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Set during the movie before Belle breaks the curse. Belle finds a dusty book kicked under the shelf and takes it with her for her bedtime story. Belle, Lumiere and Wardrobe stay up late to find out what happens but are disappointed that the last chapter is missing. Until they discover they've been left a clue to find how the story ends.

This is a charming little tale for the readers in all of us. Book lovers will undoubtedly relate to the wish to just finish one more page and the happiness Belle finds in the library. The treasure hunt clues were easy to follow but added a touch of whimsy to the narrative. My favourite bit though;

The Beast’s eyes widened. “She is so angry with me!” he cried. “How will I make it up to her?” He sank into a large chair, his head in his paws.
“Build her another library?” joked Lumiere. Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and even Chip glared at him. “Sorry,” said Lumiere sheepishly.

Disney Book Group. Belle: The Mysterious Message (Chapter Book) (pp. 76-77). Disney Book Group. Kindle Edition.

Oh if only.

4 stars.

This short novel takes place somewhere in the middle of Beauty and The Beast, Belle’s settled into life at the castle but hasn’t yet gotten to know Beast well enough to break the curse.

A solid choice for kids just getting started with chapter books, it includes the occasional illustration and a somewhat interactive story as the characters try to locate the missing final chapter of a story by banding together to solve riddles that the reader might take guesses at as well. And if you enjoyed the always adorable Chip and the rest of the gang from the movie, they’re all here as well.

Lacks a real story, but gorgeous illustrations and decent rhymes.

Kitty Richards’s Spider-Man: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ties into Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man feature film. The book uses production photos from the film to tell various stories ancillary to the main plot for early readers, much like early works Marvel published for younger readers to practice and develop their reading skills. Though now out of print, the book is worth picking up at secondhand for young readers who love Spider-Man and for fans who want nice production photos from the first Sam Raimi film.½

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great book to show the holidays to the students.

I believe that Wall-E is the best movie I've seen in so many years. It is not just a story, but it's a message to all of us, people who are living on earth. This robot have more feelings in him then most humans.
WALL-E is a sentient, 700 year old solar-powered mobile trash compactor robot, and is presumably the only functional robot on Earth. He is designed as a small compactor box with all-terrain treads, three-fingered shovel hands, and binocular eyes. He is equipped with a cutting laser between his eyes and a recording device which he uses to record and play his Hello Dolly music. He is very curious, lonely and endearing, and always puts others, namely EVE, before himself on his journey to earn her love. He also collects objects that have been left on Earth, like a Rubik's cube for example, has a pet cockroach named Hal, and is very interested in music. The truck is his only home.

My son chose this because he's excited to see the movie. Book is very quick and quickly goes through plot points with not to much elaboration. Artwork is nice just felt like any ordinary small children's book.

My son loves to hear this over and over. Pretty much just audio bits from the movie, as expected.

My son chose this because he's excited to see the movie. Book is very quick and quickly goes through plot points with not to much elaboration. Artwork is nice just felt like any ordinary small children's book.

My son chose this because he's excited to see the movie. Book is very quick and quickly goes through plot points with not to much elaboration. Artwork is nice just felt like any ordinary small children's book.

This book is great for all those who love the disney princesses. The book written for the new movie Brave, brings Merida's story to life. Young girls will love to read about Merida while they are learning to read and long after.

Summary: This book has three graphic novels in one book. It tells the "true" story of the fairytales Hansel&Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Three Billy Goats Gruff. The stories are wrote from the prespective of the villians in each book. They get the chance to tell their side of the story in a humorous way.

Personal Thoughts: I found these stories to be quite hilarious! I think the children would enjoy hearing what the bad guys have to say. I thought this graphic novel was easier to follow then some of the others I've seen.

Classroom Ideas:
1. I would have the class guess what the villians were going to say happened.
2. I would read the real stories first and the read Twisted Tales and compare.

Summary:This book has three classic fairy tales told by other characters in the story. One of them is a spin of the Little Red Riding Hood. This story is told from a wolf's point of view. The wolf asked to come over and babysit. Little Red wanted to play dress up and made the wolf dress up like her and grandmother. There was a big misunderstanding but the grandmother cleared everything up. So this story takes bad characters in fairy tales and makes them good.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed this because it has such a different take on classic fairy tales.

Classroom Extension Ideas: I could have the students pick their favorite fairy tale and convert it to a twisted tale. Also I could have them campare and contrast fairy tales and twisted tales.

