Response Blogs (EDUC 325 Children's Literature)

        Part One                   Quest for the Tree Kangaroo An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea . Paw Prints,                   2009.              Suggested Grade Levels: 6-8              Genre: Non-Fiction            Part Two         My predictions for this informational text was it was going to be a book that gave solids facts about the tree kangaroo and did not include any pictures. I did not know it was going to be a narrative and I also did not know what a tree kangaroo was or that it existed and was endangered. I enjoyed reading about the expedition that the biologists went on and learning about a different culture with it's exotic animals.         Part Three          ...

        Part One                   Chbosky, Stephen.  The Perks of Being a Wallflower . MTV Books/Gallery Books, 2012.              Suggested Grade Levels: 9-12              Genre: Fiction            Part Two         After reading this book, I was supportive of the main theme of this book which was        essentially teens dealing with being a wallflower. This book deals with anything a teenager can go through in my opinion in regards to inclusivity, drugs, sex, death, sexuality, and traumatic childhood events. All of these issues lead back to how you deal with them, how it changes you, and how others perceive you throughout them in which some cases people end up portraying as a wallflower. I can personally relate to this book and what it is like to be a wallflower...

        Part One                   Kibuishi, Kazu.  Amulet . Graphix, 2008 .              Suggested Grade Levels: 3-7              Genre: Fantasy              Part Two        Judging solely on the cover of the graphic novel, I predicted that the book was going to be about a boy and a girl going on an adventure with a magical necklace. The cover had a door with tentacles popping out from it which completely threw me off. My prediction was it was a book was appropriated for younger children and it wouldn't have any harsh elements in it. After reading the book, I noticed it was more of a dark, mysterious graphic novel. It included death, bizarre creatures, and industrial characteristics such as steel submarines and robots. It gave a twist to normal graphic novels and was packed with...