Brandon in Ms. Ludtke's room

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

This book is good because it is about a kid that writes to this author named Mr. Henshaw. The kid's name is Leigh Botts and his parents are divorced because when his parents were married and hid dad started going cross country in his truck they got divorced. Mr. Henshaw's book Ways to Amuse a Dog and he does tons of book reports on it as he gets older. When Leigh's dad is driving in his truck, Leigh waits for his dad to call him, but he usually doesn't. One time he called Leigh because his dad lost Bandit. Hid dad sent him a letter with a napkin with twenty dollars and the napkin said "sorry about bandit, go buy yourself an ice cream cone. Leigh was mad about that. Leigh also got to meet the famous author too. I think this got the Newbery medal because it is just an awesome book.

Chase in Mrs. Peacock 's room

Saturn by Elaine Landau

Saturn is a really interesting planet. Saturn has seven rings and the rings are not one piece. They are made of rock from the sizes of tinier that a grain of sand to larger than a house. If a space ship enters Saturn's atmosphere it would crush like a can. Saturn has no solid surface to stand on, so if you tried to stand on it you would go right through. That's just some facts about Saturn. Learn more about it my going to the astronomy section in the library.

Tate in Mrs. Peacock's room

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare

This book is about twelve year old Matt when a bear wrecks his cabin and he tries to get honey. But the bees have stopped him. Then he is rescued by an Indian named Attean. One day they meet a bear. Will the bear kill them? Will the bear get killed? Read this Newbery honor book and find out.

Emma in Mrs. Peacock's room

Galaxies by Howard K. Trammel

Galaxies are filled with stars, gas and dust. Galaxies with lots of gas and dust usually have more stars. All galaxies are not alike. They have different numbers of stars and different shapes.

Garrett in Mrs. Constantine's room

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

I think this book was a Newbery winner because it was a great book and it was unusual. Another thing about it is that it has miniature poems about different things all packed together in one and that made it more interesting. I think this book really deserves the award and it does. After I read this book I learned that poems can be about anything. Last, I want to say that this book will be great to read and I hope you enjoy it.

Ben in Mrs. Constantine's room

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

I like this poem book because its poems have lots of awesome words. Also the book has lots of super titles. I thought the best poem was the Moth's Seranade. The first two paragraphs were the best. You want to hear it well then, here it is: Porch light, hear my plight. I drink your light like nectar by day. Gaze in your eyes all night porch light. I think you should read this book because it is a really awesome poetry book.

Hunter in Mrs. Constantine

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan

This book is a really good honor book. It should be an honor book, because it has a lot of action and suspense. I think every child should read this because they go on this trip to save the apples everybody loves. The truck just keeps going because they hate the apples. Read this book!

Emily in Ms. Ludtke's room

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

This book is about a boy whose father has died and needs to fix his automaton. Hugo thinks the automaton will do something for his life. I think you should read this book because it has so many adventures and interesting characters. I think it won the award because of the great pictures. My favorite part is the ending. I'm not telling you anymore than this. You have to read the book!

Alan in Ms. Ludtke's room

The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
this is a great book. It is about 2 kids, Sophie and Cody and their families. The sail across the Atlantic Ocean from Connecticut to land off England. They go there for a very important reason. If you want to find out why they sail to England, and what happens while they are sailing there, read this funny and adventurous book about Sophie and Cody. I think it got the Newbery Medal because of all the imagery in the book and how it expresses the character's feelings.

Abbey in Ms. Ludtke's room

Joyful Noises by Paul Fleischman
In this book, there are two voices that are very joyful. There are lots of insects that talk in an unique way. They all need so they go out on their mission to find the food. There are lots of insects. My favorite two are the grasshopper and the butterfly. This is a great book.

Alex in Mrs. Ludtke's room

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

In this book, Jeffery Lionel Magee is an normal boy until there's a fatal crash that kills both of his parents.When he lives wiht his uncle and aunt, they are divorced and try to have Jeffery different days. Soon he runs away. He goes to live with many different families. He unties Cobble's knot , sits on Finsterwald's porch, and other crazy things. I think it won the Newbery award because it includes family and it is very well written.