Summary: This book has three classic fairy tales told by other characters in the story. The story Hansel and Gretel was about a witch telling the children ate her home because their parents wont let them eat sweets. The children did not behave good at all. Since the children almost ate all of the sweets at the witches house she locked them up to wait for their parents to get there. The second graphic novel is a spin of the Little Red Riding Hood. This story is told from a wolf's point of view. The wolf asked to come over and babysit. Little Red wanted to play dress up and made the wolf dress up like her and grandmother. There was a big misunderstanding but the grandmother cleared everything up. The third novel was The Three Billy Goats Gruft from the troll side and its about a troll working at his toll bridge. The three goats trick the man so he had to pay the toll.

Personal Reflection: I thought this book was so fun to read and I think children would love to read it. Children love hearing a re told story in a funny way. I actually found these stories quite hilarious!

Classroom Extension Ideas: I could teach children how there are two sides to every story. I could also read the book to them and have the children tell me their favorite fairy tale, write it down and tell me why it is their favorite.

Summary:
Twisted Tales is a very cute book. I love how they've changes classic fairy tales to make the bad guys good. It also has very interesting illustrations. I've never seen a graphic novel that has collage illustrations.

Personal Reaction:
This was a fun book to read and I think children would love reading it. It had very humorous details added to the classic tales. I also loved how they made the "good characters" into the bad guys.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. I would ask the students to pick their favorite fairy tale and change it into a twisted tale. I think this would be a great assignment for students of all ages.

2. I would have the students pick one story from the book and have them create a compare and contrast chart comparing the classic fairy tale to the twisted tale.

Summary:
This book contains multiple funny classic stories with a twist.

The first is a take on Hansel and Gretel. The old lady is the one telling the story this time. She tells how she didn't even want a candy house-it was just the only one left on the market! The children fattened themselves of, and the only reason she locked them up was to make them stop eating until their parents came to pick them up.

The second graphic novel is a spin of The Little Red Riding Hood. This story is told from the wolf's point of view. The wolf was called over by Little Red's grandmother to babysit. Red wanted to play dress up and made the wolf dress up as her grandmother. She then wanted him to get into her grandmothers bed. There was a misunderstanding next. A passing by woodsmen heard the wolf say something, but heard wrong. Red's grandmother cleared things up.

The third part of the book is a twisted version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. In this story, the "Troll" is actually a man working at his toll bridge. The three goats trick the man so they don't have to pay the toll. The rest of the town comes out and say how the goats owe them too. So they goats take care of everyone's lawns.

Personal Reaction:
This is a great story. Everyone knows the classic versions of these stories, but these alternative versions are silly and cute. Children love hearing a story retold in a funny way. The illustrations are a little weird looking, but they are very well done. This book also shows that graphic novels can be fun.

Classroom Extensions:
This book can be used on a unit of graphic novels to teach children how to read them in a fun way.
This book can also be used to compare these stories and the classic ones.

Summary: This book has three graphic novels in one book. It tells the "true" story of the fairytales Hansel&Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Three Billy Goats Gruff. The stories are wrote from the prespective of the villians in each book. They get the chance to tell their side of the story in a humorous way.

Personal Thoughts: I found these stories to be quite hilarious! I think the children would enjoy hearing what the bad guys have to say. I thought this graphic novel was easier to follow then some of the others I've seen.

Classroom Ideas:
1. I would have the class guess what the villians were going to say happened.
2. I would read the real stories first and the read Twisted Tales and compare.

This one was cute. I Prilla is she a fairy with the talent of blinking to the clumsies (humans) mainland and playing with child. This talent keeps the fairies alive because it keeps the belief of fairies alive. I wish there was a little more of her using her talent because I think it cute when she plays with the kids. It had a pretty good lesson at the end too.

Summary: Home sweet Home: This story is the witches story of Hansel and Gretle. The witch said that the children ate her home, because their parents wont let them eat sweets. Also the only reason she locked them up was because she was waiting on their parents to get there.
Babysitter Blues: Was based on the clasic story of Little Red Ridding Hood. It is the big bad wolves story and he says that they got the story all wrong that he was baby sitting littlered and they were playing dress up when a passing woods men saw them. He thought that the wolf was doing wrong when he was just baby sitting little red.
personal reaction: i liked this book because they showed sories that we all know and love but with a twist.

classroom extension: One of the things we could do with this book is have the children rewrite a story they know but from someone elses point of view.
Also we can tell stories where people thought one thing an really it was not what was happening.