Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

A class of fourth graders at Richards School in Whitefish Bay, WI USA

Entries Tagged as 'Book Reviews'

The World’s Dangerous Quest

March 14, 2012 · 7 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Trenton If you like awesome adventurous books then this is the book for you. It’s called The Lost Hero and it’s by Rick Riordan. It is Book 1 of the Hero’s of Olympus series. This story is about three friends named Jason, Piper, and Leo who go on a dangerous Quest to find Jason’s [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Allie Finkle’s funny!

March 13, 2012 · 3 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Payton Allie Finkle “The New Girl” will take you away. It is a 222 page chapter book. The New Girl is written by Meg Cabot. Meg Cabot is also the best selling author of the Princess Diaries. The New Girl is about a 11 year old girl named Allie Finkle who is going to [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Hugo

March 12, 2012 · 4 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Pascal In the streets of Paris an adventure takes place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is written and illustrated Brian Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret includes two main characters, Hugo and Isabelle. It plays in Paris, mostly between the of a bustling train station. This is where Hugo lives with his uncle, taking [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Smile

March 11, 2012 · 12 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Meghan Have you ever had something really bad happen to your teeth? Well Raina Telgemier has. This is an amazing book by Raina Telgemier. Some of the chacters include Raina, Raina’s Mom, Dentist and many more. It is about a girl named Raina who hurts her front teeth coming home from a Girl Scout [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

The amazing book review

March 10, 2012 · 5 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Matthew Would you like to be in a Nazi prisoner of war camp? I wouldn’t! That’s what The Great Escape is about. The Great Escape is written by Paul Brickhill. The Great Escape’s genre is informational. The main character is Roger because he planned the whole thing. Floody is also the main character because [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Popper’s Performing Penguins

March 9, 2012 · 6 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Logan Do you like funny and cool chapter books? If you do, then Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater is a good book for you, yes you! One sunny afternoon there was a house painter calling a South Pole scientist… In this realistic fiction story Mr. Popper, Mrs. Popper, Bill, and Janie [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Big Nate strikes again!

March 8, 2012 · 6 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Khushdil If you like Diary of a wimpy kid you’ll love this! This book is called Big Nate strikes again, it is by and illustrated by Lincoln Pierce. This book is about this kid named Nate and there’s this girl named Gina that he dosen’t like and they might be paired up for a [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Dewey

March 7, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Kayla Do you ever wonder if a cat could get trapped in a drop off box and how? Well, if you do you should read Dewey the library Cat by Vicki Myron. In Spencer, Iowa, on the coldest day of the year, a small fur ball was huddled in a drop off box in [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Digory’s and Polly’s Adventure

March 6, 2012 · 2 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Joey Have you ever wanted to read a book where magical people come out of magical worlds and people come into magical worlds? Then read this book The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis. It’s about a boy and a girl, Digory and Polly who meets Digory’s uncle and he sends people off to magical [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

March 5, 2012 · 7 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Clues, Reading

by Jake Have you read Diary of a Wimpy Kid? If not read this. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a novel in cartoons. Jeff Kinney is the author and illustrator of this great book! Greg always says he’ll be famous but for now, he’s stuck in middle school. And he’s not really the best [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Zombie Ville

March 4, 2012 · 13 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Jack Do you like zombies? Do you like comics? Do you like graphic novels? Well if you do you would like the book Zombie Chasers 1 and/or 2 by John Kleopfer. This book is about when the undead come to life and take over. The world is in Zach Clarkes hands along with Madison [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

The Mystery

March 3, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Hayes Do you ever feel like there’s a mystery in hand? Well that’s exactly how Franny and Beamer felt in The Mysterious Matter of I.M.Fine by Diane Stanly. When Franny and Beamer find something mysterious about a kind of series called Chillers. Then people start getting sick at the exact same time the book [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Sitting Bull

March 2, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Photography, projects, Reading, Social Studies, Technology, Writing Projects

Hi our names are Trenton, Logan and Pascal. We read a biography on Sitting Bull by Peter and Connie Roop. We decided to film an interview with Logan as Joe Buckman (Interviewer), Trenton as Sitting Bull (Indian), and Pascal as General George A. Custer (Army General). Sitting Bull

[Read more →]

Tags:······

What’s The Code?

March 2, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Hannah Do you like a book with mystery? But it all could all happen to you? Well, then the book The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone would be a great book for you. This book is about a girl named Felicity Bathburn. Her parents drop her off at her relative’s house in [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Where does the Mountain Meet the Moon?

March 1, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Gretchen In a small, poor village, 3 people lived in a small house. One of the 3 is a young girl named Minli. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is by Grace Lin. Minli did not like being poor. Her name meant quick thinking, but she always wished it would mean gold or fortune. [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Life as a Lawn Mower

February 29, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By David Math is awesome. In this book there is math, a boy, and a lot of lawn mowing. That’s why it’s called Lawn Boy Returns. Gary Pualsen made this amazing book. Also he wrote Hatchet, Lawn Boy, Dogsong, and 5 books about Francis Tucket’s adventures in the Old West. The characters are weird in [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Ugly Truth

February 28, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Clay This book is called Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Ugly Truth and the author is Jeff Kinney. He writes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It is about two friends named Greg Heffley and Rowley Jefferson. Greg always has wanted to grow up but will he have to go up against [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Will Allie Survive?

February 27, 2012 · 4 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Callie Have you ever wanted to ride in a limo, go to the Cheesecake Factory, and stay at a very fancy hotel, all in one night not to mention a birthday party? Allie Finkle gets to do all of these things, but she doesn’t want to! It all started when Allie promised her friend, [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Surpass All Others

February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Ben Will this be an average day for Nate? Big Nate In A Class By Himself is a great book by Lincoln Peirce. Nate has been given a fortune that said today you will surpass all others. Nate is very hopeful that the fortune is true because he is having the worst school year [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

February 25, 2012 · 1 Comment · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Reading

By Arienne Do you like fantasy, magic and mystical creatures? Then you will enjoy this story by J.K. Rowling, who has also written 6 other Harry Potter books. Let me tell you a little bit about the story. It all starts out on Harry’s birthday. As usual Harry does not receive a present from his [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··