Favorite *Five* books from reading log!

Below is a list of 30 books that I have had the chance to read and give you all a little information about, but here are my top five books that I have selected from the below postings list.

1)Dumplings are delicious By: Deb Capone
This book is about a five-year-old girl named Rain who loves to make jiaozi, a Chinese dumpling, with her adoptive American mom. After making them one day she takes them to school in her lunch and learns that all other cultures make dumplings, but in many different ways. Excellent book when teaching diversity. This is a picture book that introduces diversity by celebrating the things cultures share in common. It introduces the different dumplings in cultures around the world such as Russia and Mexico.

2) Families have together By: Harriet Ziefert

Awesome rhyming book about the ups and downs and ins and outs of every family. Amazing book that that used rhyming to describe how family works. I thought this book was great to show students that all families are the same.

3) Casey over there By: Staton Rabin

A story about two brothers who are affected by World War 1. The older brother is sent off to war and the younger brother is left there waiting for his return.I really enjoyed reading his book because it gave me an insight on how it felt to go off to war and how his family is affected by the war.

4) How the states got their shapes By: Mark Stein

This is a very interesting book that explains how the different states received the shape as we all know them today.
I really enjoyed this book because I never myself understood why the states have all different shapes. I always thought they should all just be squares. I found this book extremely interesting!

5) Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom By: Catherine Clinton

Wonderful book on the life of Harriet Tubman and how she help the slaves during the Civil War. This was a great book that tells the epic tale of Harriet Tubman and how she helped so many people during the slavery periods