Fireworks fills the whole sky with colors
Like the Rainbow
Slowly you can see the Black sky
BIG white moon in the sky
See the Moon
See the Sun
with your Little EYES

-Yoanna C.

They see me crazy

Cuckoo bird, that is me

From my head all the way down to my toes

Person, really care and don’t stare

You can be different everywhere

If there’s a tamed person like me around

A silly wild nut, someone glad

I rather say no matter what’s inside

Go fast and slow to change the world

Know that one still stinky finger can make a mess

Think! lips too may do the same.

Having to say, I feel, deep inside

I like myself and you!

-Dinorah J.

Wake Up, Sun!
A chicken, dog, pig and cow
They want to find the sun somehow
Hello sun
Where can you be
The animals are looking for thee
Is the sun hiding
Did it sleep late
The animals stop to deliberate
They travel through the farm
And make loud sounds
With hope that the sun will come around
The animals wake the farmer’s baby
Who lets out a cry
And the sun rises into the sky

-Heather Abarca

Home sweet tree
15 bears live inside the house
13 bears see a messy room
The mama bear see the rules
And that thing needs to keep dry and cool.

15 bears see the tree
13 bears live in the tree house
And mama bear is full the stuff
She needs a story time to see her room inside.

-Ilzeth S.

LOVE is your joy
LOVE isn't an enemy
LOVE creates a family
LOVE cheers me up
LOVE ........ is powerful.

-Elizabeth C.

Oh, the thinks


Scholpp. Scholpp. Beautiful Scholpp


Red, pink, blue


That big balloon

The thinks you can think


Light, bright, night


Snuvs and their gloves


A swimming pool
You can wonder
You can think


Beautiful slop


With a cherry on top

-Amber R.

There old
And cold
Some are pink and green
Some are the ugliest
You've ever seen
Some are clean
And others look mean
So it's time to come out clean
And be the best you can be
In your dream.

-Ivette P.

Hug Time
by Patrick McDonnell

Hug To-Do List:
best friends,
butterfly, buttercups, birds, blue whale,
panda, peacock, polar bear,
wombat, wallaby,
elephant, chimpanzee,
giraffe, hippo, tigers.

The world is so big,
so precious, so fragile, so round.
It's time that we embrace it all.
Filled with love,
give the whole world a hug.
That's something we all can do.

Will that make it better?
Yes.

Would YOU like a hug?

-Ailene N.

February is the month of love
Is a perfect name for the day?
I love my friend
She has a special name
I feel very lucky
When I’m smiling and talking
Today is a special day
With nice toys let’s play
Red little dog
He going to adopt



Book: Lots of love (Clifford’s)
By Sarah Fisch

-Iliana lemus

Book used: If You Give A Pig A Pancake

You give me something special,

Remind her

all friends

come through

to feel family

chances are

you might take

some pictures

build something special

start dancing

to trees

she'll want

to send her favorite toys

feeling shes finished

-By Gloria H.

BORIS BEAVER
By: Marcus Pfister

Boris Beaver climbed a tree
cut the branches with his teeth.
Boris Beaver swan across the pond
jumping up and down.
Boris Beaver played a game
with his three new friends.
Boris Beaver cut a tree and builds a lodge
with a roof so sharp.
What a supper job! said his friend the fly.

-Sandra V.

Seven Silly Eaters

7 silly eaters

by: Leela W.

a mother
just like today
sweet & kind
a perfect son
milk, not cold, not hot but warm
a daughter sweet & fair
homemade lemonade
PATIENTLY prepared
giggling softly to herself
a son, never cross
fresh apples for applesauce
a boy, charming round & plump
oatmeal without lumps
precious silly sort of eaters

a daughter sweet & bright
squishy homemade bread
twins quick and smart
one like poached eggs the other fried
got no REST, but did her BEST
tired to the very bone
what a lovely little foolish group
bunch of fussy persnickety
all the 7 silly eaters

they were all a splendid crew
pots of it-lots of it
all the foods
that kept them in suck HAPPY moods
wiped her brow & heaved a sigh
a BIRTHDAY tomorrow
her special day
a secret plan

chopped & stirred
what they each preferred
oatmeal, lumpy, grim & grumpy
so crossed dumped the applesauce
threw the dough
mish mashed into the lemonade
icky, sticky stuff into the eggs
flung hodgepodge
into the milk of ONE BIG POT

what had they done
what a mess
hide it
a wish come true
A PINK, & PLUMP & PERFECT CAKE
Surprise, dancing around
A single simple meal
All agreed
Secret recipe
Fine to eat & Fun to make
A birthday cake
For all the 7 lovely little
SILLY EATERS

Found Poem: Are You My Mother?

