Growing Minds Through Reading

 The Gingerbread Man BIBLIOGRAPHY Retold by Kimmel, Eric A.   The Gingerbread Man. New York: Holiday House, 199.3 ISBN 0-8234-0824-8. PLOT SUMMARY One day an old woman and old man baked a gingerbread man.   After they finished decorating him, the gingerbread man ran away from them.   As they called him to come back and ran after him, the gingerbread man replied “I’ll run and run as fast as I can.   You can’t catch me.   I’m the gingerbread man.” The gingerbread man keeps on running.   On his way down the road, he runs into a sow.   The sow asks him to slow down since he wants to talk to him.   The gingerbread man keeps on running and replies “I’ll run and run as fast as I can. You can’t catch me.   I’m the gingerbread man! I ran from the woman. I ran from the man. I’ll run from you.   See if I can!”   As he runs away, the gingerbread man passes a dog, a horse and a cow respectively.    They all ask the gingerbr...

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!    BIBLIOGRAPHY Scieszka, Jon.   The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! New York: Penguin Group, 1989. ISBN 978-0-451-47195-6. PLOT SUMMARY The story starts with Wolf making a birthday cake for his granny.   That day he had a terrible sneezing cold.   When baking the cake, he ran out of sugar, so he goes on to the First Little Pig’s house to borrow some.   Wolf knocks on the door which nobody answer and as he is about to leave his nose got itchy and he let out a big sneeze which cause the straw house to come tumbling down.   He found the First Little Pig dead and Wolf ate him since he thought it would be a bad idea to leave a good piece of ham go to waste.   Wolf goes on to the Second Little Pig’s house to ask for sugar.   When he is there, he lets out another sneeze which causes the Second Pig’s House to fall.   The Wolf found the second pig dead and since food can spoil if left out, Wolf decide...

 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat BIBLIOGRAPHY Taback, Simms.   Joseph Had a Little Overcoat . New York: Penguin Group, 1999. ISBN 9780670878550. PLOT SUMMARY This is the story of Joseph who has an old and worn little overcoat.   With his little overcoat he decides to make himself a jacket.   The jacket gets old and worn as well so he makes a vest out of his jacket.   Yes, as you guessed, his vest gets old and worn so Joseph makes a scarf out of it.   Joseph continues to make different clothing items.   From his scarf he makes a necktie, with his necktie he makes a handkerchief and from his handkerchief he makes a button.   At the end, Joseph loses his button and decides to write a book out of it. CRITICAL ANALYSIS Young readers will be captivated by the use of repetitive phrases throughout the story such as “Joseph had a little” and “It was old and worn.”    The usage of the die-cut holes allows the readers to predict what the nex...

  HELLO LIGHTHOUSE BIBLIOGRAPHY Blackall, Sophie. Hello Lighthouse . New York: Hachette Book Group, 2018. ISBN 9780316362382 PLOT SUMMARY This is the story of a lighthouse and it’s new keeper.   The keeper keeps busy every day to keep the lighthouse running up to par.   He spends his days tending the light, drinking tea, writing in the logbook and writing to his beloved wife.   His wife is finally able to join him, and they make the lighthouse their home where they get to welcome their child.   As time passes and the weather changes, the lighthouse always whispers a welcoming “hello, hello.”   The time comes when the keeper’s job is done as a new light is installed in the lighthouse and there is no more need for a lighthouse keeper. The keeper will no longer write in the logbook as he and his family say goodbye to the lighthouse. CRITICAL ANALYSIS From the beginning, the story captivates the reader to the life of the lighthouse keeper.   It...

  MILLIONS OF CATS BIBLIOGRAPHY Ga’g, Wanda. Millions of Cats . New York: Puffin Books, 2006. ISBN 9780142407080 PLOT SUMMARY - This is the story of an old, lonely couple.   The old man goes out on the lookout for a cat after his wife mentions that a cat would help with their loneliness.   The old man sets off on a journey to look for one.   After a long time, he finds himself in a hill full of millions and trillions of cats.   When he finds one to take home, he then finds another cat which grabs his attention.   The old man can’t resist and decides to take that one too. He continues doing this until all the cats follow him home. His wife is surprised to see all the cats and questions how they will be able to feed all of them.   They decided to keep only one and since they can’t decide on which one, they ask the cats to decide which one is the prettiest one.   The cats start quarreling because they all think they are the prettiest one. ...

  Should I Share My Ice Cream?   BIBLIOGRAPHY Willems, Mo. Should I Share My Ice Cream? New York: Hyperion Books, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4231-4343-7 PLOT SUMMARY - Elephant has a big dilemma as he is ready to enjoy a delicious ice cream during a hot day.   As he is ready to dive into it, he realizes that his good friend Piggie might want to enjoy some of it too.   He goes back and forth trying to convince himself why he should share his ice cream as well as why he shouldn’t wait to enjoy his yummy, sweet and tasty ice cream.   By the time he makes his mind of sharing his ice cream with Piggie his ice cream has melted.   Elephant is devasted since neither of them will be able to enjoy the ice cream.   Piggie shows up with her own ice cream and asks Elephant if he wants some.   Elephant responds that eating some ice cream will cheer him up.   As he is eating it, he realizes that that was not his original plan but concludes that Piggie sharing he...