Please, Mr. Panda is a short children's book that teaches children the importance of manners. Through out the book the Panda is trying to give away a box of donut to different animals. The animal then demand for what kind of donut they would like. Mr. Panda doesn't give any of them a way because of the way the animals are acting. At the end of the story, the last animal he asked was a Lemur who asked for a donut but said one magical word. Please! Mr. Panda gave him the whole box of doughnuts instead of just one because of his manners. It teaches a lesson that if you are nice to people and use your manners better things may come in return.

I believe this book would a very powerful tool to use in almost any age level classroom. This book introduces the idea of race at a young age. Mr. Lincoln is an African American principal at a school where he is loved by everyone. There is one child named Eugene that is having a hard time at school with his behavior. Mr. Lincoln finds a way to channel this negative behavior into something positive with a bird atrium. Eugene and Mr. Lincoln start to spend a lot of time together and grow a relationship. Eugene's father isn't a fan of this so they start to separate. One day, Eugene is heard making negative racial comments. This is when Mr. Lincoln takes Eugene aside and describes that he loves all the birds no matter how they look and that is how we should love everyone. It is a very powerful tool to teach students about race and how it effects everyone around them.

This book is a beautiful tool to use in the classroom to teach a basic life lesson about sharing. It helps us understand a giving relationship such as a with a mother and her child. The giving tree is shown to be loving and caring to the boy through out all the stages of his life. The tree gives to the boy what he needs as he grows such as apples for money or wood for a house. The tree is always there for the boy even when he is an elderly man needing some where to sit. The tree is described as happy to help in any way they can. The book shows with this relationship the give and take sense that will teach children to not take things that are given to them out of love for granted.

This book is a fun tool to use to help children learn their alphabet in a new way. It pulls into the ocean life to explore the different letters to give examples of each such as T is for Tugboat. This book is a really good book to use for children that are around things like Tugboats everyday because it gives real life meaning to their letters. I would definitely use this to reinforce these ideas in my classroom.

Leo is a little tiger who just doesn't seem to have it all together. His parents come up with all different types of situations to try to test Leo. They also compare him to all of his friends. They decide that Leo is just a little bit later with his development as his friends. His parents then realize that it ok for him to be different as long as he is being him. This would be a great book to use in the classroom to show my students it is ok to be who you are!

This is a short little picture book about a train that is told she cannot pull over the mountain like her other large friends could. The little train is asked to pull the train over the mountain. She agrees while repeating "I think I can. I think I can" to encourage herself to conquer her mountain. She puts aside all her fears and struggles to push herself to be the best that she can be.

Introduction: Tuesdays at the Castle is about a brave princess who does whatever she needs to do to protect the kingdom and castle she loves so much. It was published by Bloomsbury USA in 2011 with the ISBN of 9781599906447.

Character: The characters of this story are based on the Glower children and their friends. The children include Deliah, Rolf, and Cecilia as the main characters of the book. The King and Queen are included with their oldest son Bran. The servants and Prince Lulath act as allies throughout the book. The Council, Emissary, and Prince Khelsh are the well-known evil characters or villains in the story.

Theme/Plot: I believe the theme of the story was heroism. The royal family faces so much tragedy in the beginning of the book it was unclear to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But with the help of their magical castle and allies, the siblings are able to band together to construct a plan to win. The youngest princess Celie seems to take the bull by the horns at the end of the story to try to lead her family to victory after the evil powers band together to plan an attack. It is interesting to see how things being to unfold and who is responsible for what either good or bad.

Author: Jessica Day George is an American author mainly known for her young adult literature. She was born in October of 1976 and began her writing career in the year 2007. She has one a few awards in her time for her different series of books such as the New York Best Selling show more Author and the Whitney Award.

Summary: The King and Queen of Glower leave the castle to go bring their oldest son Bran home from graduation of the School of Wizardry when something terrible happens. This leaves the castle in the hands of their other children Deliah, Cecilia, and mainly Prince Rolf. Friends from foreign countries come into the castle to attend a ceremony when things begin to get interesting. There comes a plan to overthrow the kingdom and take over by another party. With help from their friends and the magical castle, maybe the children can keep their kingdom safe and secure. show less