“Maybe I don't like being different, but I don't want to be like everybody else, either.“

This story has a great message about love and can be relatable to students. Meg has a hard time at school in the beginning and the students could find comfort in that. Meg is able to gain her independence in freedom throughout the story and that is very impactful to younger students who are trying to figure out who they are.

This would be a great book to read in the classrooms because it is a fun read and has great message.

“Goldilocks tried the little bed, and it was just right.“

In an elementary school classroom, you could use this story for many things. You could use it for plot, setting, and characters. You could also connect it to social-emotional learning. Interacting students as you read it aloud, to discuss Goldilocks' actions and consequences that could follow.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a majorly known traditional literature book. It is a 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. It focuses mainly on personification, giving human characteristics to a family of bears. This story talks about a girl who enters the bears house and makes herself at home by trying each of the family members things. This story is a classic fairytale that can keep younger and older readers involved.

As the sky grew the color of sugar plum and the snow became many shades of blue, hundreds of tiny flames appeared, and the lanterns illuminated the path.

This book would be wonderful to read to children during the winter seasons. It is more interesting than the original story to me personally, as it adds elements of fantasy when the children are actually transformed into the world of the nutcracker with beautiful illustrations. The book would be best used when analyzing the illustrations to understand the characters.

This book is a great story for younger children

“But because of this the mosquito has a guilty conscience. To this day she goes about whining in peoples ears: “Zeee! is everyone still mad at me?“

I would use this story when explaining to my class that it is right to own up to your mistakes. This could also be used when explaining why it is important to always tell the truth.

This is a good book for children and really captures the moral of the story in an inviting way

“But Tasaku felt the sharp sting of a chisel. It was a lowly stonecutter, chipping away at his feet. Deep inside, he trembled.“

Traditional Literature- The Stonecutter is a Japanese folk tale about a man who becomes dissatisfied with his lowly job as a stonecutter. He wishes to be a things he perceives as powerful, such as the sun. However, upon achieving each of these desires, he finds that they are not as fulfilling as he had hoped. This story tells the story of greed in simple terms.

This is a good story and is very relatable to young children.

“ And they all lived happily ever after”

This story would be a great example of a different take on a traditional story and how to create a story that might be based on another. This story would also be useful in a compare and contrast activity between two stories.

This was a great spin on a classic tale of the three little pigs.

The mouse Moral : “Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“

This book has a good source of light an dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts.

I thought this was a good story to read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story.

“Hedgie, what is that ridiculous thing on your head? the pony snorted at Hedgie. That was the last straw.“

This book is a good read with simple characters and has a good message to convey to readers. The story has great images and illustrations that helps capture the theme of the story.

I thought this book was very well written for children and would be great to read in a classroom.

“FRUSTRATED, I'm frustrated because I can't do it. It's hard and I wan't to cry.“

This quote resonates with me because I have definitely had those times in college where I have felt defeated.

This book talks a lot about feelings and different emotions. Which is important because there are some kids that don't understand how to process emotions.

This book is good for children because it depicts feelings in an appropriate way that is fun for children.

“With each goodbye a new hello“

This quote really talks about how it is normal to grow and try new things. It is okay to get rid of old things new adventures will come.

This book is a good book for children it teaches them that it is okay to grow up and the challenges they may face.

This is a a good story that talks about kids transitioning and growing up. The challenges that they go through and how they accomplish new things.

“The rainbow fish shared his scales left and right. And the more he gave away, the more delighted he became.“

This captures the true meaning of the story and talks about sharing and shows how the way to make friends is by being a caring person.

This book exudes a lot of color and is very appealing to readers. The speech bubbles help the readers understand what the fish are thinking.

I think this book is very appealing to the human eye because of all of the colors.

“We all lived on a vine. Sure, it was a bit claustrophobic. Especially when we were trying to get ready in the morning.“

I can relate to this quote because I live with five girls and there is only one bathroom.

The sour grape is very creative and silly to get across a powerful and strong message.

I think this book is very goofy but also has a very good message

“ And Then one day. Mr. Tiger had a ver wild idea.“

This is one of my favorite quotes because it introduces the main idea of the book, and I thought the illustrator was very creative in their illustration.

Mr. Tiger lives in a proper society where everyone walks on two feet. He wants to be able to walk on all fours and be a normal tiger in the wild.

I thought this book was very good and geared towards younger readers.

“She died, of course! even the artist was crying.“

I think that is a funny quote and a good quote to refer back to the illustrations and to get children's insight into the book.

I think this book is a fun way to introduce poems and the illustrations are very silly and exude a lot of color on the page and easily catch the eye of the reader and listener.

I think this is a silly and goofy story that introduces children to poems in a fun and exciting way

“Hey, can I drive the bus? Please? I'll be careful.“

Every child has used those lines for something they want to do. I remember saying that line a couple times myself. That quote brought flashbacks from my childhood.

This book can really resonate with children and is a very exciting and enthusiastic book with a lot of pictures. Children are very persistent and don't like to take no for an answer and this book really captures that.

This book can really resonate with kids and is a silly goofy book with a lot of expression.

“Olivia has a little brother named Ian. He's always copying.“

This quote resonates with me a lot because I have a younger sister and she always wanted to copy me growing up and always bothering me and stealing my clothes.

This is a really great book for children! This book has amazing illustrations and a good family story. I can relate to this story having a younger sibling and having a close bond with my mom

This was a good book for children and had amazing illustrations!

“Joseph had a little button. One day he lost it. Now he had nothing. So Joseph made a book about it. Which shows you can always make something out of nothing.“

This was a great story and this quote highlighted the message of the story that you can always make something out of nothing.

This book had a good lesson throughout the story and it was an exciting read for children having the cut out in each page. this book taught children the importance of recycling and that everything can be reused and refurbished into something new.