Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #9

Author: Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Title: Ruth and the Green Book

Illustrator: Floyd Cooper

Genre: Fictional History

Subgenre: Children's book

Theme: Segregation in 1952.

Primary and secondary characters: Ruth, her mom, dad, and grandma.

Date of Publication: 2010

Publishing Company: Carolrhoda Books

Ruth's daddy brings home their first car. It is a 1952 Buick that is sea mist green. The family is so excited, and the next day they are going to travel cross country to see their grandma in Alabama. As they drive out of Chicago, Ruth and her family are very excited. Ruth loves to see the green grass and the scenery. However, eventually Ruth has to use the bathroom. The man working at the service station did not let Ruth use his bathrooms. Ruth uses the bathroom in the woods, she is very embarrassed. Her dad explains to her about the Jim Crow Laws, and that these laws are to keep white and black people separated. They continue the drive, but they all become real tired. her father walks into an Inn to get them a place to sleep, but they did not let them stay there. When the father gets back in the car, her mother decides they need to sing to keep their moods high. When they reached Tennessee they stayed at a friend's house. Ruth is so happy she is able to finally sleep on a bed. The next day they stop at an Esso service station. A man sells them a Green Book. This Green Book has a list of places that African American travelers can use. this book helps them get to Alabama. The trip becomes a lot easier with this book.

This book is a good book to read to students to explain to them how the world was segregated in the 1950s. This book is a good book to read during African American month, or any day.

Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #8

Author: Chris Barton

Title: The Day-Glo Brothers

Illustrator: Tony Persiani

Genre: History

Subgenre: Childrens book

Theme. Bob and Joe Switzers invention

Primary and Secondary characters: Brothers Bob and Joe Switzers.

Award and date of publication: Robert F. Sibert award, 2009.

Publishing company: Charlesbridge

This book is about brothers Bob and Joe Switzer. Bob is the youngest of the brothers, by fifteen months. They invented the fluorescent glow and the dark paints. Joe exerted himself less than his older brother. As they became older Joe wanted to become a magician and was very interested in light. Bob wanted to become a doctor to help people. While Joe was studying lights for his magic tricks, Bob was studying medicine. Joe discovered that fluorescent lights could jazz up his magic tricks. Together the brothers built their own ultraviolet lamps. One day they were shining the light on their dad's medicine. A chemical stained label on a bottle of eyewash emitted a yellow glow. That glow lit up the Switzers' imaginations. They brought a lot of library books home, and studied different chemical that make glow in the dark paints. Under a regular light they looked plain, but under and ultra violet light they glowed. They took their ideas and inventions to make glow in the dark paints. They painted all their mother's things with this paint. People loved this invention and they started making glow in the dark costums, books, decorations, clothes and all sorts of other things. They were very impressed with their inventions, and how it made people happy.

This is a good book to read to student to teach them that hard work, and dedication pays off in the end. The Switzer brothers had an idea, and they did not lose sight of their idea. In the end, they changed the lives of many.

Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #7

Author: ReNbecca L. Johnson

Title: Journey Into the Deep Discovering New Ocean Creatures

Illustrator: Thee is not an illustrator the pictures are real life pictures.

Genre: Science, History

Subgenre: Realistic History

Theme: There is life in the deep sea.

Primary and Secondary Characters: The deep ocean and its surprising creatures.

Awards and Date of Publication: Orbis Pictus Winner, published in 2011.

Publishing Company: Millbrook Press

This book is about the deep sea. This book takes young readers into the deepest parts of the ocean, six miles down. Scientist did not realize there was life this deep into the ocean, until 1960. The ocean is dark and desolate this far down, and it is amazing that life still exist. In 2000, the census of Marine Life put a team together to discover how many creatures are in the sea, how they live, and how the sea was centuries ago. This team discovered the Antarctic ice fish. These fishes rests on the sea floor surrounded by brittle stars. Ice fish can survive in waters cold enough to freeze the blood of other fishes. Scientist classify these under water creatures by species. Species are categorized by creatures that can mate together and produce offspring. Similar species are grouped together into a larger category called a genus. Together, a living thing's genus name and species name make up its scientific name . On coral reefs along Australia's northeaster coast, census scientist discovered more that one hundred new kinds of soft corals. Unlike reef building corals, soft corals have rubbery bodies. This book is filled with interesting facts about the ocean, and the new discoveries that scientist have found in just this decade.

This is a good book to read to students to teach them how diverse the world is. Also, to teach them that there are discoveries about the world that scientist have not found. That some day when they get older and they can become scientist and discovers some of these mysteries.

Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #6

Author: Barack Obama

Title: Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters

Illustrator: Loren Long

Genre: Picture Book

Subgenre: Children's Book

Theme: We are all unique, but we are all Americans!

