Mike Lupica - MVP

When you find the right author and s/he has written several books or you hone in on a genre that really captures you, it can be a little slice of heaven.  Daniel (incoming 4th grader) has hit the jackpot with Mike Lupica and the sports genre.

Here's what Daniel has to say about Shoot Out.

How would you like to be the star player of your travel soccer team, but that team is horrible and always loses by four or more points?  This is Jake Stuart's problem as the star player.  Also, Coach Lord assigns Jake to help a miserable, stubborn, left out kid named Kevin with a hidden soccer talent.  The problem is, Kevin hates being coached and doesn't want to show his talent at all.  Shoot Out left me turning the pages, wanting to find out what happens.  This is another great sports book written by Mike Lupica.  I hope you like it!

Flora & Ulysses Reviewed

Thank you guest blogger Sofia (incoming 2nd grader) for the review that follows about an entertaining little read (and 2014 Newbery Winner), Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo:

I would like to introduce to you the book Flora and Ulysees.

I highly recommend this book to you. It is filled with excitement, adventure, love and humor.

The main characters are a girl named Flora and a squirrel named Ulysses. Flora saves the squirrel from getting sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. The squirrel gets superhero powers from the vacuum cleaner incident. He gets the power to write poems and fight cats.

My favorite part is when Ulysses the squirrel jumps into the waiter's hair at the donut shop. It was hilarious.
This book has good illustrations and is full of many funny moments. The author also uses many large words that helped expand my vocabulary.