Blog #4

                                        

     Mr. Bumble is a wonderful children' book that was written by Kim Kennedy and illustrated by Doug Kennedy. This book is a great level for the younger groups such as kindergarten through 3rd grade. The overall story is uplifting and teaches kids to never give up. The illustrations in this book are very light and beautiful. They contain many groups of colors and different sized objects that are visually stimulating.

     Mr. Bumble was a very clumsy bee that had many problems when it came to gathering pollen for his hive. He would "bumble, fumble and tumble" every time he attempted to take flight to gather pollen. The hive discovers that there is a undiscovered clover patch that is RICH with pollen and they decide all the bees are going to go and gather as much pollen as possible.


As usual Mr. Bumble has a hard time getting to the clover patch and gathering pollen for his queen. He thinks that he hears something while gathering pollen and stumbles. After he stumbles he falls and gets his bucket stuck on his head, He them starts to feel himself being lifted into the air. He gets really scared and starts yelling, "Please don't pluck out my wings!". Little did he know that he was being carried by a bunch of faeries trying to help him. Once he realizes the faeries help teach him how to fly. Mr. Bumble goes and gathers a bunch of pollen and takes it back to his queen. She is so proud of him and his flying skills that she gives him a golden bucket to gather his pollen forever.

                                                                                                         

Blog #3

This week's blog will be about The Giving Tree. The author is Shel Silverstien and he has made a wonderful children's book! This book would be put under the genre of picture books. The illustrations of this book are simple yet they tell a story better than most! The characters in this book are a little boy and a willow tree that love each other greatly. The story starts with the boy being young and loving to do things like climb the tree's trunk and swing from its branches. However, as the boy gets older he looses interest and comes and visits the tree less and less. Every time he does come to visit the tree he wants something to make him happy and since the tree loves him so much she gives it to him. 

    This image is at the end of the book. The boy every time he came to visit the tree he took things like her branches, apples and trunk. At the end the boy is old and the tree has nothing to offer him besides her stump for him to sit on. This book has a great cause and effect relationship between the boy and the tree. In the end the boy took everything from the tree who graciously gave everything she had to him. All that he had left was an old stump from his childhood memories. 

This book is for the younger age groups such as kindergarten through third grade. It is a simple read but can offer some good life lessons throughout its pages. This was my favorite book throughout my childhood and is my all time favorite children's book. 

Blog #2

     For this week's book blog I decided to do it on Dr. Suess's Surprising Word Book, "The Shape of Me and Other Stuff". This book is for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Another way that you could use this book for  would be to have your older students read to a younger class. Having the older kids read to the younger kids can be a good community outreach for the older ages. This book helps students look into the shapes around them. It looks at shapes such as a bug, a balloon and a bed while comparing shapes that are made up such as a Blogg. A Blogg is a made up character that in is many of Dr. Suess's books. At the end of this book it makes sure to show that the characters are happy with the shapes that they are and this shows good moral value. The illustrations in this book are simple yet they show a lot of emotion. This book can be a good tool for every K-2 classroom.