Posts Tagged ‘kids’
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 Blacker the Berry
Amistad, 2008
Poetry
ISBN: 0060253754
32 Pages
ALA Notable Children’s Books. Middle Readers
Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator)
Coretta Scott King Honor (Author)
Synopsis
Written and beautifully illustrated for a younger audience, likely grades 1-4, this book seeks to broaden the worldview of American children that it is necessary to see a wider range of representation in skin tone for African Americans than simply light or dark. There are many variations given ethnic background and heritage, and Thomas’s poetry, along with Cooper’s art shows this by utilizing the common phrase, “The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice,” by comparing the color of skin tone to various berries that can be found throughout the wild. …
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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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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Abrams Books For Young Readers, 2007
Fiction
ISBN: 0810993139
224 pages
Synopsis
Greg Heffley is just another average middle-schooler. All he wants is to be popular and have girls like him. However, a younger and older brother, well-meaning parents, and nerdy friends often get in the way of those quests. Told from the first person in ‘diary’ format, this hybrid between a traditional fiction book and a graphic novel takes a look into the life of a middle-school boy and brings the humor to the surface. I recommend this book to readers 8-13, and boys will find it most engaging. …
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