Nina Adamsky

Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman

My favorite Lincoln book is too hard for a fourth grader.  Do you like pictures?  Russell Freedman takes old pictures of Lincoln, and then tells the story of Lincoln’s life around the picture.  Want to watch Abraham Lincoln’s beard grow?  Russell Freedman shows you how.  The best way to read this book is to find a picture you like, then read about it.  This book won the Newbery medal.    If you like Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War,  this is the book for you.   Mr. Frerichs.

We have two copies of this book in the Bardonia library.  Photo credit:  Lincoln Photograph by Matthew Brady,  Brady Collection, American Memory, Library of Congress, 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

This book is about a family who doesn’t spend their Christmas in a snowy place.  Instead their Uncle Steve saved Big Jim Jessup from getting hit by a big truck.  So they got to go to
Florida and go to Big Jim’s Hotel the Oasis.  They get 4 rooms for the kids and 4 for the adults.  In chapter # 7, Gregory and Miranda get surfing lessons.  Gregory is the only boy, including the teacher, who is a girl. Gregory is embarrassed because he keeps on falling and he isn’t in the water yet.  I recommend this book, because it is a good book.  If you read it, I guarantee you will like it.  This book is a mystery book because in every chapter something kind of bad happens.  I enjoyed this book because I love mystery books.  You have got to read it!!!!!!!!! 

In The Homework Machine there is a boy named Brenton who invented a homework machine. He let three of his friends use it. Then the police found out and now the kids are being questioned. Also one day they went on the Internet and told everyone to wear their clothes backwards and they did it.   It was so funny.  I would recommend this book to someone who likes funny stories and doesn’t like to do homework.

         Do you like comedy? Do you like books? Do you like food? If you like all three of them Ms. Lagrange is Strange! is right up your alley. This book is about how a boy named A.J. and his friends Michael and Ryan make their lunch lady quit. So now “Ella Mentry” school is in need for a lunch lady. Turns out it will be Ms. Lagrange. But the worst part is, a guest is coming to give “Ella Mentry” school an award but the school must be in tip top shape and that may cause some chaos in the lunch room because we all know Ms.Lagrange is Strange!

I recommend the book this book to people who hates books. Because I used to hate books to; but; after I read this book I read this book it made me to love books of all sorts!

  I recommend the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. In the book a boy named Harry Potter goes to a magical school named Hogwarts where a lot of strange things happen there, people are dying. It’s up to Harry to save Hogwarts and the people inside. All he needs to do is to kill the huge snake and save the people in the chamber. But there is another problem. Lord Valomort. I recommend this book because there is a lot of magic and I like magic. Also, there is nonstop action and I like that too.

This book is about all the bridges that are built in New York City.   Some of the bridges  have decorations all around them. It is also about bridges that open and close for ships. Some of the bridges have gold, silver, copper, and turquoise in them.  They are all different shapes.I recommend this book because I could see all the cool features from the top in the pictures. And my favorite solid shape for the top is a pyramid. I could see the point which is at the top of the pyramid.

In this story a thief stole a canvas bag with a camera in it.   They go to an art museum.  They won the television news scoop.  They also received prize money.  The Jansen family has birthday party.  There was a snake in a canvas bag and it ate a tuna sandwich. I liked this book. It was really specific.  It was a good book author:  David Adler.