Ms. Mary's Monday Review

Please look at our Britta Teckentrup books!  You will love the peek-through pages and vibrant colors!
We just got Bee, and we are so happy to have new nature books as our patrons begin to visit the new Cook Museum in our neighborhood!

Summer Reading Book Review - Austin M.

Book Title: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Vacation

Author: Stan and Jan Berenstain
  
What was the story about? 
It was about the worst vacation the Bear family ever had. Like when they tasted papa's wilderness stew or papa smells the mountain air

Did you like the book? Yes, because it is so funny. Like when papa was swept out of the house.


Reviewed by: Austin M.

Austin rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Book Title: Curious George: Trash to Treasure

Author: Adaption by Bethany V. Freitas
  
What was the story about? 
It's about when George finds trash and turns in into treasure

Did you like the book? Yes.


Reviewed by: Austin M.

Austin rated this book 5 out of 5 stars. Thank you so much for reviewing this book Austin!

Summer Reading Book Review - Kimberly M.

Kimberly M. must really enjoy biographies! She left us 2 reviews on famous Americans: Harriet Tubman and Donald Trump.

Book Title: Harriet Tubman

Author: Ann Petry
  
What was the story about? 
Harriet's life story, when she was born, when she escaped and helped others escape.

Did you like the book? I did. It was interesting. 

Kimberly rated this book 4.5 out of 5 stars

Book Title: Donald Trump

Author: Nick Robinson
  
What was the story about? 
This book told about President Trump's life. 

Did you like the book? This book was very interesting

Kimberly rated this book 5 out of 5 stars! 





Book Title: Star Wars Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
Author: Jude Watson
  
What was the story about? 
This book was about how the Jedi are trying to catch Zan Arbor.

Did you like the book? I liked this book because it was action-packed. 

Kimberly rated this book 5 out of 5 stars



Book Title: Star Wars Jedi Quest: The School of Fear
Author: Jude Watson
  
What was the story about? 
A senator's son vanished so Anakin and Ferus go undercover where the missing boy disappeared.

Did you like the book? I liked this book because it was action-packed. 

Kimberly rated this book 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you for your reviews Kimberly! You chose two amazing American figures to read about this summer.

Summer Reading Book Review - Isabella C.

Book Title: The Land of Stories: World's Collide 
Author: Chris Colfer
  
What was the story about? 
Conner Bailey has hoped of saving his sister, Alex, from the eveil witches plan to curse her and use her to conquer the otherworld by opening a portal that would release the fairy tale characters. Conner and his friends did not stop the portal from opening on time, and causing half of the witch's plans to happen. Will he be able to save his sister and the rest of the world?

Did you like the book? I loved it. There are so many twists and turns that are unexpected. It leaves the viewer wanting more.

Reviewed by: Isabella C.

Isabella rated this book 5 out of 5 stars. Thank you for this book review Isabella!


The Land of Stories is an adventure, fantasy series that we can barely keep on the shelf! The series first began in 2012 with The Wishing Spell and World's Collide is the sixth and final book in the collection.

Ms. Mary's Monday Review

Reflections by Rosa Parks is a short autobiography of a great leader.  The Montgomery Bus Boycott had an outstanding community member as their representative.  Mrs. Parks lead a movement that changed our country, and then she kept on fighting for equality for the rest of her life.  Even as a child, she learned that everyone deserved respect.
Reflections is available as an audiobook and as an ebook downloadable from Hoopla, which is free to you as a Decatur Public Library cardholder.  Listening to the book on Hoopla is a great way for kids to learn more about her life and her faith.
Please ask us if you have questions about using Hoopla.

Summer Reading Book Review - Cody H.

Book Title: Junie B Jones #23 Shipwrecked

Author: Barbara Park
  
What was the story about? 
Junie B Jones learning about Christopher Columbus.

Did you like the book? Yes, books help me learn

Reviewed by: Cody H.

Cody rated this book 5out of 5 stars. Thank you for this book review Cody!


The Junie B. Jones series was first published in 1992 (Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus) and includes more than 20 books. During the summer, we can hardly keep these books on the shelf!

Summer Reading Book Review - Mikael B

Book Title: In The Garden With Dr. Carver

Author: Susan Grigsby
  
What was the story about? 
Dr. Carver's name is George Washington Carver. He was a famous plant scientist from Tuskegee. He made luxuries out of peanuts and sweat potatoes.

 Did you like the book? Yes, I liked the book. It has science in it and how to make food.

Reviewed by: Mikael B.

Mikael rated this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. Thank you so much for sharing your book review Mikael!



This summer, our theme is "Alabama Has A Universe Of Stories" and we're celebrating our states 200 bicentennial, so we absolutely LOVE that Mikael B. chose to review a book about a famous Alabamian! Dr. Carver was born in Missouri but moved to Alabama to teach at the Tuskegee Institute.

He did so much for the world and we're very lucky to have had him teaching in our wonderful state, where he taught farmers about the benefits of crop rotation and keeping farm soil nutritious. One of his more widely known contributions to science was his development of many products through peanuts including: wood stains, coffee, oils, paper, flour, cereal and even laundry detergent (among many many more!).

AR level:  4.8
Points: 0.5

Mikael also reviewed another book!


Book Title: Iroquois


Author: Valerie Bodden
  
What was the story about? 
The Iroquois included people of many American Indian Nations. They lived in the northern part of what is now New York. Many lived in Canada too. They called themselves Haudenosaunee, which meant "people of the long-house"

Summer Reading Book Review - Linda H

Book Title: School's First Day of School 

Author: Adam Rex
  
What was the story about? 
The School had many children and 2 apples. The school was happy. Janitor was schools best friend.

Did you like the book? I thought it was nice


Reviewed by: Linda H.
Linda rated this book 5 out of 5 stars! Thank you for reviewing this library book, Linda!



This is a wonderful picture book that shows children that they're not the only ones that may feel anxious about the first day of school! 

AR level: 3.3
Points :  0.5

Ms. Mary's Monday Review

You're All My Favorites by Sam McBratney is a great story to read to your little cubs this summer!  Sibling rivalry can be a big problem, but this picture book might reassure your family.  The book is on a 3.0 A. R. level.

Ms. Mary's Monday Review

If you are a big Star Wars fan, please come in and ask where the books are.  We have easy readers, graphic novels, and Science Fiction chapter books.  We also have the large visual guides to some of the movies that will help fans get the details and diagrams about characters and machinery.