Category: Book Reviews

In a library, there was this little hole in the wall behind the children’s reference books. Inside the hole was a little mouse named Sam, he lived in the library and he calls himself a library mouse. Doesn’t that sound interesting? When the library was full of people, Sam would curl up and be sleeping.

When it turned to night, Sam was the leader of the library. He would go to the bookshelves and read picture books, chapter books and more. There were so many books that he could read, it was endless. Information filled his mind, he was probably the most smartest mouse of them all. His imagination was incredible, one day, Sam decided it was time to write a book of his own.  He folded over some little squares of paper and found a pencil. He started writing, he wrote about what’s it’s like being a mouse and he drew some little pictures to illustrate it.

When he was done with it, he put it into the auto/biography section and waited for someone to go and read it. After I read this, I admit it, it was a little adorable. So what happens next? Will someone read Sam’s book? Will they even like it? Find out what happens next in the library!

Everyone loves summer vacation, right? Well, Nicky is not excited about this one, he receives news that he will be staying at his grandmothers house for the rest of the summer vacation. Nicky and his father both come to an agreement that this grandma isn’t their regular old fashioned grandma, she calls herself a river rat. What does that mean? Who knows. One thing we know for sure is that she isn’t those types of grandmas who would bake you delicious cookies and spoil you. You’re probably wondering why Nicky can’t stay with his own father. Well, his dad has to work at the plant the whole summer vacation. The good news is: There are gonna be no kids there. In my opinion, I think that’s a great things for starters. Socializing just isn’t my thing, all I need to survive is my handy dandy thick book. 

Anyway, as the time finally came, Nicky was dropped off at grandmothers house. When they were gonna eat supper, Nicky was offered corn bread and instantly turned it down. When he passed through the living room, or in his description what would have been the living room in anyone else’s house, he saw paintings and sketches and a half-finished carving of a bear. When the grandma spots that he has been staring at the bear carving, she simply says,”Been carving that old fellow for years (…) The real one hangs out at the dump”. I think it’s pretty cool that she has the ability to carve wood to make it look like a real animal but that’s only my opinion.

During the summer vacation, Nicky quickly realized that his father was right, Grandma found plenty of stuff for Nicky to do like in the morning, she made him stack firewood, help her clean out the rain gutters and more. When Nicky went fishing, he wasn’t able to catch a fish and that frustrated him. His grandmother told him to try again and he decided to listen to her. He eventually fell asleep and when he woke up, he was surprised by a raft. It also had a picture of a rabbit. If I saw a raft in real life, I would’ve ran away screaming with my arms in the air but not Nicky. Nicky is brave!

Nicky finally cleaned the raft and he got an idea. He ran to the cottage and asked his grandmother if she had any rope and she said yes. He grabbed the rope and pushed the raft into the reeds along the rivers edge and tied the raft to the dock so it wouldn’t drift away. Why didn’t he tell her? Who knows?  Now, what is he going to do with the raft? Will he use it or will he just stare at it until he becomes bored of it? You can find out what happens next in the library.

In my opinion, I fear spiders. They aren’t even a insect since they have eight legs. Also, no matter where you are, a spider is near you. You cannot escape them. It’s just a never ending nightmare. Did you know that in Greek myths, Athena created spiders because someone tried to challenge her to a weaving contest. Now they are cursed to weave webs and look terrifying.

Anyway, Diary of a Spider is about a spider that is living just like us. He goes to school, he has grandparents day and he has a best friend that is a fly. He goes to gym class to practice how to fly, though his friend can fly, which makes his grandpa not like his friend. He had a safety class and learned that the vacuum was the spiders enemy, it would vacuum their web and it could most likely kill them. They had a vacuum drill and he stopped what he was doing and he forgot where he was going, Due to that, he ran screaming from the room and they are having another drill tomorrow. Soon after that, his father made fun of his friend. Fly didn’t try to get out of her treehouse again after that. Will they be able to be friends again? What will happen to spider’s life? You can find out what will happen next in the library.

It was a regular day for Duncan, he went to school like any other day, But went to get his box of crayons in order to compleate his project, though he was in for a surprise. Duncan found a stack of letters. He read them carefully and was in shock for what was written. The crayons have wrote him a letter saying that they quit. Duncan was in shock. He needed his crayons for his school project. The gray crayon said that he quit because Duncan has used him a lot for huge and massive creatures like rhinos, elephants and others.

The black crayon has written to Duncan that he has only been used to outline stuff like rainbows, clouds and beach balls but he wants to be used as a crayon to fill in stuff. He had stated that he wanted to color a black beachball or a black rainbow. The next crayon was red and he/she had a lot to say. It said that it wanted to be used less because of the times it had to color. It had to color firetrucks, strawberries, apples, hearts and even Santa Clause. The rest complained that they were being used a lot too, not being used a lot, and being confused for another color. What will happen next? Will Duncan be able to get his crayons back? Find out what happens next in the library.

Check out Drew Daywalt “The day the crayons quit ” to find out

Do you like your hair? Penelope sure doesn’t, well at least at first. Penelope wakes up one morning and wants to go outside. Her mom tells her no because she hasn’t done her hair and  Penelope doesn’t like the fact that her big hair is stopping her from playing.  After that she says she doesn’t like her hair and she wants to change it. Penelope thinks that it will take hours to get her hair done.

Penelope discovers her hair’s true potential and the adventures it will bring. It will show her that her puffy brown crown is the prettiest throne anyone can get.
When I read the book I felt like it took me back to when I was a little kid and liked playing with my hair. I can also relate to the book because I also do not like my puffy brown crown, which also takes a long time to manage…but I’m learning to.