Posts Tagged ‘illustrations’
Diary of a Wimpy Kid-The Ugly Truth
Amulet, 2010
Fiction, Graphic Novel
ISBN: 0810984911
224 pages
Synopsis
Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it’s cracked up to be? Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older—all without his best friend, Rowley, at his side. Can Greg make it through on his own? Or will he have to face the “ugly truth”? …
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Amulet, 2009
Fiction, Graphic Novel
ISBN: 0810983915
224 pages
Synopsis
It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. …
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The Circus
Hickory Tales Publishing
Illustrated Children’s Book
ISBN: 0970910487
36 pages
Synopsis
I know it’s a faux pas to review your own book, but this is my 100th post, and I wanted to make it special. Plus, I really did review it like I would review any other book. I gave myself a scathing review. Looks like I’m going to have to resuscitate my self esteem after this one…everyone’s a critic. 
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The House in the Night
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2008
Fantasy
ISBN: 0618862447
40 pages
Winner of The Caldecott Medal
Synopsis
Based off of a beloved children’s book or yore called “This is the Key of the Kingdom” in which the same cyclical nature of the narrative takes place, Swanson seeks to replicate the way the story looks and feels with her own book as well as expound upon it. The book starts out by stating simply, “Here is the key to the house,” and builds from there. There is no rhyming, as is typical of poetry directed at this age group, but despite that, there is a poetic quality to the writing. The book begins and ends with the same type of thoughts, “the house in the night, a home full of light” but throughout the middle, the child is taken on a wonderful journey with the moon as she ushers in night in the city, creating a fantasy element out of the mystery of the moon and dreams. …
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Amulet Books, 2008
Fiction, Graphic Novel
ISBN: 0810994739
224 pages
Synopsis
Greg’s school year is winding down and so is his journal; however, he seems to live the same way and make the same sorts of self-centered choices that have a tendency to get him in trouble throughout the previous three books. This graphic-novel style story chronicles the life of middle-schooler Greg Heffley as told by Greg through hand-written words and pictures in his diary. …
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Amulet Books, 2008
Fiction<
ISBN-10: 0810994739
224 pages
Synopsis
Who can keep secrets when there’s an older brother there to tell everyone? Greg Heffley has gone through something disastrous over his summer vacation that he wants no one to know about. Now that the school year has started, he has to navigate the pressures and difficulties of middle school, a bully of an older brother, a tattletale younger brother, and a big secret he fights desperately to keep. …
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