Are You My Mother?
By P.D. Eastman

Words from Are You My Mother?

Are You My Mother? Egg Where could she be?
Baby bird Did To No!
Said Not Dog Jumped
Cow The Ran And
Old Stop Mother bird There she is!

Are You My Mother?
By Ana C.

Mother bird jumped
The egg did not
And old cow said
Stop!

Baby bird
Ran to Dog
Are you my mother?
No!

Where could she be?
There she is!

Charlie the Caterpillar

Book Review: Charlie The Caterpillar
1. Type of Book: Storybook, seasonal, predictable
2. Format: Paperback
3. Mulit-Cultural: No
4. Awards: No
5. Ages: 4-7
6. Brief Synopsis: Charlie the caterpillar is treated unfairly by the other animals because
they think he is “ugly”. After Charlie transforms into a butterfly all the animals want to
be his friend. He finds out in the end who is true friend is.
7. Interaction: There is a line that is repeated that children can say as you turn the page.
8. Quality: Characterization, color, aesthetic appeal, listening pleasure, suspense,
humor/wit, surprise
9. Debrief: 1) How did Charlie feel when he was a caterpillar? 2. How did the other
animals treat Charlie at first? 3. How could you treat someone who was different than
you? 4. How was Charlie a good friend to Kate? 5. When have you seen butterflies?
10.Activities: 1. Make a craft that shows the life cycle of the butterfly. 2. Make a butterfly
using handprints. 3. Make a butterfly with tissue paper. 4. Draw butterflies on the
blacktop or sidewalk with chalk. 4. Talk about other life cycles such as chicken, frog,
or plants.

-Heather A.

Why Can't I Fly By: Rita Gelman

Book Review: Why Can’t I Fly
Author: Rita Golden Gelman
Illustrator: Jack Kent
1. Type of Book: Storybook, predicatable
2. Format: Paperback
3. Multi-Cultural: no
4. Awards: no
5. Ages: 3-6
6. Brief Synopsis: This is a story of a monkey named Minnie who can't understand why
she can't fly but other animals can. As she tries and tries she just can't seem to
figure it out. Luckily, her friends help her to fly in a unique way.
7. Interaction: There is a phrase repeated throughout the story for children to easily
repeat also.
8. Quality: Color, a gamelike challenge, listening pleasure, nonsense, suspense, humor/
wit, surprise, repitition, hope, charm, sensitivity, action, predictability
9. Debrief: 1.Which animals in the story could really fly? 2. What did Minnie try to help
her fly? 3. How was Minnie able to fly? 4. What have your friends help you to do? 5.
What have you done to help your friends?
10.Activities: 1. Graph animals that can and cannot fly. 2. Have children draw a picture
of them flying in a special way. 3. Reinact story using a sheet and a stuffed monkey.
4. Ask children to make the sounds of the different animals in the story.

-Heather A.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? By: Bill Martin/Eric Carle

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

By: Bill Martin/Eric Carle

1.Predictable book

2.hard cover

3.no multicultural theme

4.no awards

5.2-4 year olds

6. This book is describing with rhyming phrases what each animal sees. They use color the name of a kind of animal and repition.It makes children’s imagination work for they use an example of a blue horse which makes the children laugh and stay intone and with attention to what comes next.

7.The type of interaction that can be used is:” children what do you think the bears is going to see next?” And you should make all the children as yourself put your hands to your face as if you are looking for something and make them repeat after you .

8.The of kind of quality is :word play

9.Four question would be: A.)”What do your eyes see?” B.)”Where would you find these animals?” C.)”Have you ever seen a purple cat?”

D.)”What noise does the dog make?” 10.Activities:1.)Have a puppet show with different characters and make groups! 2.)Make a chart …Start with writing the children’s names and ask “what animals do

you like to see?"

3.)With watercolors ask the children to paint what they like to see with their eyes
-Gloria H.

