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  About Book Title: Coyote: A Trickster Tale From The American Southwest  Author & Illustrator:  Gerald McDermott Genre: Traditional Literature; Fiction, Trickster Tale, Folktale Major Book Awards: Notable Children's Book 1995-2021 Recommended Age Range: 4 to 7 Appropriate Grade Levels:  Pre-k to 1st grade Summary This book written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott talks about a blue coyote who is always out looking for trouble. He is so nosy that he follows his nose to find something to do, leading him to trouble. He's got bitten by a badger, caught on fire from the woodpecker, and being coiled by a snake. If that wasn't enough, the Coyote then saw some crows and wanted to fly just like them. The crows took this opportunity to mess with him because they knew he was foolish thinking like that. They gave Coyote their plucked feathers and stuck it in his fur. As they did this and tried to "fly," Coyote was injured every time, falling onto the ground.  The cr...

  About Book Title: The Little Red Hen Author: N/A for this retell but its an old fable collected by Mary Mapes Dodge back in 1874 Illustrator: Berta & Elmer Hader; winners of Caldecott Award Genre: Traditional Literature; Folktale, Fable, Fiction Major Book Awards: No major awards for this book Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7 Appropriate Grade Levels:  Pre-k to 2nd grade Summary This book illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader talks about a hardworking little red hen who does all the chores around the house, while her roommates frog and cat wouldn't want to do anything at all. The 3 were hungry since it was breakfast time, but the frog and cat didn't want to build the fire, bake a cake, and set the table, leaving the little red hen to once again do it instead. Once the tasks were complete frog and cat were ready to eat, but the little red hen had enough, taking the cake she baked and went out to eat it herself. As she was enjoying her breakfast out in the sun, a father fox ca...

  About Book Title: Jack and the Beanstalk Author: Richard Walker Illustrator: Niamh Sharkey Genre: Traditional Literature; Folktale, Fairy Tale, Fiction Major Book Awards: No major awards Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8 Appropriate Grade Levels:  Pre-k to 2nd grade [can also be used in any elementary grade] Summary This story retold by Richard Walker talks about a boy name Jack who had to sell Daisy, the family cow, because there was no food or money left. In return, Jack received some magical beans that grew a beanstalk really high, through, and up the clouds. One night Jack woke up and saw an enormous beanstalk out of his window and decided to climb it. Once he had reached the top there was a huge castle that a giant lives in. As Jack quietly explores the castle without trying to awake the giant, he's learned that the goose can lay gold eggs, the harp can play music, and the sacks are filled with food. Jack then took this chance and has successfully taken these goods bac...

About Book Title: The Lion and the Mouse Author & Illustrator: Jerry Pinkey Genre: Traditional Lit., Folk Tales, Fable, Fiction Major Book Awards: 2010 Caldecott Medal Recommended Age Range:  3 to 6 Appropriate Grade Levels:  Pre-k to 1st Summary This wordless picture book written by Jerry Pinkney recreates one of Aesop's fable, The Lion & the Mouse . In this book it talks about a big lion and a small mouse's encounter when the mouse accidentally woke up a sleeping lion. The lion then picks up the mouse and decides whether or not it wants to eat it.  Fortunately, the mouse was let go. The lion then saw some hunters setting up a trap and decided to warn everyone to be aware. Without noticing, the lion tripped on a rope and was trapped. As the lion roars for help, the mouse was seen coming to the rescue. Surprised as the lion seems, the mouse was able to nibble on the ropes and finally set the lion free.  Evaluation - Would I Incorporate this in the C...

  About Book Title: The Three Little Pigs Author & Illustrator: Retold & Illustrated by James Marshall  Genre: Traditional Literature; Fable, Fiction, Folktale Major Book Awards: No book awards for this specific retell  Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8 Appropriate Grade Levels:  Pre-k to 2nd grade Summary The popular and classic story of The Three Little Pigs , retold by John Marshall is about 3 pigs that goes out on their own and build their own houses. The first pig made a house out of straw, the second pig made its house out of sticks, and the third pig made a house out of bricks. All three pigs has to eventually face a big and hungry wolf. The wolf was able to blow down the first 2 pigs' house and gobbled them up,  but was unsuccessful  in doing the same thing with the house made out of bricks. It tried and tried but failed over and over again in trying to capture the pig. At the end, the wolf became impatient and decided to enter the hou...

About Book Title: New Kid  Author & Illustrator: Jerry Craft Genre: Realistic Fiction Format:  Graphic novel Major Book Awards: John Newbery Medal & Coretta Scott King Award 2020 Recommended Age Range: 8 to 12 Appropriate Grade Levels:  3rd to 7th grade Summary This graphic novel follows the school life of a seventh grader named Jordan Banks. Jordan loves to draw, but instead of attending art school as he wishes, his parents decided that it would be best for him to be enrolled in Riverdale Academy Day [RAD] school, one of most prestigious and finest private school in the area. Here, Jordan experiences and witnesses, discrimination, stereotypes, assumptions, and bullying, as he is one of the few African-American student in a predominantly white student body. As he continues to adapt to this new culture, Jordan also faces other problems, such as learning how to balance life in school and outside of school, as well as juggling his social life with friends who come f...