Shelton in Ms. Ludtke's Room

The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
A Presbyterian boy , Holling Hoodbood has just started 7th grade attending Camillo Junior High. Holling knows his teacher, Mrs. Baker is out to get him some how. I mean, is there any other reason why she would make him read Shakespeare outside of class? His 7th grade school year starts in 1967 when everybody in his school has bigger things to worry about than getting cream puffs to avoid being dead meat. Like the war that's going on in Vietnam. Holling's father could care less about everything in the world. All he cares about is the Hoodbood's family business and its success. Can Holling stay out of trouble with Mrs. Baker as his teacher? I think this book deserves the Newbery honor because of its humor and suspense. This book is full of humor. Even Holling's name is funny. Think about it Holling Hoodbood, now that is hysterical. In this book, you never know what's going to happen next. For instance one moment Holling is about to be beat to a prune and the next he's saved! This book is amazing!

Nathan in Ms. Constantine's room

Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport

When Martin was a little boy he always saw signs that said: "Whites only". Then he felt like he was just a nobody and only whites can be good people. Until his mother told him "you are as good as anybody".Martin grew up and became a minister like his dad, and he told blacks and some whites "everyone can be great".One day Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a speech "I have a dream, that one day in Alabama little black boys and black girls will join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers". One day he was walking out of his motel and he was shot. He died. Now we all know that we are equal.
I think that this book should be a Newbery book because this is a very important lesson too teach little children and also just a very cool book to read.

Ty in Miss Ludtke's Room

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Roy Everharbt just moved from Boseman, Montana to Coconut Cove, Fl. He is not happy about it, but thanks to the biggest bully in school, Dana, Roy sees a strange barefoot boy running down the sidewalk. Soon Roy finds that kid is called "Mullet Fingers" and needs help to save burrowing owls at the construction site of a future Mother Paula Pancake House. Along with Beatrice, Roy, Mullet Fingers and Beatrice, the three middle school friends have to stop the construction once and for all. See if the three friends complete their goal by reading "Hoot." I think Hoot won the Newbery medal because of the way Carl Hiaasen describes the characters, like the sly Mullet Fingers.

Jessica in Mrs. Constantine's Room

Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport

The book, Martin's Big Words is about Martin Luther King, Jr. When he was a young discrimination was around. When Martin got older he got tired of the sign " White Only" on the best bathroom, the best restaurant, and the test seat in the theater. I think this book deserves an award because it teaches you a lesson about what happens in the old days.

Eileen in Mrs. Williams

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo
The Tale of Despereaux is an examplary book. It is very exciting and adventurous. It also uses good descriptive words. The book feels like you are right next to what is happening in the book. It is like you can see, hear, smell, touch and even taste the actions. That is why I think the book got the honor award.

Abbey in Miss Ludtke's room

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanore Estes

This book was about how there was a not so healthy girl. She had said she had one hundred dresses in her closet, but she wore the same dress every day. So one day, she invited them to her house to see them and there was one hundred dresses in there. Read the book to find our who she had one hundred dresses but only wore one. I thin this book was chosen because of the creative writing and drawing. Also, it helps readers understand how grateful they are.

Riley

Gilly Hopkins is a foster child who does not understand family. She is sent to live with Maine and her foster brother, William. She will understand family and learn to love. I thought that it was a great book because of the moral. It was a wonderful book and I hope you read it.

Will in Ms.Constantine

The name of this book is Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Roy is not happy about moving to Florida, he even quotes "Disney is an armpit compared to Montana." The last two years he's happily been living in Boseman, Montana. Roy's family moves a lot because his dad works with the department of justice. Out of all the places Roy has lived, his favorite was Montana. One day down in Coconut Cove, Fl. he spots a barefooted boy running faster than anyone he's ever seen before which changes his life. I think this book won a Newbery award because it spreads a serious topic, deforestation. Deforestation is a very serious topic and it's mainly happening everywhere. In 100 years, animals will adapt or have to die at the rate deforestation is happening.

Nick in Ms. Ludtke's room

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Genniffer Choldenko
In this book a 12 year old boy called Moose has a sister named Natalie who is 15 and has a mental problem. Moose and some other friends he meets, such as Piper, Jimmy, Abby, and Theresa do this project where they take people's clothes to Alcatrez. They live on Alcatrez and so they have the children's clothing washed by convicts, such as Al Capone. Read this book an find out what happens next. I think this book is a Newbery winner because of it's amazing story and characters.

