The Library Mouse

The Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk. Library Mouse is a heartwarming story about a small mouse that lives inside the library of a school. He enjoys reading, and one day decides to write stories of his own to add to the library. He writes stories about himself and everyone in the library is anxious to meet this mysterious writer because everyone that reads his stories finds them to be amazing. The librarian decides to have a meet the author day so that the author of the books can be revealed to the children. Library Mouse does not want anyone to learn of his true identity, so on meet the author day he sets up a shoe box with a sign that tells the children to look inside the box to see who the author is. When the children look in the box they see a reflection of themselves. After this, all of the children are excited to write stories of their own because the mysterious author has changed the way that they feel about reading and writing. I highly recommend this book for early readers because it really gets them excited about reading, and makes them want to read and write.

The Magic Tree House: Civil War on Sunday

The book that I read is called Civil War on Sunday and it is a part of the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. I do not remember reading any Magic Tree House books when I was younger, but now I wish I did. In this story two siblings, Jack and Annie visit their magical tree house that provides them with books that send them to various places. In this adventure, they travel back to the Civil War and learn all about the soldiers and the purpose for the war. Jack learns a little bit about his family history when he meets a drummer that looks identical to him. The two siblings also meet other famous characters, like Clara Barton, who shares her story about caring for the wounded soldiers.
This book is really exciting for young readers because you cannot wait to see what will happen next! I would recommend this book for children ages 6-8. I like how within the story Jack takes notes about what he learns, then at the end of the book his notes are summarized. This gives the reader an opportunity to learn factual information about what is going on in the story.