Grumpy Bird describes a very bad day for Bird. Jeremy Tankard effectively shows Bird’s feelings in Bird’s posture and expression. The grade 3/4 class decided that although there is an animal as the main character the story would still be realistic fiction as it is telling about an experience we can all relate to. Come and follow [...]
Wake up, Henry Rooster is an entertaining look at the life of a teenaged rooster written by Margariet Ruurs He has a problem of staying up late and sleeping in. This begins to cause problems on the farm, such as, the farmer is late for milking the cows, the farmer’s wife is late collecting eggs and [...]
The Queen’s Feet is a super humourous and silly story about a queen with poorly-behaved feet. They don’t cooperate when she meeting foreign kings and won’t wear proper shoes. Her feet get her into lots of trouble. The grade three-fours thought this book deserved five and ½ stars out of six. You can find out [...]
This lovely illustrated poem is a work of art. Lynn Blaikie shows us a view of the north and lets us experience the snow and the night. The grade 3/4’s thought Beyond the Northern Lights deserved 4 1/2 stars out of six.