Big Pumpkin by; Erica Silverman

Title: Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman

illustrated by S.D. Schindler

Type: novelty, Halloween-themed

Format: dark colors relating to the colors of Halloween, softcover, much details in the illustrations

Multicultural: none

Awards: --1992, North Carolina Children's Book Award Nomination

--1992, Books for Children designation, Library of Congress

--1993, Children's Choice Designation

--1993, Children's Book Council & International Reading Association

Age appropriate: ages 4 yrs to 8 yrs

Brief synopsis: a witch grows a pumpkin too big to remove from the vine. But with the help of a mummy, vampire, ghost, and bat they get the pumpkin off the vine and the witch makes a pumpkin pie and she shares it with them

Interaction: children can repeat some of the dialogue, especially of the witch

Quality: lots of humor, wit, and some repetition, predictability

Debrief: --What would happen to the pumpkin if they couldn't get it out of the vine?

--Can you think of another way to pull out of the vine?

--Why did the witch share the pumpkin pie with her friends?

-Luis G.

Brave Little Monster by: Ken Baker

Title: Brave Little Monster

by Ken Baker; illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes

Type: Picture

Format: Softcover with large illustrations

Multicultural: None

Awards: None

Age appropriate: from ages 4 yrs to 8 yrs

Brief synopsis: A little boy monster discovers an ice-cream eating little human girl in his closet and a little human boy under his bed, and can't decided what to do with themInteraction: Children can repeat the words the little boy monster said

Quality: Humor and wit; contains many large illustrations for a book this small size

Debrief: --What would you do if you found a monster in your closet? --What would you do if you found a monster under your bed? --Is your mom or dad afraid of monster?

-Luis G.

Wings on Things

1. Name: Wings on things
2. Format: Cardboard book
3. Multicultural: No
4. Awards: N/A
5. Ages: 2 to 6
6. This book is about what cain of things can fly and which ones cannot fly.
7. We can read this book in circle time or we can make an activity with them.
8. Listening pleasure and repetition
9. #1) what things can fly?
#2) what things cannot fly?
#3) what animals can fly?
#4) why do you think birds can fly?
10. #1) Child can draw their favorite part of the book.
#2) they could make an airplane.
#3) they could paint their drawing.

-Nadya I.

A Basketful of Treats

1. Name: A Basketful of treats
2. Format: Card board book, glittery
3. Multicultural: No
4. Awards: N/A
5. Ages: 2 to 5
6. This book is about Sam making a basket for Easter.
7. We can read this book in circle time or parents can also read to them before sleeping.
8. Listening pleasure
9. #1) what other things can you put on the basket?
#2) what other things can you use instead of the basket?
#3) what cain of candies can you put in the basket?
#4) what colors did the book use?
10. #1) child can make their own basket?
#2) make a drawing that is related to Easter.
#3) paint the drawing.

-Nadya I.

Goodnight Moon

1. Name : Good night moon
2. Format: Paper book, Picture book
3. Multicultural : No
4. Awards: N/A
5. Age: 2 to 6 years old
6. This book is about a rabbet saying good night to all the things in his room.
7. The children can read this book with the parents before they sleep.
8. Listening pleasure, repetition.
9. #1) what things he say goodnight to?
#2) who can read you this book?
#3) what other things can you say goodnight to?
#4) what other things can you have in your room?
10. #1) Children can draw a picture of their room.
#2) have them make their own book.
#3) compare the things in the book to the classroom.

-Nadya I.

Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden By: George Levenson

Title: Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden

by George Levenson; photographs by Shmuel Thaler

Type: picture, science

Format: softcover with large photographs often covering both pages; chronicles the life cycle of a pumpkin in great details with many photographs

Multicultural: none

Awards: --2000 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children,Selectors Choice, National Science Teachers' Association/Children's Book Council --1999 100 Best Titles for Reading & Sharing, New York Public Library --1999 Top Ten Science Books for Youth, Booklist

Age appropriate: ages kindergarten (4yrs) to Grade two (7yrs, 8 yrs)

Brief synopsis: How a pumpkin starts out in a patch from a small seed

Interaction: Most of the words in the text rhymeQuality: humor/wit, rhyming words, large photographs, detailed photos ofmany pumpkins

Debrief: --Why do you think the pumpkin seeds need the ground to grow? --Do pumpkins come in other colors, too? --Have you ever put your hands into a pumpkin before?

-Luis G.

