Kids Books - Family

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was the most amazing book I have ever read. I am a huge fan of the original trilogy, and I am so glad that this book not only did justice to it, but in my opinion was superior to it. I was at first skeptical at the idea of Coriolanus Snow, the villain, being the main protagonist, but after reading the entire book, I wouldn't have had it any other way. I will say, there are about five pretty slow chapters, but the chapters after that COMPLETELY make up for it. Getting a peek into the mind of Coriolanus Snow was so interesting, especially to see how he articulated his thoughts and put them into words. The ending left me wanting more, and I hope one day we find out what happened to Lucy Gray. I do think the ending was extremely creative on Suzanne Collin's part, how she left it up to the reader to decide what happened to Lucy. I also love the fact that it implies at the end that Snow ends up marrying Livia Cardew, because that just adds so many more layers to the original trilogy. In the original trilogy, Plutarch Heavensbee's assitant is someone named Fulvia Cardew, meaning if Snow married Livia Cardew, Fulvia is most likely related to him in some way. Another thing I loved about this book is the amount of characters that are related to the original trilogy characters, it really adds world building and interest to the story. It really shows how the wealthiest families stay the wealthiest, and how hardly anyone else climbs up to their level. It gives an example of aristocracy, and how Coriolanus was pressured ot keep the wealthy Snow dynasty going. I also love how different this generation of Capitol people and children see the Hunger Games, how different it is from the Capitol people and children in the original trilogy. In the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, everyone sees the Hunger Games as a form of power over the districts. While in the original Trilogy, everyone sees it as a harmless form of entertainment. This story just had so many layers, and I cried especially when Sejanus was executed. Suzanne Collins did an amazing job with making you love this character, and then another amazing job with writing his death as painfully as possible. Lucy Gray's character was also so cleverly written, with how intelligent she was. Another fun detail in this novel is Coriolanus's hatred for mockingjays, obviously connecting back to Katniss Everdeen being the "mockingjay" for the revolution in the original trilogy. In conclusion, I would HIGHLY recommend this book!

This book represents the awkwardness of growing up. Margaret is experiences this difficulties that all of us girls can relate to. Judy Blume's heartwarming and interesting touch kept me from putting this book down. And the religious aspect, absolutely outstanding! Margaret's parents are Atheist, or don't believe in God. Margaret secretly prays to the God she felt is there in her heart, rather than what she learned from her parents. This book teaches us that growing up is difficult and that we aren't alone.

This book is the best book I have ever read. As you are reading, it feels like you are a part of the book.

This book is really good. It is about a girl named Crow, and her real parents put her in a crib and sent her off in the ocean. She lives with a man named Osh, who took Crow in. The two of them live on an island.

I think this book is really good. All twelve authors that wrote it did an amazing job. All twelve stories are very exciting, suspenseful, and heart warming. It'll make you want to read more and picture the story in your mind.

this book is so fun/ funny because.... this book is about when junieb's mom is pregnant with a baby and junie b jones hated that news! she had to sleep over at her grandpa's house! when her grandma came back from the hospital and told junie b jones that her brother looks like a cute monkey! junie b got so excited that at show and tell she told everyone that she has a monkey brother, not a human!!!!! everyone laughed and laughed!then at recess lucille and grace fighted for who will see junie b's monkey brother first! they kept on giving junie b stuff and being kind of nice! then she went to the office to explain what was going on! she told the principal about her monkey brother and she said: i am not joking, my grandma hellen miller told me this! then the principal said called home then he got the joke and explained it to junie b! the end!

Wow. No words. This book though heavy on government and politics was easy to race through. I thoroughly cannot wait to read Book 5!

One dog, three different lives, and one ultimate purpose to find! I just finished this book and it was so touching and just totally great! An intelligent dog trying to find his purpose in life ends up having 3 lives to fulfill it! Each life is different, including Bailey, the perfect golden retriever pup, to Ellie, a German Shepard, who is part of the K9 unit at the police station! I, for one, got really emotional at several parts in the book! There is adventure, drama, suspense, comedy... practically everything wrapped up with a bow and handed to you in one amazing, heartfelt book. This will change the way you look at dogs forever. I would recommend it to readers 5th grade and up!

I love this book! It is exiting, heart warming, and full of mysterys!

I really really really love puppies! That's how I discovered the puppy palace. This was my favorite book in that series! I can also relate to it in a way. My mom won't let me have a puppy of my own because it is too much responsibility. So instead we foster them In till they find their forever home. Our house is full of puppies and cute dogs. Maybe one day I'll get a puppy of my own.