The Chopsticks

The picture book Chopsticks is a fiction picture book meant for kids aged 4-6 and is written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magon. Chopsticks is about a pair of chopsticks who do everything together and no one can remember ever seeing them apart. They mastered the basic chopstick moves and now they are learning coronary moves but then they snapped in half! The doctor told chopstick that he just has to stay off his foot and his brother never left his side. Chopstick was getting better and trying was walking again on his foot which changed everything. As the pair was apart, they realized how many great new things they could share together. I really liked this book because of the cute illustrations and the moral which is that no matter if someone you love is far away, your bond will be forever. Overall, I really enjoyed the book Chopsticks and I think that the author and illustrator did a great job on creating a fabulous picture book. 

The picture book Spoon was written by Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Scott Magoon and is a picture book written for kids aged 4-7 and is a fiction book. Spoon is about a little spoon who is feeling sad that his friends knife, fork, and chopstick get to be used more than him but knife, fork, and chopstick are sad that spoon gets to do fun things and is so easy going. Spoons parents tell him how lucky he is to be a spoon and that he gets to do so many things as a spoon and then their family of three snuggle up in bed. I really liked the illustrations in this book because they are so cute and fit the characters very well. I also really liked how the author based the story on cutlery to show that humans often judge themselves to other people. Overall, I really enjoyed the picture book Spoon and I think that the author and illustrator did a great job on creating a fantastic picture book.

Alfred Nobel The Man Behind The Peace Prize is written by Kathy- Jo Wargin and is illustrated by Zachary Pullen and is a picture book meant for kids aged 5-8 years old. The book Alfred Nobel The Man Behind The Peace Prize is about a man named Alfred Nobel and how he wanted to make nitroglycerin safter but in the process his brother died from an explosion. Two years later, Alfred made nitroglycerin safe to use and then made it into dynamite sticks to sell to people. Everyone was using the dynamite to kill everybody and when Alfred died, people all over the world were blaming him for everyone’s deaths. At his funeral, Alfred’s will said that he wanted to use his money to give to people who show peace and make a difference in the world. I really liked this book because it explains the story of how this award was created but in a way that everyone will understand, I also like it because of the way the pictures are illustrated. Overall I really liked the book Alfred Nobel The Man Behind The Peace Prize and I think that the author and illustrator did a great job and created a great picture book.

I Used To Be A Fish

Today we read a story called I Used To Be A Fish which is written and illustrated by Tom Sullivan and is a picture book meant for kids aged 4-6 because there is not many words on each page. This book is about a fish who kept evolving into new creatures until he was a human. Then he built a hut and then a house and then a apartment building and started jumping on his bed. I really liked this book because it shows evolution in a way kids will understand it, also I also like the simple but pretty illustrations because they went will the words on each page. Overall, I think that Tom Sullivan did a great job writing and illustrating the picture book I Used To Be A Fish and I think that every little kid should read this because it’s fun and educational.