Is Your Mama a Llama by: Deborah Guarino

Is your mama a llama? By: Deborah Guarino.
Book Review
1. Type of book: Animal story, predictable, books with repetitions and reinforcement.
2. Format: Paperback.
3. Multicultural: No.
4. Awards: No.
5. Age: 4-5 years old.
6. Brief Synopsis: This book is about a Llama who is ask to many types of animal if his mom is a llama, and every animal like the bat, swan, cow, seal, and kangaroo answer no, and every animal describes his mom looks like, and where they life.
7. Interaction: The teacher or the person who is reading the book can ask question about, you know who a mama llama looks like, to the child. And the child can ask, and other children they can participate to.
8. Quality: a) Character development --- At the end of the history the llama found his mama.
b) Color---- Calm, soft colors (blue, pink, green, white.)
c) Repetition--- The llama ask the same question to 5 different types
Animals.
d) Sensitivity---- The llama feels sad, and seal ask a question to polite
and friendly.
e) Realistic dialogue--- The llama is asking a really question.
9. Debrief: a) How would you feel if you ever got lost?
b) What do you think how the llama is feel about he do not where is
her mama.
c)what is the llama doing in the story?
d) Why is the llama sad?
e) What do the animals answer after being asked if there is a llama?
10. Activities:
Trace an outline of a large llamas onto paper, make copies of this outline for each child, let the children colored with pencils ands glue some eyes.
Make llama with cartoon and the children can put glue and put ears, eyes and the hair to, if you give all those materials.
Outside the classroom in a sandbox put in there animals by the farm and the llama to.

-Denisse E.

Zoo by: Lori Froeb

Book name: ZOO by Lori C. Froeb
Illustrated by JoBrown

* Format:
Fold-out Counting Book(hard cover)

* Type of book:
- Oversized
- Picture
- Interactional

* Multicultural
None

* Awards
None

* Age appropriate:
3-5 years old

* Brief synopsis.
ZOO is a counting book that is illustrated with five different animals.
If children know the answer , they will fold out extra-large flaps to
reveal the animal in its habitat.

* Interaction.
Teacher can ask frequently questions.

* Quality.
- Color
- Listening pleasure
- Surprise

* Debrief:
- What kind of animals can we find at the zoo?
- What is your favorite animal? Why?
- Which animal do you think can fly?
- Which animal do you think can swim?
- What animal can be the smallest and tiniest?
-What animal can be the biggest?

* Activities.
- An activity that I think can be really fun and interesting for children
is a "zoo festival", where they can dress up as their favorite animal. At the
festival they can dance, sing and actually we can do a little story about how
the animal's life a the zoo can be.


-Mariza Ruiz

The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by: Dawn Casey

The Great Race
The Story of the Chinese Zodiac

Written by Dawn Casey
Illustrated by Anne Wilson

1. Type of Book: Picture Story Book

2. Format: Paperback, perfect bound

3. Multicultural: Yes- referring to the Chinese Zodiac as it is still observed today in many Asian cultures.

4. Awards: N/A

5. Age Appropriate: 5 years old and up- Teacher may adjust the difficulty of the reading.

6. Brief Synopsis:

Thirteen animals in China enter a race created by the Emperor. The winner will be given the honor of having his name be the first year of the new calendar. Each animal has different characteristics that help them through the race. They encounter different challenges as they each hope to win.

7. Interaction:

This book can be very interactive in that children can take turns guessing which animal will win, at the end they can check which animal belongs to their year of birth.

8. Quality:

a) Bright Colors
b) Characterization- Animals in action
c) Suspense- Who will win
d) Aesthetic Appeal- Oriental drawings and some calligraphy
e) Charm
f) Cultural Insight- Teaches Chinese celebrations and cultural aspects

9. Debrief:

a) Why did the Emperor create the race?
b) Which animal do you think will win?
c) What do you think is the most important trait to win?
d) Why do you think the rat wins?
e) Why do you think the cat was last?
f) How did the animals celebrate the race?

10. Activities:

a) Children can make puppets from paper bags to create all the animals of the race.
b) The teacher can show children the zodiac and try to guess each other’s animal through their characteristics.
c) The class can eat Chinese food to celebrate the Chinese new year: Noodles, cookies, egg rolls.
e) The students can choose an animal and talk about its traits according to the Chinese zodiac.

-Ana C.

Caterpillar Spring Butterfly Summer by: Susan Hood

Caterpillar Spring Butterfly Summer
Written by Susan Hood
Illustrated by Claudine Gévry
Designed by Mara Van Fleet

1. Type of Book: Story book

2. Format: Board book with pop up cloth spring and pop up butterfly.

3. Multicultural: N/A

4. Awards: N/A

5. Age Appropriate: 2- 4 years old

6. Brief Synopsis:

A caterpillar goes around during spring meeting new friends, after it goes to sleep on a long nap she wakes up to fly as a beautiful butterfly.

