Response to Works

My Responses:

1. Osborne, M. P. (1996). Mummies in the Morning. New York, NY: Scholastic Incorporated 
• In this book, the main characters, Jack and Annie, travel to Egypt and end up learning many new things about this place.  I felt that this book was entertaining but also educational in the fact that they introduced the Queen of the Nile and hieroglyphs.  This might would be a fun book to read with the class when talking about Egypt in a geography lesson.  This series of books does only have two white children in them so children of other races or ethnicities might feel a little left out.  These books do incorporate different countries so you might be able to connect with a child if they are from that country.  For example, if you have a child from Egypt, they might really enjoy that the class is learning about where they are from.
2. Osborne, M. P. (1996). One World, Many Religions: The ways we worship. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated
• This nonfiction book is a great informer on some of the largest religions in the world.  This book includes Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.  Each religion is given its own chapter and talked about in detail.  This is a rather large book with sixty-nine pages, so reading this book word for word with an elementary class might not be best, but taking facts from this book to make a lesson of your own would be a great idea.  This book more than likely isn't for younger children.  The book also has a glossary at the very end, which I find very helpful in a nonfiction book like this.  
3. Osborne, M.P. (1997). Rocking Horse Christmas. New York, NY: Scholastic Incorporated
• This was a great book about a little boy and the rocking horse he got for Christmas.  He would ride the horse to these many different places.  After a while, the boy got older and not longer rode the horse.  The horse was then forgotten until the boy had grown into a man and had a little boy of his own.  The horse ended being happy again because the new little boy wanted to ride him.  I felt like this was a great story for children and had really colorful and detailed images.  The only problem I would have with this book is that it is centered around Christmas.  If reading this in the classroom, a child might feel left out because they don't celebrate Christmas.  If I wanted to read this book in class, I would also read a book about Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.  

Other's Responses:

1. Phelan, C. (2006). Booklist [Review of the book Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Vacation under the Volcano]. American Library Association. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.proxy-remote.galib.uga.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=473c0d1e-2a68-4d7f-b355-71210913d6f8%40sessionmgr13&vid=7&hid=8
2. Roback, D., Brown, J. M., Britton, J., & Zaleski, J. (2002, September 09). The One-Eyed Giant [Review of the book The One-Eyed Giant: The Land of the Dead]. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.proxy-remote.galib.uga.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=473c0d1e-2a68-4d7f-b355-71210913d6f8%40sessionmgr13&vid=18&hid=8