In Greece, if a child loses his/her mother, they are considered an orphan, which had happened to the girl in this story. When her father remarried to a evil stepmother, she was so poorly treated that the stepmother counted every drop of water the orphan drank. Instead of a fairy godmother, Mother Nature and her children appeared and gave her gifts such as...

Claudia, who feels unequally treated by her parents, decides to run away from home, taking her younger brother, Jamie, with her. They decide to stay at the Metropolitan Museum, making it home. As they stay at the museum, an angel statue captures Claudia's attention. She is awe-struck. She finds out that the statue was auctioned off by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Along with...

The story begins with a brown bear being asked "what do you see?" The bear sees a red bird looking back. The red bird is then asked the same question, which repeats on to next animal. The sequence ends up being the brown bear, red bird, yellow duck, blue horse, green frog, purple cat, white dog, black sheep, goldfish, and a teacher. The...

The story revolves around the friendship between Frog and Toad. It includes different memories of their time together. One memory is when Frog tricks Toad into thinking it's May by ripping off the pages of the calendar. Another describes the experience of Frog and Toad trying to find Toad's lost button by retracing their steps. Opinion/Critique  I think Frog's and Toad's friendship is...

Olivia is similar to most kids other than the fact that she's a pig. Her family consists of her mom, dad, younger brother, cat and dog. She likes to go to the beach, bask in the sun, imagine that she's a ballerina, and read books before bed. Although she wears herself and the people around her out, she knows that she is loved...

Throughout the book, David is constantly being told not to do a certain thing. For example, he's told to "settle down!" when he is jumping on his bed while wearing red cowboy boots and a superhero cape. He's told not to play baseball or bring mud into the house. However, even though he does all these naughty things, the story ends with "Yes,...

The book is made up of a series of questions. Some examples include "could you do the same thing all day?" or "could you run an all-night race?" Under some of the questions, there are possible responses written. For example, some possible responses to "How many different ways could you send a message?" are pigeon, email, singing telegram, walkie talkie. There are even...

When all the animals see wild geese flying south, they realize that winter is coming. So each animal creates a plan for how they're going to survive through the winter. For example, the ground hog decides to sleep until springtime so he doesn't have to store food. On the other hand, the red and grey squirrels have been busy storing nuts and acorns...

Throughout the story, the King and Queen invites a little boy to their house to hang out. Each time, the boy asks if he could bring a friend to which the King and Queen enthusiastically allow. The friend that the boy brings is always an animal such as a giraffe, monkeys, and lions. In the end, instead of the King and Queen inviting...

The story begins with a rabbit thinking "What if the earth broke up?" When he hears a loud sound behind him, he runs in fear, assuming the earth was actually breaking up. He then initiates a line of frenzy and scared animals that follow him. However, when a lion catches them running, he proves that the earth isn't breaking by going back to...