My Five Picture Books- Ashley Parker

For this assignment I decide to just pick 5 picture books at random. I decided to choose a wide range of books for ethnicity, human and animals characters, to topics,to the setting of the story, and finally artistically. I decided I wanted to have fun with this first book assignment to see if I could find connections in a obscure way that most people would not think about on a day to day basis, and I was able to link all the books together by the theme of the books which is enjoyment and happiness with where and what life has to offer.

The first book was:

Kasza, Keiko.Ready for ANYTHING!.New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.Print.

Ready for ANYTHING! is about a Duck and a Raccoon who are supposed to be going on a picnic. The day of the picnic Duck shows up only to find that Raccoon has changed its mind about going. This is because Raccoon has thought of several different senerios of things that could go wrong on this picnic each on worse than the last. So Duck then gives Raccoon several more senerios of how the picnic could turn out in a positive manner. Duck is able to convince Raccoon to still come on the picnic because of all the good things that may be. In ready for anything Raccoon had to look for the positivies and adventure he could have instead of looking at the bnegativies that could be. After Raccoon did this he was able to have a enjoyable afternoon with Duck.

My second book was:

Perez, Amada Irma.My Very Own Room.San Francisco, California: Children's Book Press, 2000.Print.

My Very Own Room is based on the authors own family history and story. It is about her getting her own room by finding a place in the house that could make it work. She goes to her mother with the idea and is first rejected, but seeing the disappoint ment in her childs eyes she and the rest of the family work together to make it possible to have her very own room so that she no longer has to share a room with her five brothers. Thought the whole book was about her wanting her room it showed the fun and enjoyment that she as well as her family had in the process of setting up and getting what she need for her new room.

The third book I selected was:

Banks, Kate.That's Papa's Way.New York,New York: Frances Foster Books, 2009.Print.

That's Papa's Way is about a little girl going on a fishing trip with her father. Starting with them waking up in the morning and digging up worms, to them fishing, to them having a picnic with the family, and ends with them on the porch hugging. This book also talks about their different way of doing things, father and daughter. This story showed a daughter enjoying a day of fishing with her father even though they did things differently she still had fun and enjoyed their day together.

The fourth book I read was:

Rylant, Cynthia.All In A Day.New York, New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009.Print.

All In A Day is all about the day. It is about enjoying the day and discussing what the day could bring. It talks about the wonder of the day and how once it is gone it can not come back and tomorrow isn't here yet so enjoy what you have today. All In A Day was all about being happy and enjoying the present day and what you have today because yesterday is gone forever tomorrow hasn't arrived yet so live in the moment.

My last book was:

Wilson, Karma; Chapman, Jane.Don't Be Afraid Little Pip.New York, New York: Margaret K. McElderry.2009.Print.

Don't Be Afraid Little Pip is a story about a young penguin bird named Pip who is supposed to be learning how to fly but is scared of what is in the ocean. She instead wants to learn how to fly instead because Pip feels that birds are supposed to fly in the sky not swim. Pip finds herself in the water by accident and her friend helps her to learn that swimming is what penguins do. Pip had a hard time with the idea of not being able to fly but instead having to swim. She was scared and so she didn't want to do it. When she finally was forced into the water though she had fun and enjoyed being able to swim, and was even able to relate it back to flying.