: Informational nonfiction, multicultural Teacher evaluation: This is a great book to learn about something from another culture. It talks all about boba, and you could bring the popping bubbles for the class to try. you can also relate it to a geography lesson when learning about Taiwan.  Summary: Boba was created in Taiwan. there are many different ways to call boba, but its always delicious. They have shiny tapioca pearls. They have juice soaked into them. You have to drink it will a big staw. They are very chewy. When theyre not cooked they are soft. It is classic with Milk, but you can have other flavors as well. The girl dreams of Gluten free bba. It is amazing, we should try it.