Preschool Are you my mother? Author: P.D. Eastman
Does the book have pictures? Yes
Category: Fiction
Brief summary: My children love this book! It is a wonderful story about a baby
bird whose mother is out searching for food for him. He ventures
out looking for her and encounters many things that are "not my
mother".
Elementary School The Giving Tree Author: Shel Silverstein
Does the book have pictures? Yes
Category: Fiction Brief summary: This lovely book tells the story of a
tree that is willing to give everything for the boy it loves.
Middle School The Giver Author: Lois Lowry
Number of pages: 180
Does the book have pictures? No
Category: Fiction
Brief summary: The book is about a community where everything is planned.
The place is perfect. Everyone is assigned a role in the
community. When Jonas turns twelve he is assigned to be the
receiver of memory. He is to take memories of the past from the
giver and store them. He starts to learn that the world used to
have color and loving families. He decides he doesn't like the
community as it is and takes steps to get away.