Kasia in Mrs. Constantine's room

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

This book is about Maniac Magee, but his real name isn't Maniac Magee. It is Jerry Magee. He is being taken care of my his aunt and uncle who fight so he left. He has gone from family to family. he has never actually kept a home. I think you should get this book because it has so many details. I love it!

Ben in Ms. Constantine's room

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Maniac Magee is about a kid named Jeffrey who used to have parents, but now he does not because they were on trolley P and W and the trolley driver got drunk and flew them off a bridge into the river. Then he went to his aunt and uncle's who fight all the time. So he ran away and now he lives by himself in the wild. My favorite part was when went out and sat on the mean people's front porch and read. This book deserves to be a Newbery Award book because it is really funny and adventurous.

Alan in Ms. Ludtke

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book is a great book. It is about an orphaned boy, which receives the name of Nobody Owens. His family is killed by Jack Frost. At a very young age, he enters a graveyard and is adopted by two ghosts of what used to be living people. Will Nobody(Bod) every see the outside world? What happens to Bod afterwards? Read Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard to find out. I think this book won the Newbery Award because of all of the great characters in the book and because of the story of Bod's life.

Brandon in Ms. Ludtke's room

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleishman

Joyful Noise is about bugs and what they do and look like. It changes moods through the book. During the Whirlig Beetles the words talk about circular motions. Then the saddest poem was the Requiem two praying mantis were praying for all these bugs. At the end it said last night we had the winters first killing frost. I think this book won the Newbery Medal for its variety of poems.

Hunter in Ms. Ludtke's room

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Hatchet is an awesome book for someone who loves adventure and thrills. Hatchet is about a boy named Brian who is in a plane when it crashes because the pilot had a heart attack and crashed into the middle of a forest. In the forest, Brian has to find a way out or get saved by someone. He goes out and meets deer, bears, snakes and some natural disasters. I will not tell you the end, you will have to read it. I think it won the Newbery award because out of every book there is the most suspense and you want to know if he lives.

Shelton in Ms. Ludtke's class

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain is about an eight year old boy named Johnathon. he starts over Hemlock Mountain to fetch the big iron for his mother from his aunt. Johnathon is convinced there are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, but soon has his mind changed. I like this book because it's a great story and it's realistic. And that's exactly why I think it deserves a Newbery Honor.

Riley

Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson. This is about a little girl named Gilly that is a foster child, wild and is very naughty. But she learns what a family is and what it means to be part of one.

Jade in Ms. Ludtke

Joyful Noises by Paul Fleishman

This book is about poems. I think you should read this book because it has positive attitude. In the book, the author uses the bugs and tells how they feel. I recommend that you read this book.

Will in Ms. Ludtke

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

When Brian Robinson gets on a small bush plane to go see his father he doesn't know what he's in for. When he is about halfway there, flying over the "bush" (Canadian Wilderness) the pilot of the bush plane suffers a heart attack and dies. The plane plummets down into a lake, Brian survives and is left to fend for himself in the Canadian Wilderness with a small hatchet his mother had given him before he left. I think Hatchet won the Newbery Honor because it was very suspenseful and filled with action like when Brian's lungs were bursting underwater when he tried to swim into the underwater wreckage to recover the emergency survival kit.

Jaylen in Ms. Shannon

The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers by Mordica Gerstcin.

This book is about a man who walks between the twin towers. It has suspense in it because when he gets to the top it looks like he is going to fall. You should read this book.

Hannah in Mrs. Baucom's Room

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy is a wonderful book about a boy who goes to lots of places to find his dad. Everywhere he goes, Bud meets new people and ends up being called Clarence? You know what really gets on his nerves? Being called Buddy. If you want to find out what the real surprise is, read this book. I think that it won the Newbery Award because it is super funny.

Emily in Ms. Ludtke's Room

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

Joyful Noise is about bugs, and some of the bugs are house crickets, honeybees, and the digging wasp. The book Joyful Noise tells about bugs and what they do in their habitat. For an example, the honeybee says she is a queen laying eggs all day by the hundreds and making wax. I think it won the Newbery Honor award because of the great illustrations, the wonderful poems and the neat insects.

Nathan in Ms. Constantine's Room

Madeline by Lubwing Bemelmans

A girl named Madeline was living in a school in Paris with Miss Claval. One night, Madeline's appendix burst and she went to the hospital. Six hours later she was eating. People came and went to visit her. Finally, she got out and went back to live with Miss Claval. I think this was an honor book because of the rhyming story.