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Dominick Pascullo

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  • Treasure Island (Graphic Revolve)
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    “"Treasure Island" by Winn Coleman and Pat Perrin, Illustrated by Greg Rebts; Stone Arch Books; Mankato, Minnesota; Copyright 2007.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Second Grade.

    Summary: This is a graphic novel rendering of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story 'Treasure Island." After finding a treasure map to a lost treasure that is thought after by the crew that burried it, a young boy named Jim Hawkins set sail to find the treasure. Little does he or the other good sailors know is that their ship has been taking over by pirates, including the infamous Long John Silver, who is the ship's cook. A mutiny occurs as the evil pirates, led by Long John, take over the ship in the hopes of keeping the treasure for themselves. On the Island, one of the sailors left there by Captain Flint, Billy Gunn, who found the treasure himself. A struggle errupts between the two sides, before Long John and his men are beaten and Long John tries to flee.

    Review: I love Treasure Island, its a great story, and Pirate Themed!, but it may be a bit much for young children in book form. Especially in graphic novel form, which while the pictures are very fun and exciting, the text being all over the place may not be easy for children to follow.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Discuss why Jim befriends Long John and lets him go.
    * Why is Long John and his men "bad pirates"?
    * Discuss why Jim wants to be a pirate and would they want to be a pirate themselves.”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, April 1, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Amelia Earhart
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    “"Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean" by Sarah Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle; Hyperion Books; New York: 2010.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Second Grade

    Summary: This graphic novel details the life and career of Amelia Earhart. Most importantly, it puts the main focus on her successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. The pictures are all done in shades of blue and white.

    Review: Amelia Earhart is a great person for children to learn about and read about. However, this book is not the best way to do so. The language is very advanced and the book very thick. Plus, it being a graphic novel makes it very hard for the plot to be followed. This book may be better suited for older kids in the 5th and 6th grade range.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Use the book to talk about Amelia Earhart
    * Use the book to talk about Airplanes
    * Use the book to talk about important female figures in history.”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, April 1, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Cinderella (Classics Illustrated Junior, No 503)
    • Rated 0 stars

    “"Cinderella" by Charles Perrault; First Classics Inc.; Toronto; Copyright 2004.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Kindergarten and Up.

    Summary: Based off the famous fairytale of Cinderella, this book takes the fairytale and puts it in graphic novel form. The story is the same, with only minor detail differences. The pictures are cartoon like and colorful. The layout is also very easy to follow.

    Review: This is one of the better graphic novels I have read in my lit file extravaganza. The layout was such that the plot was easy to follow yet stay original and true to the graphic novel layout. The story is of course well known, yet the illustrations give it a certain degree of uniqueness that makes this book stand out.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Discuss why CInderellas stepsisters didn't like her.
    * What is the moral of Cinderella?
    * Compare and Contrast this version of Cinderella with other versions of the same story.”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, April 1, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Copper

    Copper

    by Kazu Kibuishi
    • Rated 0 stars

    “"Copper" by Kazu Kibuihi; Graphix; New York, New York; Copyright 2010.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: First and Up.

    Summary: "Copper" is a series of tale's about a boy named Copper and his Dog "Fred"as they set off on a series of adventures about all sorts of things like giant blimps, going to outter space, robots, forests, submarines, and more. There are about 45 short adventures in this book. The illustrations are fun and imaginative.

    Review: "Copper" is a great book for children because of its short stories that are contained within it. This will keep the kids entertained and allow them to understand what is going on. The illustrations are wonderful, the characters life like and relatable. This might be one of the best original graphic novels for children that I've ever read. However, it may be a bit too advanced for children to read by themselves, and this would be a better book to be read outloud.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Discuss why Fred is always so scared of adventures.
    * Have the children come up with their own tales of Copper and Fred.
    * Have the children think/pair/share about what the stories have in common.”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, April 1, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • I Hate English!
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    “"I Hate English!" by Ellen Levine, Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman; Scholastic Inc.; New York, New York; Copyright 1989.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Kindergarten and Up.

    Summary: Mei Mei moved to New York City from China with her family. However, she misses her homeland. She doesn't like that in America everybody speaks in English and not her native chinese. She doesn't speak to her teachers and hates her class being in all English. Only at the community center with people who are like Mei Mei does she feel comfortable. Finally, a teacher is able to get her talking about her own experiences in China but in English, and Mei Mei was able to feel more comfortable and now speaks in both English and Chinese.

    Review: "I Hate English!" is a great book for children. Especially in the growing world of the multicultural classroom, I Hate English will be the perfect book to read to make students from other countries feel more comfortable since they will be able to understand the character of Mei Mei. The pictures are wonderful and the plot is easy to follow. A great book for the classroom.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Have the students describe how they think Mei Mei would feel and what she could do to feel more at home.
    * Have the students write letters as Mei Mei to friends back in China.
    * Talk about immigration and what those people feel like coming to a new country. ”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Rotten Ralph (Rotten Ralph (Paperback)) [ ROTTEN RALPH (ROTTEN RALPH (PAPERBACK)) BY Gantos, Jack ( Author ) Feb-19-1980
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    “"Rotten Ralph" by Jack Gantos, Illustrated by Nicole Rubel; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston; Copyright 1976.

    Awards this book has won: none.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Kindergarten and Up.

