The Uncorker of the ocean bottles by Michelle Cuevus

pictures by Erin E. Stead   Cloth Lullaby; The woven life of Louise Bourgeois words by Amy Novesky  pictures by Isabelle arsenault
Tribe: The mighty Tigers: Michael, Gurmaan, Nicholas, Jiya.

Summary for Cloth Lullaby : While reading the book we felt sad because someone she loved left her alone. Some pages of the book were exciting and others were sad. The art was very different for example the water/river was in lines. Michelle cuevus was playing with his words at one point there was a tent and she put the letters on the tent. When she showed stars it made us think about music because of the way they were drawn. We think this book was good.

Summary for The Uncorker of the Ocean Bottles: The story is about a lonely man. Just like  Cloth lullaby this story is also upsetting but at the end the uncorker made friends before he thought he smelled like dead fish or a fisherman. He wondered if he would ever be able to get a letter from ANYONE he though it would never be possible but little did he know that a new friend will invite him. The art was also awesome. I wonder if people know people like the Uncorker.

winner The Uncorker of the Ocean Bottles :We chose this book as the winner because he is nice to everyone and it is a heartwarming book. It is the Uncorker's first time to have a letter but he needs to know who gave the invitation so he goes around trying to discover who sent it. Everyone in our group voted for this one and we gave it a rating of 10/10.

Shy by Deborah Freedman                      
         VS.
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick

Tribe name: The Mighty Lions (Avineet, Elizebeth, Justin, Stephy)


Summary: Finding Winnie was a heart warming story about a boy and a bear who become friends. We liked it because it was a true event and because the guy had a big heart because he thought more about Winnie's happiness and not his. Winnie is a really cute cub and she is really smart. She knows how to do some tricks to practice during the first world war. Shy is a wonderful book and she likes to hide in book pages even though she is a giraffe. Shy's favourite books are about birds but she has never seen a bird in real life.

Winner: We thought Finding Winnie should win because it is a very good book and won the Caldecott medal. We think this book is off the charts and the illustrations were really realistic. We gave this book a rating of 10/10!

Grumpy pants by Clare Messer vs. A child of books  by Oliver Sam and Jeffers Winston
Tribe pickle pies: Harpreet , Madison,  Mantra,  

And the winner is.................
Grumpy pants by Clare Messer

(Mrs.Holden and grade four mini mighty Smack down)

Winner: The book Grumpy pants was the winner. It was actually unanimous (everyone voted for the same book). We gave it a rating of 10/10. We loved this book because it was very funny. The illustrations and the writing just matched and were a perfect fit.


Summary: The book Grumpy pants was very funny and we loved how he was very VERY grumpy.
We love how the illustrator shows the penguin's emotions and especially how he shows his anger. It's awesome how the words and the pictures match and help tell the story! This book is the winner we voted 10/10. A child of books was a very interesting book because many of the pictures were actually made of words. We liked this book because it was about adventures. It was a cool and groovy and was definitively not what we expected!

                       

Mini Mighty Smackdown!

Tribe: Candy Koalas (Jordon, Simran, Mehak & Joshua

Is There A Dog In This Book?!By Viviane Schwarz vs. The Darkest Dark By Chris Hadfield

And the winner is ...

The Darkest Dark By Chris Hadfield

Summary:

Is There A Dog In This Book is a lighthearted whimsical  book about 3 cats and a dog. The cats are afraid of the dog but they are in for a BIG surprise. One of the cats is not afraid. This book is a book of friendship. This book has wonderful and goofy pictures. Overall we think this book is an 8/10.

The Darkest Dark is a true story about Canada's first astronaut on the moon, This book is written by and about Chris Hadfield. Chris is a boy who had always wanted to be an astronaut. 

Winner: We chose The Darkest Dark as the winner. The reason we chose this book is because of the rich detail in the illustrations. We like that it is a true story and we can personally relate to the problem he has.  This book has a very relatable and rich story line. 3/4 chose this book for the winner.  We rated this book 9/10.

Henry's Freedom Box; A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine 
VS. 
Journey by Aaron Becker

Mrs. Holden and Grade 4-2 (We read these together as our introduction to mini-mighty smackdown).

Summary: Both of these books are Caldecott Honor Winners. They are two completely different picture books. Henry's Freedom Box is a story about slavery and the awful things that happened to families because of slavery. Henry's story is very heartbreaking but he tries to find the good in the bad. Journey is a wordless picture book so we have to work harder as the reader to figure out what is going on. From the first page it is easy to see that the main problem is that the girl is sad and lonely. She wants someone to play with her but everyone in her family is busy. She creates her own adventure using her imagination and we found many similarities between this book and others such as Where The Wild Things Are, and Harold And The Purple Crayon. We noticed that the author/illustrator used bright colours to represent whimsical/playful things such as a kite, a ball, a scooter, sidewalk chalk, etc. 

Winner: Journey 16/22 students chose this as the winning book. The reason why we liked this book so much is because the girl has a wild imagination and it shows us all the wonderful things you can do when you use your imagination. The author/illustrator did an amazing job of showing us rather than telling us this story. The pictures are full of detail and he creates suspense by adding in obstacles that the girl has to overcome. At one point we wondered if she would ever be able to leave the colourful world. Aaron Becker also does a great job of showing the characters' emotions in his drawings. We would highly recommend this book to others. We give it a rating of 10/10 overall.

Title of two books (underlined)                               vs.                                   
Tribe Name & individual names

Summary of both books

Winner with opinion

6B from Landing Trail Intermediate School Mini Smackdown Results

Group - Jessica, Nayte, Makayla, Keenan, Myranda
Maple vs Toads on Toast vs Not My Girl - Our favourite was Toads on Toast because Mama Toad tricks Fox into eating eggs instead of toadlets. We found the illustrations funny and liked how the author put in the recipe at the end.

Group - Kristen, Jack, Maisy, Cayden, Kane
Maple vs Toads on Toast vs Not My Girl - Toads on Toast was the winner because it was funny and amusing how Mama Toad tricked Fox. We liked the ending because now Fox does not eat toads anymore!

Group - Garrett, Hailie, Natalie, Dawson
Maple vs Toads on Toast vs Not My Girl - Our winner was Not My Girl because we enjoyed reading about Inuit life. We also gained more knowledge about how difficult it was for Inuit children to return home after being in a residential school. The ending was great!

Group - Ashlynn, Jordana, Ethan, JC
Maple vs Toads on Toast vs Not My Girl - Our favourite was Toads on Toast because we enjoyed how Fox looked in cookbooks to find out more information on how to cook toads. It was funny when Mama Toad tricked Fox by making "Toads on Toast" with eggs instead of toadlets.

Group - Jaden, Amna, Nicole, Nathan
Maple vs Toads on Toast vs Not My Girl - Toads on Toast was our winner because we enjoyed it when Mama Toad tricks Fox into liking eggs instead of toadlets. We liked how smart Mama Toad was in protecting her toadlets.

Group - Tianna, Sam, Xzavier, Cole, Juliana
Maple vs Toads on Toast vs Not My Girl - Our winner was Toads on Toast. Fox wanted to catch baby toads for a tasty treat. Mama Toad tricks Fox into liking eggs on toast instead. We enjoyed the illustrations and the recipe at the end.