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Children's Book Recommendations

Home in a Lunchbox

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Home in a Lunchbox children’s book recommendation is by Angela Ferraris, The Retired School Librarian.

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Jun is eating a bun with chopsticks from her lunchbox at school while smiling at us with food on her face.

Home in a Lunchbox 

by Cherry Mo (author and illustrator)

Brief summary: Jun moves from Hong Kong to America and only knows four English words on her first day of school: hello, thank you, I don’t know, and toilet. As the week progresses, she has many frustrations as she learns a new routine, language, and group of people, but lunchtime is when she feels the love of home that helps her to persist.

Comments: This book is a great resource for helping students understand the experiences of new students from other countries. It includes a heartwarming story about students bonding over their favorite foods at lunch, which helps them form deeper connections. This book is particularly valuable for ESL teachers and school counselors to share with new students at school. There are not many words and the story is mainly told with large, colorful illustrations.

I could not find anywhere on the book or her website saying how the illustrations were created for this picture book. The back sections explain Jun’s words on her hand and the food in her lunchbox.

Rating: 4/5 đź“—đź“—đź“—đź“—

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The selected children’s books are chosen by a highly qualified retired elementary school librarian who passionately reads and recommends picture books to teachers, school librarians, parents, grandparents, and other book enthusiasts.

Most of the books Mrs. Ferraris recommends are checked out from the public library. The only exception is the complimentary copies she receives for an honest review, which are duly noted.

Children's Book Recommendations

One Day This Tree Will Fall

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One Day This Tree Will Fall children’s book recommendation is by Angela Ferraris, The Retired School Librarian.

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Cover to One Day This Tree Will Fall with a large Douglas fir with many animals and insects living in it.

One Day This Tree Will Fall 

by Leslie Barnard Booth (Author), Stephanie Fizer Coleman (Illustrator)

Brief summary: In this narrative nonfiction picture book, we learn the story of a tree’s beginning as a seed, its growth, providing food and shelter to animals, and its continued contribution after it dies.

Comments: The illustrations were created using gouache, colored pencil, and Photoshop.

The back sections are A Tree’s Story Never Ends, Trees and People, Glossary, and Selected Sources. 0

Rating: 4/5 đź“—đź“—đź“—đź“—

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The selected children’s books are chosen by a highly qualified retired elementary school librarian who passionately reads and recommends picture books to teachers, school librarians, parents, grandparents, and other book enthusiasts.

Most of the books Mrs. Ferraris recommends are checked out from the public library. The only exception is the complimentary copies she receives for an honest review, which are duly noted.

Children's Book Recommendations

Kingdoms of Life

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Kingdoms of Life children’s book recommendation is by Angela Ferraris, The Retired School Librarian.

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Book cover for Kingdoms of Life with a navy background behind the title and all representatives of the six kingdoms such as fungi, a flower, bird, reptile, and so on.

Kingdoms of Life

by Carly Allen-Fletcher (Author)

Brief summary: This nonfiction picture book explores the six kingdoms of life(animals, plants, fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria) and how they are classified. Each kingdom has two double-paged illustrations filled with descriptive text and numbered examples of that category which are listed in the back sections of the book both in English and Latin.

Comments: The illustrations were created digitally. The back sections are Scientific Names and Featured Life-Forms.

Rating: 4/5 đź“—đź“—đź“—đź“—

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*Kingdoms of Life was sent to me as a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

The selected children’s books are chosen by a highly qualified retired elementary school librarian who passionately reads and recommends picture books to teachers, school librarians, parents, grandparents, and other book enthusiasts.

Most of the books Mrs. Ferraris recommends are checked out from the public library. The only exception is the complimentary copies she receives for an honest review, which are duly noted.

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The Wolf Effect

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The Wolf Effect: A Wilderness Revival Story children’s book recommendation is by Angela Ferraris, The Retired School Librarian.

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Cover of The Wolf Effect with a wolf howling while standing on a hill. There are other hills in the background with animals and a stream.

The Wolf Effect: A Wilderness Revival Story (A Voice of the Wilderness Picture Book) 

by Rosanne Parry (Author), Jennifer Thermes (Illustrator)

Brief summary: Young readers will learn about how the Yellowstone region became a national park and how it changed the humans and animals that inhabited the area. The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone Park is told through rhyming verse and story panels, demonstrating the positive effect on the environment and surroundings.

Comments: The illustrations were created using watercolor and colored pencil on Arches hot-pressed paper. Nonfiction text features such as maps and labels had me stopping and looking at all of the details.

The back sections are Who is Who?, A Brief History of Wolves in the American West, Artist’s Note, Glossary, and Additional Resources.

Rating: 5/5 đź“—đź“—đź“—đź“—đź“—

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The selected children’s books are chosen by a highly qualified retired elementary school librarian, who passionately reads and recommends picture books to teachers, school librarians, parents, grandparents, and other book enthusiasts.

Most of the books Mrs. Ferraris recommends are checked out from the public library. The only exception is for the complimentary copies that she receives for an honest review, which are duly noted.

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Life After Whale

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Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall children’s book recommendation is by Angela Ferraris, The Retired School Librarian.

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The cover of Life After Whale with a blue whale in the sea with smaller fish swimming around it.

Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall 

by Lynn Brunelle (Author), Jason Chin (Illustrator)

Brief summary: This narrative nonfiction story begins with a blue whale eating krill and tells us how old she is, and her last day on earth. She dies and falls into the ocean but comes back up floating on the surface thanks to the gases in her body. Her body is now an ecosystem with many creatures benefiting.

Comments: The illustrations were created using watercolor and gouache on paper.

The back sections are A Bit About Blue Whales, What Are Ecosystems? It’s a Phase, A Little Pod of Whale Books, Whale Falls Online, and Selected Bibliography.

There are several nonfiction text features such as labels, maps, and diagrams.to help explain the whale’s cycle of life.

Rating: 4.5/5 đź“—đź“—đź“—đź“—1/2

Continue reading for more details and buying options on this book’s Amazon page.

The selected children’s books are chosen by a highly qualified retired elementary school librarian who passionately reads and recommends picture books to teachers, school librarians, parents, grandparents, and other book enthusiasts.

Most of the books Mrs. Ferraris recommends are checked out from the public library. The only exception is the complimentary copies she receives for an honest review, which are duly noted.