A Million Doughnuts

TITLE: A Million Doughnuts
AUTHOR:  Dawn Colclasure
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PUBLISHER: Polliwog Press
COPYRIGHT:  2012

In A Million Doughnuts a boy named Rusty asks to eat a doughnut. His parents do not let him and he wishes that he had a million doughnuts. He even writes his wish in a book about doughnuts. The next day he awakes to find his room filled with doughnuts. Rusty eats many doughnuts and quickly notices some changes, like not fitting into his pants anymore or having any energy. Rusty learns his lesson about not eating too many doughnuts and ends up sharing the doughnuts with others as they continue to come day after day. He eventually marks out his wish that he wrote in his book to make the doughnuts stop appearing.

I liked the lesson that Rusty learned as well as what his parents learned. They refused to let him have one doughnut and learned that one every once in a while is actually okay.

I would have liked to see the illustrations in color instead of black and white.

Thank you to Great Minds Think Aloud Publishing for providing this ebook for my review.

Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries

TITLE:  Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries    What Is In the Fruits Group?
AUTHOR:  Brian P. Cleary
ILLUSTRATOR:  Martin Goneau
PUBLISHER:  Millbrook Press
COPYRIGHT:  2011

In this fun read aloud rhyming book, the reader learns about foods in the fruits group.  There are ideas of ways to enjoy fruit, such as the juice or in a dessert, as well as the nutritional value of some fruits.

This is a book in the "Food is Categorical" series.  The colorful cover and title caught my eye.  The illustrations are bright, comical, and will keep the reader's attention. This book would be enjoyed by early elementary aged children.  It would be appropriate for a unit on foods and the food groups in the elementary classroom.

How to Make a Cherry Pie and see the USA

TITLE: How to Make a Cherry Pie and see the U. S. A.
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Marjorie Priceman
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf
COPYRIGHT: 2008

The reader gets to take an adventure across the U. S. A. in this book to gather the materials to make the utensils (pie pan, pot holders, rolling pin, measuring cup, plastic, and others)needed for making cherry pie since the cook shop is closed. A cherry pie recipe is also included in the book. This is by the author of the popular book How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World. Primary and elementary aged children will enjoy this book. It would be excellent for the classroom library.

My son and I enjoyed this book.