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Category Archives: Primary Grades
Cotton in My Sack
Cotton in My Sack by Lois Lenski Sometimes, growing things is not an experience full of beauty and wonder. Sometimes the garden in question is an endless field of Arkansas cotton worked by children. Cotton in My Sack is one … Continue reading
Grandpa Green
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith This incredibly simple story is just the telling of a man’s life. The interest is all in the pictures which show that story in the topiary of the man’s garden. The end may make some … Continue reading
Animal Rescue Team: Special Delivery
Animal Rescue Team: Special Delivery! by Sue Stauffacher Keisha Carter’s parents in the business of rescuing animals and the way they go about things, it’s a family affair. Keisha and her little brother Razi are allowed in on the action, … Continue reading
Honus and Me
Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman This is the first installment in Gutman’s Baseball Card Adventure series. Joe Stoshack is just a normal kid and struggling member of his baseball team. Between his lack of sports … Continue reading
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han Clara Lee is super excited for the Apple Blossom Festival. More than anything, she wants to be Little Miss Apple Pie and wear her beautiful red Korean dress and stand … Continue reading
Rabbit Race
Rabbit Race by Ben M. Baglio Rabbit Race is part of the Animal Ark series which is a huge hit among third grade animal lovers. And since there are about a trillion of them, the trick is usually getting students … Continue reading
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams My impressions of this from childhood were that it was a vastly depressing story about the demise of a beloved stuffed rabbit. I think perhaps I was projecting a bit, how very sad I … Continue reading
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter I have no idea why this is the most famous and beloved of Beatrix Potter’s stories. It’s certainly never been my favorite. But it is a classic, and quite a good lesson … Continue reading
Rabbit Hill
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson Things have been hard for all the small animals. The prior owners of the house did not take care of their property and there was little food to be had. With the house having been … Continue reading
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes Gift Edition with Charm by Du Bose Heyward A small country bunny wants nothing more than to be chosen as one of the five (yes, five) Easter Bunnies who deliver all the … Continue reading
