Title:Cowboy Slim
Author: Julie Danneberg
Illustrator: Margot Apple
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing ( February 2010)
Reading Level: 4-8
Theme: Read-aloud, adventure , poetry
There are boys and girls who dream of becoming Cowboys or Cowgirls, wear the hat, the outfit, the boots, ride the horse and talk the talk, like "howdy y'all". Sounds like fun! And this book will appeal to anyone who loves cowboys!
Slim has always dreamed about becoming a cowboy and his dream comes true, but a cowboy ins't a real cowboy if he writes poetry; well at least that's what all the Cowboys tell him. Julie Danneberg discuss an interesting topic through Slim; be accepted for who you are and what you like. Writing poetry at least for Slim case doesn't mean your weak or not a real cowboy, and she emphasis on this on the end; when Slim's poetry saves the day.
I love the illustrations and the dialogue is very Western-y, making it fun to read-aloud.
Happy reading!
Title: Aliens Are Coming!: The true account of the 1938 war of the Worlds radio broadcast
Author and Illustrator: Meghan McCarthy
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Random House Children's Books (February 2006)
Reading Level: 4-8
Theme: read-aloud, informative, humor, history
Aliens are coming!: The true account of the 1938 war of the worlds radio broadcast, is a very peculiar book, in a very good way. What made me choose this book was not only the greenish cover(look at it! Isn't it cute! lol), but the fact that it talks about an incident that happened in 1938.
As I read this book, I couldn't helped but chuckled.
The incident? Well Orson Wells created a play, based on a novel The War of the Worlds, regarding an invasion from Mars. Of course people went hysterical when they heard it and it caused chaos all around them. No, the broadcasters didn't do this out of malice, but as a prank.
In today's society, not many children are aware that at one point in time, radio was the only source for information and entertainment. This book talks about the important role radio had in the 1930s and the amusing incident that happened a day before Halloween.
Another fun fact about this book is that at the very back, the author gives a brief history of the events that took place right after. Very informative :)
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