Khristina's Book Blog

  The poetry anthology I chose is My Dog May be a Genius by Jack Prezutsky. This is a collection of funny poems that kids would get a absolute kick out of. Most of them involve people or animals doing funny things. One of my favorite ones that I read is "I Know You Won't Believe Me" which is from the perspective of a student to a teacher and what happened to his homework. Here's an excerpt of the poem,  "I rummaged through the closets, the kitchen, and the den, expecting that my homework would soon be seen again. But when I saw the ashes,  you should have heard me shriek- my dragon burned my homework, just like he did last week."(Prezutsky, 2008, pg 13). Jack Prezutsky's collection of poems in My Dog May be a Genius are so funny and lighthearted. The thing that makes this collection of poems stand out to me is how each one has a rhyme scheme or a rhythmic pattern. These poetic devices are a big part of what make these poems so much fun to read and for st

      The two contemporary realistic fiction books that I read and love are Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones.      Those Shoes is about a boy named Jeremy who wants the newest pair of black high tops with two white stripes, but they're too expensive. Almost of all of Jermey's friends at school start getting these cool new shoes which just makes Jermey want some even more! Jermey and his grandma search three thrift stores on the hunt for these shoes, and they actually end up finding a pair! But... they're too small for Jeremy. Jeremy decides to buy them anyways and tries to squeeze his feet into them, but they just truly don't fit. He notices that his friend Antonio has shoes that have to be taped together just to work and... Antonio's feet look smaller than Jeremey's. In the end, even though Jeremy was sad he didn't have those shoes , he chose to give the pair he had to Antonio. This book shines a lig