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I don‘t think I would use this in my classroom because I feel like my students may get confused with the story

This book took an interesting turn that I wasn‘t expecting. I liked the story and the little world the woman found herself in as well as the ending

“Tee-he-he”
This should be the most mentionable quote, it was the most dialogue that the old lady had, and it got her away from the wicked oni!

Another book with remarkable and unique illustrations! This book was silly and fun to read! I love how she laughed so much that it became contagious to the wicked oni! Good read!

Caldecott book winner, is about a little old lady who giggled a lot.She went after her dumplin she had cooked. She found herself in the grasps of the wicked oni. They gave her a magic paddle, that helped her create lots of food for them. She wanted to go home so she got on the river but the oni all sucked up the water, she fell in the mud. This made them laugh and they let out the water. She can make lots of food with the paddle and now is rich!

“teeheehee“

I loved when she was hiding behind a tau from one and she just couldn't help but laugh even though she was in big trouble teeheehee

I liked this book a lot. I like the suspense and how exciting the adventure was. also the ending was comical that she kept the paddle

“With her magic paddle she could make more rice dumplings faster than ever. So she sold them and soon became the richest woman in all of Japan!”

When the monster came out and took her away to cook for him and his fellow oni monsters, I couldn‘t help but think back to the children‘s books I read when I was a kid about monsters and how I was always afraid of them!

This award winning book was very unique in the use of words, pictures, and overall style. This book definitely shows the uniqueness of cultures and beliefs as well as making it cute and interesting to read. Children may not find this book quite as exciting as some of the others I have reviewed, but still something definitely worth sharing!

Caldecott Award winning Traditional Literature (TL) novel “The Funny Little Woman” is a gem of a story retold by Arlene Mosel and Illustrated by Blair Lent. I remember picking this book from the library when I was a kid and my mom read it to me. The story is so cute and funny you can‘t help but be amused with every page.

A humorous but appropriate way to show diversity and culture through this tale.

This book is a great book to see what other people‘s culture are like but told in a fun way! It opens us up to a popular food, rice dumplings, that people of the Japanese culture eat. The content of the book did a good job avoiding the stereotypes of race, gender, and others. Award: The Caldecott Medal; Published: 1972; Illustrator: Blair Lent

This is another one that should definitely be made into a movie. #KidLitNostalgia