Primary and secondary characters: Barrack Obama (narrator), and many historical figures.

Date of Publication: 2010

Publishing Company: Alfred A. Knopf

Barack Obama narrates this book to his daughters. This is an inspirational book. In this book he expresses to his daughters have I told you lately how wonderful you are? How you laugh and sunshine spills into the room? He then compares his daughters characteristics to historical figures. Some of these examples are: have I told you lately that you are smart? Then he gives examples. A man named Albert Einstein turned pictures in his mind into giant advances in science, changing the world with energy and light. Have I told you that you are brave? A man named Jackie Robinson played baseball and showed us all how to turn fear into respect and respect to love. He gave brave dreams to all the dreamers. Have I told you lately that you are kind? A woman named Jane Addams fed the poor and helped them find jobs. She opened the doors and gave people hope. Have I told you that you don't give up? A man named Martin Luther King Jr. taught us unyielding compassion. He gave us a dream that all races and creeds would walk hand in hand. He marched and he prayed and, one at a time, opened hearts and saw the birth of his dream in us. Have I told you that America is made up of people of every kind? Barrack Obama keeps on complementing his daughters, by comparing their personal strengths to strengths of historical figures. In the end, he tells his daughters have I told you that I love you?

This is a great book to read to students to teach them about the past of america, and to introduce historical figures that changed America.

Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #5

Author: Leslea Newman

Title: Donovan's Big Day

Illustrator: Mike Dutton

Genre: Picture Book

Subgenre: Children's Book

Theme: Just because a wedding is different, it is still a wedding and strong.

Primary and Secondary Characters: Donovan and his mothers.

Date of Publication: 2011

Publishing Company: Tricycle Press

Donovan is so excited he has a big day today. He wakes up at his grandparent's house and quickly eats breakfast. He cleans up real well and puts on a suit. He can not play with his cousin or get dirty. He needs to make sure he stays clean. His uncle comes to get him, and he jumps in the car with a satin box in his pocket. When they get to the church, he is the first one out of the car and up the steps. He takes pictures with his grandparents, and his cousin who has flowers in her hair and a flower basket. He waits in the hall for awhile and then it is his turn to walk down the isle. He is nervous he has to walk not jump, run, or skip. He walks down the isle and stays still by the wedding party. He waits and has to listen to grown ups talk, sing, and play the piano. Then, his turn comes he pulls out the satin box and hands one gold ring to his mommy and another gold ring to his Mama. They stare at each other all mushy eyed, and laugh and cry at each other. The tall man then says, "I know pronounce you wife and wife." Donovan throws his arms over both his mothers and kisses them.

This is a good book to read to students, and to share with them that the typical man and woman marriage is not the only type of marriage there is anymore.

Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #4

Author: Ian Schoenherr

Title: Don't Spill the Beans!

Illustrator: Ian Schoenherr

Genre: Picture Book

Subgenre: Animation

Theme: It's hard to keep your birthday a secret.

Primary and secondary characters: Bear and all his friends.

Date of Publication: 2010

Publishing company: Greenwillow Books

It is bears birthday and he is trying not to tell anyone. He can not hold it in. He tries to button his lips, but he can not. He needs to share it. So he tells elephant and toucan. Then he sees auk and Kangaroo and tells them too. He then blurts it to turtle and baboon too. He alerts rabbit and raccoon. He then breaks it to bat and alerts hippo. In the end, all his friends surprise bear with a birthday party.

This is a good book for students to explain that it is hard to keep surprises from friends but that's okay.

Book Write Up #3: Picture Book #3

Author: Corinne Demas

Title: Saying Goodbye to Lulu

Illustrator: Art Hoyt

Genre: Children's Book

Subgenre: Realistic Fiction

Theme: Morning the lost of a dog.

Primary and secondary characters: Lulu (dog), and Lulu's owner a little girl.

Date of Publication: 2009

Publishing Company: Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers

This book is about a dog named Lulu and her owner, who is a little girl. She talks about when Lulu her dog got real old, she could not climb up the stairs anymore. She just waited at the bottom of the stairs. When Lulu could not walk anymore, she would carry her to the grass and feed her with her hands. The little girl is very upset, because she can not make Lulu well anymore. Her parents tell her they will get her another dog when Lulu dies, but she does not want another dog. She wants Lulu to run, jump and swim again. One day Lulu could not even stand anymore. The next day when she comes home from school her mom tells her that Lulu is dead. She was very upset and sad. She planted a cherry tree for Lulu. A year later she gets another dog. She holds the dog and says, "your not Lulu, but I'll love you too."

This book is a good book to share with students, to show them that death is normal and good can come with death.