Picture book

school library more and checked out a book called Wait till Helen Comes. It is a mystery novel by Mary Downings about a girl who’s father,stepmother, brother, and stepsister all move into an old church in a small town down in the country. I fell in love with it immediately, I fell in love with mystery novels, especially ones that have sequels because I love the suspense of a good mystery. I was really sad when I couldn 't find anymore of Mary Downing’s books in my school 's library so I decided…

experiences One of the first books I remember reading is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I remember reading this book with my mom often, and was so intrigued by Eric Carle’s use of his tissue paper art to illustrate the book. After we read this book I wanted to see more of this artist’s work so we bought many of his books. The second most read book that he wrote that I remember reading was Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? My mom would constantly bring home books by him and we…

“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover!” Since we were old enough to read books, my teachers have preached this mantra to my classes. They would tell us that it is what is on the inside that matters, not just the cover. I must have heard these exact words hundreds of times while in school, yet I still found myself breaking this unwritten rule when I was in the eleventh grade. It was just another cold winter day in rural Minnesota when I entered my language arts class in the morning. Being that it…

they are in the transition period of becoming more independent. When two students, one being Angelina, were struggling to get their books on the correct shelf. Ms. Collman used verbal…

There is a common view that book censorship has been around possibly as long as the written word, although it has been executed in many different ways and enforced by a variety of authority figures throughout the years. One of the most memorable exercises of book censorship happened back in the 1600’s and continued scattered throughout history, through the action of book burning. However, these were the most severe cases and there has been a great…

Debuted in 1962, millions of people grew up reading the well-known children’s book series, The Berenstain Bears. Being sold in more than 23 languages, the well loved stories were the common childhood memory of millions. The book expanded to become a tv series. With its popularity, it would only be natural that the name would be remembered. However, many fans remembered it as The Berenstein Bear with an “e” (Does This Picture Look a Bit off to You). Movies like Star Wars and Snow White and the…

the power of a baseball player’s swing depends on the “follow through”, so the significance of a leader’s vision is contingent on “follow through”; his ability to make the vision a reality. The coach must prepare Ben to not only envision the big picture, but also the incremental steps that will lead the ministry from where they are to where they dream to…

The Renaissance brought many inventions to life, but one of the greatest creation is the print and press created by Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes was born in Mainz, Germany in 1395. Before his creation of the the print and press, he printed cards, pictures, designs, and patterns on clothes. Gutenberg never married nor did he have kids, his life was surrounded around his business. His printing experience started in 1438, created the press in 1440, and printed the 42-Line Bible in 1454-1455.…

For the purposes of this paper, I will analyze and discuss seven different children’s literature books that depict people of different cultures and identities. I chose these books because these books challenge children’s preconceived notions about certain groups and help them change those. These books encourage children to not only understand the diversity in the classroom but to appreciate and accept them too and apply this mindset in the classroom and their community as well. In an inclusive…

save as much money as possible. An average college student racks up thousands of dollars in just textbook costs by the end of their college career. We believe we have reached a decision on how we plan to improve and ultimately change the nature of book buybacks and managing course…