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Chapter Books
Biographies
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Before You Leap
by Kermit the Frog
5th grader Anna says:
"A frog's-eye view of life's greatest lessons" is the whole book crammed
into a simple eight words. However, these words aren't so simple as you
may think. That sentence is pretty much a whole summary of the book.
Before You Leap starts out as Kermit taking you step-by-step through his
life and all of the lessons that he learned from being a tadpole to a
big, green, frog. Then, the next half is about you, and what you should
do with your life.
This humorific (I don't even think that "humorific is a word)
autobiography is a certain page turner. As I have already stated, the
first half of the book is about Kermit's life. It talks about his life
at the swamp, with his 2,353 brothers and sisters, and the happiest day
of his life, when he got his legs, officially coming out of tadpolisim
(I don't think that "tadpolisim" is a word, either). It shows you
Kermit's report card, and explains what his odd classes are. EX: Prince
Prep, how to rule a small enchanted kingdom on the off chance you kissed
by a beautiful princess in a fairy tale, or an animated feature film.
Kermit got an A- on that one. The novel carries on to tell you how he
got into the Muppets, met Jim Henson, and met his beautiful wife, Miss
Piggy. The second half of Before You Leap tells you about what you
should do when you come across obstacles in your life, seeing as Kermit
has been through it all already (except death). But, if you want get in
on all of the juicy, fly-filled (not really), inside, then you'll just
have to read the book.
Although this piece of writing is one of the best ever books, it has a
couple of soft spots that could use some help. For instance, it lacked
in detail. When the time was perfect fop a splash of description, there
wasn't any! The effect of that was that I couldn't create mental
pictures by myself. However, those problems were almost always followed
with a picture, which soon solved the problem. The pictures were clear,
one of he strengths of the book, and always went along with what the
text said, not just random pictures which had frogs in them (even though
a lot did have frogs in them, they weren't random).
Even though Before You Leap had some confusing parts, that
doesn't mean that it wasn't a great read. In fact, it was the most
exciting book that I read for this quarter's accountabilities! I
recommend this book to every one who loves humor, but vocabulary wise,
everyone age 10 and up. I recommend this book to such a wide variation
of ages because my mom read it, she is 41, my sister read it, she is 15,
my Aunt read it, she is 40, and I'm pretty sure that my brother read it
and he is 13. As far as I'm concerned, they all enjoyed it and laughed
out loud, just as I did."
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A Place to Hide by
Jayne Pettit
5th grader
Sarah says, "These are true stories about the amazing and terrifying
Holocaust and its rescues! It focuses in on the Holocaust heroine Anne
Frank, a young teenage girl who wrote her diary while hiding from the
Nazis. But, not only that, it also features other people and their
frightening tales of the Holocaust. To me, they are great heroes for
surviving to tell the tale and let their bravery seep through hard
times. This book makes you feel like you were really there when the
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Who Was Albert Einstein? by
Jess Brallier
5th grader
Armita says, "This book is wonderful if you are working on a
biography project. It goes deep down under the frzzly hair and explains
Albert's true feelings. Though it states information, it still has a fun
way of getting it across." |
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Who Was
Helen Keller? by Gare Thompson
5th grader Sarah says, "
This book gives good and interesting information about the life of Helen
Keller. It talks about her childhood, early days, and her later days.
This is a very enjoyable biography on Helen Keller!
It is easy to read and understand, so kids of all ages can enjoy it,
unlike those loooong and boring biographies with small print and no
pictures." |
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Biographies are found in their own
section of the library.
They all have a capital B on their spine label above the first three letters
of the famous person's last name.
Like this:
Biographies are good for
everyone to read. They let us know what makes a great person great!
Clow Kids rave about these REALLY GOOD
biographies!
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