“Chopsticks” is a wonderful children’s book written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and illustrated by Scott Magoon. The book is about Chopsticks, who have been friends forever, but one day Chopstick broke. Chopstick stayed with Chopstick, until Chopstick told Chopstick to explore the world without him. So off Chopstick went, at first his life was dull without Chopstick, but then he learned to do new things like soccer, pick up sticks, high jump, playing an instrument, and baked muffins. When Chopstick got better, Chopstick shared all the new things he’d explored, then they explored the new things together, and had more fun than ever. This book was great and sweet, with a wonderful message. Sometimes you need to have some space from the people who are closest to you, so you can become even closer. I would recommend this book for ages 3-6. I hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I did.

“Spoon” is a wonderful children’s book written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magoon. The book is about a little spoon who is jealous of his friends, knife, fork, and chopsticks. Spoon is jealous of knife, because knife can spred, and cut. Spoon is jealous of fork, because fork can go everywhere, in a salad ball, in spaghetti, and more. Spoon is jealous of chopsticks because they are so exotic and everyone thinks there cool. But little does spoon know that his friends are jealous of him too, for all the things he can do. Like kids can have fun with spoon and spoon is so easy going. That night when spoons mother tucks him in to bed she reminds him of all the things he can do like dive headfirst into ice cream, or relax tea, or spin in coffee, and much more. Spoon never thought of it that way. He couldn’t sleep, lying in bed and thinking of what his mother said. So he did the only thing he could think of, he went to his parents room and snuggled in with them.

I think that the moral of this story is that you don’t need to be jealous of others, because you are great just the way you are. My opinion on this book is that, it is a nice sweet short story with a great meaning behind it.

“Alfred Nobel The Man Behind The Peace Prize, is a sad and exciting true story, written by Kathy-Jo Wargin and illustrated by Zachary Pullen. The book is about Alfred Nobel and his brothers who invented a machine that can blow things up usually used for mining, they called it a blasting cap. They soon became rich, but one day one of the blasting caps suddenly exploded killing 5 people including Alfred Nobel’s 2 brothers. He then spent days trying to invent a blasting cap that would be safe to use. He became tired and restless, but he finally found a solution. He called it dynamite. He hoped that the invention would help scare people into using it so no one would use it to harm anyone, but he was wrong, people were using it as a weapon against each other, and that made him very sad. Later on he died lonely and sad but he left something in his will, The Nobel Prize. The people who  achieved accomplishments in science, medicine, literature, and peace, would get awarded with a prize.

I think that this book tells people of the story behind The Nobel Prize. My opinion on this book is that it is a great book filled with sadness and excitement. I would definitely suggest this book for older children. I think that the moral behind this story is be careful what you invent, because it can be used for the wrong purposes.

“I Used To Be A Fish” is a wonderful children’s book, written and illustrated by Tom Sullivan, for ages 4-8. The book is about a boy who imagines that his pet fish is telling him a story about evolution. First he is a fish, then a reptile, then a monkey, then a human. Then he says,”I wonder what I’ll be next, but for now I’ll have to settle for this. But the funny thing is I used to be a fish.”

I think that it is a great children’s book about evolution, and how we became humans. I also think it’s a great book about a child’s imagination. The book also makes you wonder, what will we be next? What will humans evolve to?