    Summary: Sarah gets a cat named Ralph. Ralph is a rotten cat. He terrorizes the family. Finally, at a trip to the circus, Ralph is so rotten that Sarah's father makes her leave the cat there. The circus is cruel to Ralph, so he escapes back to Sarah's house where the family missed him and welcomes home. Ralph promises to repent, but old habits die hard, and there are sequels.

    Review: Rotten Ralph is a good book. Not great. But good. Its amusing and kids would love it. However, the book is kinda weird. So, I don't know how many children will like it. The pictures are very good and very detailed. The story isn't very funny, its trying to decide between being a moral-like style and a funny free-for-all.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Discuss animal cruelty.
    * Discuss with the class anytime they had a crazy pet.
    * Have the children make wanted posters for Ralph describing Ralph's character traits. ”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees
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    “"What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees" by Nancy Tafuri; Greenwillow Books; New York; Copyright 1997.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Preschool

    Summary: Half of the book goes through what the Sun sees when it is out: bustling streets, active farms, sleeping owls, children at play etc. The other half of the book that you must read by flipping the book over talks about what the moon sees: quiet streets, sleeping farms, hooting owls, children at sleep, etc.

    Review: "What the Sun Sees" is a wonderful book for very young children. It uses very simple words and sentences, there is no plot at all to have to follow. The pictures are very big and bright. Its very basic, which is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers and also very informational.

    Uses in the classroom:
    *Compare and Contrast what the Sun and Moon see.
    * Use as introduction to astronomy lesson.
    * Have the children write down their own observations of what they see when the sun and moon are out. ”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Back to School for Rotten Ralph
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    “"Back to School For Rotten Ralph" by Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel; HarperCollinsPublishers; USA; Copyright 1998.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Preschool and Up.

    Summary: It's Sarah's first day of school and she is very much looking forward to making some new friends. However, her cat Ralph doesn't want her to leave and tries to keep her home. When his efforts prove futile, he follows her to school and tries to keep her from making friends. Sarah is very sad that she isn't making any friends, until she realizes that Ralph had been doing this all along and had done so so that he would be Sarah's only friend. With plenty of friends now thanks to her cat, Sarah reminds Ralph that he'll always be her favorite friend.

    Review" "Back to School for Rotten Ralph" is a wonderful book for young children. Ralph is funny and clever as he tries to keep Sarah home from school. Everyone has felt jealousy at some point in their life and this book plays on that feeling. The pictures are wonderful and bright and imaginative. This is a great book for the classroom.

    Uses in the classroom:
    * Discuss with the children if they ever had times like Sarah when they had a hard time making friends?
    * Have the children write letters to Rotten Ralph comforting him.
    * Discuss why Ralph felt the way he did? What ways could Ralph have helped himself without being so mean to Sarah?”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Tuesday, March 19, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Walt Disney's Peter Pan
    • Rated 0 stars

    ““Peter Pan” by Walt Disney; MouseWorks; United States of America; Copyright 1993.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: Preschool and Up.

    Summary: In London, the Darling children are home with their dog Nana when they receive a strange visit from Peter Pan and Tinker-Bell who are looking for Peter’s shadow.. They all fly to Neverland using pixie dust and happy thoughts. In Neverland, the gang meets Captain Hook and the Lost Boys. Captain Hook and Peter Pan are enemies because Peter cut off Hook’s hand and fed it to a Crocodile. The traditional Disney tale of Peter Pan plays out as normal, with Wendy, John, and Michael having many adventures with Peter and Hook.

    Review: “Peter Pan” is a wonderful book for young children. It’s full of adventure and fantasy that will entice young audiences. Plus, it is literally a book of the movie, using the same images and characters from the popular Disney movie which many children are very familiar with. The illustrations are bright and colorful and made with great detail. This is a great book for children.

    Uses in the classroom:
    • Compare and Contrast the book with the film.
    • Discuss why Peter never wants to grow up?
    • Have the children create their own adventure in Neverland.
    ”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Sunday, March 17, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
  • Viking Ships at Sunrise
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    ““Viking Ships at Sunrise” by Mary Pope Osborne; Random House; New York; Copyright 1998.

    Awards this book has won: None.

    Appropriate Grade Levels: First and Second Grade.

    Summary: Jack and Annie are up to their old tricks again! This time, Jack and Annie travel back in time to the Dark Ages in the country of Ireland. Their quest is to find the wisest person in a monastery and deliver them a message from Morgan LeFay. Once there, Jack and Annie go on a Viking mission and at their lowest point, when they think there is no hope left, they find Michael and give him the message. In exchange, he gives them a book to bring back to Morgan LeFay.

    Review: The Magic Tree House series are wonderful books that are perfect for young children. They are written very simply written yet still contain lots of adventure, character, and the illustrations are excellent. “Viking Ships at Sunrise” is another wonderful entry to this series that contains history and fantasy and imagination. Children will love this book!

    Uses in the classroom:
    • Discuss with the children why the dark ages were dark.
    • Have the children come up with their own prediction of what will happen next when Jack and Annie go to Ancient Greece.
    • Have the children draw a part of the story that wasn’t illustrated.
    ”

    Dominick Pascullo wrote this review Sunday, March 17, 2013. ( reply | permalink )
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