Froggy Bakes A Cake

Froggy Bakes a Cake, by Jonathan London, is about a frog names Froggy. Froggy wants to do something special for his mother on her birthday so he decides to make her some mud pies outside while she worked in the garden. Froggy's father called out to him from inside the house and Froggy went inside to help him bake a cake for his mothers birthday. Well Froggy just seemed to know everything about baking. He mixed seven eggs, a bag of flour and a full box of sugar, a carton of milk, ten handfuls of chocolate covered flies, a box of baking powder and a stick of butter. Froggy then helps his father with decorating the house for his mother's special occasion. As he calls his mother inside something disastrous has happened.
The Froggy books are fun books and have great pictures to follow along with. Kids of all ages could relate to this book, there have always been times when kids have wanted to do things all by themselves and they don't always turn out perfect. This would be a great book to read in class or at home with your children. I personally enjoyed this book and would like to find many more Froggy books.

If You Take a Mouse to School

If You Take a Mouse to School, written by Laura Numeroff, is a fun story about a mouse who wants to go to school with you! The book tells you, the reader, what exactly a mouse would want if they were to take him to school. It begins by letting you know that "If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask for your lunchbox. When you give him your lunchbox, he'll want a sandwich-and a snack for later." The author continues on about what a mouse would need if you took him to school, which includes a notebook, pencils, and even your backpack to share. The mouse has a lot of fun at school and does some great work throughout the day. When you are ready to go home the mouse has forgotten something very important in the classroom. Something that he must go back for.
This book is a great book in a series of these fun stories. I would recommend this book to be read in class to younger students, and it would be fun to have them write a short story about what would happen if they took a certain animal to school. This would be a fun and engaging story and activity. If you haven't read this book or others in the series I highly recommend checking those books out too.

Clifford The Firehouse Dog

Clifford the Firehouse Dog, was written by Norman Bridwell, and is a book about fire safety with the main star Clifford, the big red dog! In this short story Clifford visits the local fire house to go and see his brother Nero. Clifford liked how Nero was a firehouse dog and could show the children safety rules, like Stop Drop and Roll. When Clifford learned this awesome technique he practices out on the street and crushes a street vendor's shop, oops! Just then a fire bell rings and the fire trucks are racing to a fire with Clifford clearing the streets, and protecting people from harm. The fireman face many problems at the fire but good thing Clifford is there to save the day. What exactly does Clifford do? Was Clifford possibly awarded with something in the end for his heroic efforts?
This book was a fun book to read. Clifford is a fun character and the pictures in the book are engaging for a reader. The book had some useful information for young students and would be a good story to read in class to young students. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a short fun adventure and loves Clifford! It would be a fun book to read to students and for parents to read with children.

Class Two at the Zoo

Class Two at the Zoo, written by Julia Jarman is a funny rhyming book about a second grade class at the zoo. The students are so happy to be at the zoo and they see so many fun things, from a giraffe having a laugh, to hippos hopping in the dirt and monkeys eating chocolate dessert. The students and teacher are having so much fun until some of the kids start to go missing because nobody notices the sly anaconda eating them one by one. The anaconda goes unnoticed as eat eats nearly the whole class, until one girl saw the anaconda eat the teacher and another student. What is she going to do?
The book has great pictures. When the anaconda eats the children you can see them sprawled out inside of the large snake trying to get out. The other animals were having so much fun until they saw the anaconda too. The pictures alone would keep a student, or child's interest. The story is great since it rhymes to adds interest to the story too. I would recommend this book to read during school, especially right before a field trip to the zoo!

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, written by Bob Shea, is a book about a little dinosaur and the challenges that he faces through the day that can't stop him. Dinosaur begins by roaring around and saying that nothing can stop me. Dinosaur defeats a pile of leaves with his energy and ROAR he bellows as he accomplishes his first challenge, Dinosaur wins! Next is Dinosaur vs. the slide, and guess what? ROAR ROAR ROAR, Dinosaur wins! Dinosaur continues his winning streak against a bowl of spaghetti, ROAR, CHOMP, CHOMP. Then Dinosaur scares talking grown-ups, ROAR, Dinosaur wins again. Will Dinosaur continue his winning streak throughout the day and into the night or will he finally be defeated.
This book is really a really fun book to read, one of my new favorites. The book has great pictures, and Dinosaur is just a great character to be able to follow around. It would be familiar to parents reading to their children how they are able to just go all day and not take a break until one particular event stops them. The book would be an easy read for beginning readers, and the pictures help to tell the story just as easy as reading. Great book!

Donavan's Word Jar

Donavans Word Jar, written by Monalisa DeGross, is about a boy named Donavan who has a strange collection, unlike baseball cards, buttons, and marbles like his friends do. Donavan began his collection by finding words that he found interesting and he just kept writing them and writing them until his collection of words filled his jar. One day when Donavan noticed that his word jar was too full to fit anymore he had to find a way to be able to collect more words. He thought it over and knew he couldn't just get another jar or box because they would just fill up to. He asked for advice from his mother, father, teacher and grandma. The suggestions just didn't seem to work out for Donavan. Donavan did happen to stumble onto a situation that solved his word problem by itself. But what was it?
This book was a good beginners chapter book. I think that it is a book that most children can relate to because of having a collection and trying to keep it away from their siblings as well. The book keeps you engaged in reading and curious to see what Donovan comes up with to solve his word jar dilemma. I think that many readers would enjoy this chapter book. It keeps the reader interested and ready for the next page the whole way through. The pictures in the book are fun to look at because the borders around the pictures include words written on strips just like Donavan kept. This book is recommended to any collector!

No David

No, David, which is written by David Shannon, is a short book about a boy who is constantly getting into trouble for doing things that he shouldnt be. His mother is always telling him no, and to settle down, to come back and to stop this instant. David is a little trouble maker but something good happens in the end to David.
I really liked this book, the pictures are fun to look at and the text is easy as well and relates to the pictures. David is a fun character for the book and the things that he does to get into trouble can easily be related by most children. There is a series of David books and they are all just as good.
Young children would enjoy this book. The pictures help to draw a reader and being able to read it would build confidence with young readers. Reading this book to young children would also be helpful to hae them see what they may be doing wrong too.