Article Archives: Kid Reviews by Caleb Powell
Caleb is a 8-year-old second-grader who is doing very well in school.
He enjoys the outdoors and welcomes every opportunity to play outside
with his friends. He is an avid football fan and plays Flag Football,
Soccer and Basketball. Because of his high interest in football, his
parents are currently helping him to master the names of the United
States by matching states to the names of professional and college
football teams. Caleb's thoroughly enjoying that lesson!
:: December 28, 2004. A Triangle for Adaora: An
African Book of Shapes by Ifeoma Onyefulu is about an African
girl named Adaora who wants to see what a triangle looks like, so
her cousin, Ugo, takes her through their African village to try and
find one. more
:: May 4, 2004. The Story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert
Coles and illustrated by George Ford is about a little girl named
Ruby Bridges who was born in Mississippi. more
:: April 4, 2004.
In Dear
Benjamin Banneker, Andrea Davis Pinkney writes about how Benjamin
Banneker grew up as a free man. more
:: March 1, 2004. It's Raining Laughter, by
Nikki Grimes (Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney) is about kids telling
poems about what they are and what they do and what they want to do.
more
:: January 11, 2004. In the book, What is Martin Luther
King, Jr., Day? four friends are talking about what they are going
to do on their holiday from school the next day which is Martin Luther
King, Jr., Day. more
:: December 1, 2003. If
You Traveled On The Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine taught
me a lot about the secret way that slaves escaped from the South to
the North. Sometimes they would have to walk on the Underground Railroad.
more
:: August 15, 2003. Monster Bugs by Lucille Recht
Penner is about different kinds of bugs and the one that I like the
most is the praying mantis. more
:: May 1, 2003. The Little Bill book, Hooray
for Mother's Day, is about Little Bill giving his mom presents
and surprises on Mother's Day. more
:: April 1, 2003. I
Wonder Who Stretched the Giraffe's Neck by Mona Gansberg Hodgson
is about a boy named Jared and he wonders who made all the animals.
more
:: July 1, 2003.
In The Honeywood Street Fair by Catherine Lukas, Little
Bill and his whole neighborhood help Little Bill's sister, April,
get new uniforms for her basketball team. They have a street fair.
more
:: May 30, 2003. Abiyoyo,
by Pete Seeger, is about a little boy and his father. The little boy
plays his ukelele so much that the grown-ups do not like it one bit
because they get tired of the noise. more
:: December 1, 2002. In The
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, a little boy wakes up, looks out
of his bedroom window and sees snow everywhere. more
:: October 1, 2002. In WHOOO'S
Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost? by Kay Winters, a teeny tiny ghost
goes to school. more
:: September 17, 2002. Africa
Dream, by Eloise Greenfield, is about a girl who dreams she takes
a big jump across the ocean and lands in "long-ago Africa."
more
:: April 1, 2002. Review of An Adventure with Captain
Brainstorm. 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1.....Blast off with Captain Brainstorm
and Little Bill to planet Yubba to save three space explorers who
are trapped there by a robot named Robotcha. more
:: September 4, 2002. In Hooray
For Grandparents' Day! everyone at a school is getting ready for
Grandparents' Day -- except for Arnie because he doesn't have any
grandparents to bring to school. more
:: July 1, 2002. Pete's
A Pizza by William Steig is about a boy named Pete who wants to
go outside to play ball with his friends but cannot because it's raining.
Pete's dad cannot stand to see Pete looking so sad and decides to
turn him into a pizza to make him laugh. more
:: March 1, 2002. Bark,
George, by Jules Fieffer, is about a dog, George, who cannot bark,
so George's mother takes him to the vet to find out what's wrong.
more
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