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 This book tells about the events of Ronald McNair’s life. They start the book off by talking about The Challenger and how it exploded when they took off. Then they began the story of his life. Something that I found interesting about his is the fact that he is from Lake City, South Carolina. They talk about his adventures of his career being one of the first black astronauts.

This books is a biography of George Washington’s life as wella as his presidency.  It talks about the Revolution the years of 1175-1783 and the French and Indian War.  It also goes in depth about the colonial period.  Although this is a juvenile literature book I feel that alot can be learned from reading it.  There were things that I had forgotten and it refreshed my memory about what happen in history. 

This book is about a girl who tells the story of her brother, who has autism. She wants to go to the park with her friend, and decides to take her brother along. Since he has autism he does things different from normal children. He listens to the brick walk, and the sidewalk. It tells how children with autism are different but they are still people who need to be loved.

This is a book that gives fact about Groundhog day.  It talks about what Groundhog Day and how it originated.  It is a chapter book that goes in depth about the holiday.  This book explains that Groundhog day is a tradition rather than a national hoiday.

Keisha learns about her historical family background of sweet grass basket weaving, and wants to continue the tradition. They find baskets that her great-grandfather made and one her grandmother made when she started basket weaving. Keisha brother wants to know if it is just for women because he really wants to basket weave as well.

Karen Hesse tells the story of Tessie, a little girl anxiously awaiting a storm on a hot summer day. As the storm approaches, she gathers her friends together in their bathing suits so that they can go out and enjoy the wonderful rain. This is a excellent story that portrays a positive image of friendship and mother-daughter relationships in an urban setting. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful and it’s a great read.

When the Teacher Isn’t Looking is a poetry book about with topics that range from food fights and cafeteria lunch to falling asleep in class and turning in the wrong homework, in the tradition of No More Homework! I think children of all ages will enjoy this book of poems!

This book is filled with poems that range in their topics, they include: Weather and Seasons, Animals, Children, Grownups, and Spaces and Places. The poems could be used by all students, there short poems, long poems, and some have illustrations. I enjoyed reading the variety of poems.