Tuesday is a very fun book. It really takes you on an imaginary adventure. I really like the quote that is on the inside cover of the book, which states, "The events recorded here are verified by an undisclosed source to have happened somewhere, U.S.A., on Tuesday. All those in doubt are reminded that there is always another Tuesday." This encourages people to dream and to keep that sense of wonder that many children have. Another quality I like about this book are the pictures. The picture make it very easy to tell what is happening. Dark colors are chosen to depict nighttime and give a sense of mystery in contrast to the brighter colors used to show the daytime.
Title: TuesdayAuthor: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 9780395551134
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
The Secret Box takes you on an adventure through time. It starts off with a boy hiding a secret box under a wooden panel. It then sets the scene which shows a school located in a primarily rural setting. In the next few pages, the city grows more industrialized with stores and buildings. It then shows more modern looking times, where three kids find the secret box in the school. It contains something that looks like a treasure map along with pictures. Following the map, the boys find themselves at a place called the Seahorse Pier, where they find a hidden place filled with children from different backgrounds and time periods. At the end, it flashes towards the future where the adventure begins all over again for other children.
I found The Secret Box entertaining with its bright pictures and story line. I liked the idea of hidden world and time traveling. The desire for adventure always remains the same no the time change. This book requires more thought than most other children's books. I had to read it a two-three times in order to get a better picture of what the story was about. This is why only gave it 4 stars, because it is not appropriate to younger readers as it may be too difficult. For example, it took me the third time to notice that at the Seahorse Pier that the children were all from different backgrounds or may be even time periods due to their clothing.
Title: The Secret Box
Author: Barbara Lehman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780547238685
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
The Red Book begins with a girl finding a red book in the snow on the way to school. When she opens the book, she sees a map, but on an island she see a boy. It then shows the boy who finds the red book in the sand. He opens it to find a city, and through one of the windows of a building, he sees the girl reading the book in school. They are surprised but happy to see each other. After school, the girl buys a bunch of balloons and starts flying into the air. However, the wind causes her to drop her book. The boy watches as the girl flies away without the book and becomes saddened. Then at the beach, you see a bunch of balloons flying to meet the boy, and both are happy to see each other. The book then ends with another child picking up the red book to continue on the story.
I found the story line of The Red Book very interesting and, for a lack of better words, cute. The pictures are great with bright colors and so much detail. Lehman uses a contrast in colors, where the city is made up of more dull colors while the beach is full of bright colors. Even though the summary may seem complex, I feel that children will be about to understand the story. Overall, it is very engaging and will hopefully allow the reader to get lost in the story as the characters did.
Title: The Red Book
Author: Barbara Lehman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 9780618428588
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I found The Secret Box entertaining with its bright pictures and story line. I liked the idea of hidden world and time traveling. The desire for adventure always remains the same no the time change. This book requires more thought than most other children's books. I had to read it a two-three times in order to get a better picture of what the story was about. This is why only gave it 4 stars, because it is not appropriate to younger readers as it may be too difficult. For example, it took me the third time to notice that at the Seahorse Pier that the children were all from different backgrounds or may be even time periods due to their clothing.
Author: Barbara Lehman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780547238685
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
The Red Book begins with a girl finding a red book in the snow on the way to school. When she opens the book, she sees a map, but on an island she see a boy. It then shows the boy who finds the red book in the sand. He opens it to find a city, and through one of the windows of a building, he sees the girl reading the book in school. They are surprised but happy to see each other. After school, the girl buys a bunch of balloons and starts flying into the air. However, the wind causes her to drop her book. The boy watches as the girl flies away without the book and becomes saddened. Then at the beach, you see a bunch of balloons flying to meet the boy, and both are happy to see each other. The book then ends with another child picking up the red book to continue on the story.
I found the story line of The Red Book very interesting and, for a lack of better words, cute. The pictures are great with bright colors and so much detail. Lehman uses a contrast in colors, where the city is made up of more dull colors while the beach is full of bright colors. Even though the summary may seem complex, I feel that children will be about to understand the story. Overall, it is very engaging and will hopefully allow the reader to get lost in the story as the characters did.
Title: The Red BookAuthor: Barbara Lehman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 9780618428588
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I was familiar with The Red Book, because one of my sons loved it as a younger child. However, the Secret Box is a new one for me. I have not read it yet, but after seeing your post I am going to have to check it out. I find that Lehman's story lines are often very complex and detailed, requiring more than one read to catch it all. Did you notice in The Red Book that the little boy that gets the book in the end in the city was one of the girl's classmates? I love the complexity of the time travel and time passage that Lehman includes in her work. I agree with you that they are for an older audience.
ReplyDeleteYes. My sister also reads the books that I get for these blogs, and she was the one who first noticed that the classmate was the one who got the book in the end.
DeleteThe Secret Box seems like an interesting one! Tuesday also sounds neat...I like the idea of mystery in a children's book.
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ReplyDeleteThe Red Book is such a great wordless picture book because children can make so many connections to it. They can also make many different stories through the book and know that everyone has their own story just like the child at the end!
Also, Tuesday by David Wiesner is another great one. I read it in the library while looking for book to blog about. He is such a great author!
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