7. Interaction:

This book is interactive since it describes different aspects of spring in which the children are able to use there sense of touch to explore. It also has texture in its pop up character that is made of a spring and cloth to represents the caterpillar’s body. Children can share their impression of the aspects of the spring season and discuss what they see in the story such as insects, flowers, birds, etc. This story offers an opportunity for the students to talk about friendship since the main character makes friends throughout the story.

8. Quality:

a) Bright Colors- Yellow, red, blue, green.
b) Word play- fun words that are easy to repeat.
c) Listening pleasure- words that rhyme
d) Onomatopoeia- Use of words that represent actions such as “chompity-chew”.
e) Predictability- Life cycle of the butterfly
f) Aesthetic appeal- Beautiful illustration, pop-up characteristics.

9. Debrief:

a) Why were the animals coming out?
b) What were the animals eating?
c) Why can’t the caterpillar go with her friends?
d) Why did the caterpillar go to sleep?
e) What happened when the caterpillar woke up?

10. Activities:

a) Children can recreate the story with puppets or with dramatic play.
b) Children can create caterpillars with egg cartons.
c) The teacher can review the life cycle of a butterfly with a small green house.
d) Children can stuff green socks and make caterpillar puppets.

-Ana C.

Good Night Gorilla by: Peggy Rathmann

Good Night Gorilla
Written by Peggy Rathmann
Illustrated by Claudine Gevry

1. Type of Book: Picture Story Book

2. Format: Paperback with staples, half letter size.

3. Multicultural: N/A

4. Awards: N/A

5. Age Appropriate: 2 years old to five – (This book is very simple with only a few words per page. However, the teacher may creatively adapt the stories level based on the groups age.)

6. Brief Synopsis:

The night zookeeper of a city zoo says goodnight to all the animals, the first one is the gorilla who, without the keeper noticing, takes away his keys and so every time he says good night to each animal the gorilla opens its door. All the animals go to the keeper’s house to sleep when he’s not looking, but the keeper’s wife sees them and returns them to the zoo. The gorilla and the mouse, which still have the key, go back to the keeper’s house to sleep happily with him and his wife.

7. Interaction:

This book is interactive because it is predictable and the teacher can ask children what they think is going to occur next, such as the name of the animals.

8. Quality:

a) Bright Colors- Green and purple
b) Word Play- Word repetition
c) Values- Example of human kindness
d) Humor and Fantasy
e) Predictability

9. Debrief:

a) Why was the zookeeper saying good night to all the animals?
b) Why did the gorilla take the zookeeper’s key?
c) How many animals were sleeping in the zookeeper’s bedroom?
d) For who is the banana that the mouse has?
e) Why did the animals want to sleep in the house of the guardian?
f) Why did the lady wake up?
g) Why did the zookeeper’s wife return the animals to the zoo?

10. Activities:

a) The children can practice with the teacher all the greetings of the day like “good morning”, “good afternoon”, good evening”, and “good night”.
b) It is easy to create a dramatic play, were the children can represent the story of the book.
c) The teacher can organize a visit to the zoo during the day and the children can greet the animals.
e) The students can choose an animal and talk about it and why they like it.
f) The children can talk about the meaning of night and about their feelings when its dark.
g) The children can use puppets to reproduce the story.

-Ana C.

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Title: It looked like Spilt Milk

Author: Charles G. Shaw

Type of Book: Non-Fiction
Formant: Paperback
Multicultural: N/A
Awards: N/A
Age appropriate: 4 to 7
Brief Synopsis: It is about how something looked like spilt milk, later a bunny, a bird and many other things. At the end it looked like spilt milk, but it turned out to be a white cloud in the sky.

Interaction: Before giving the answer of what it looks like ask them what do they think the shape looks like?

Quality: Children will use their imagination, for example they take out shapes or forms out of the cloud. Also a little bit of suspense, because the cloud will be changing forms and they do not know what shape will be coming up next.

Debrief: 1) What other shapes can a cloud form?
2) Are clouds always white?
3) What makes the clouds move and change forms?
4) Have you stared at the clouds before?

Activities: 1) Go outside to look at the clouds and see what shapes we are able to see.
2) Take cotton balls and make them into different shapes, and paste them on paper for everyone to see them and guess what forms and shapes they have.
3) Place different colorful dots of paint on paper. Then fold the paper and find figures or shapes that come out.

-Sylvia Y.

Strega Nona

1) Type of Book: Fiction, picture, multi-cultural
2) Format: Paperback
3) Multicultural: Some references to another culture and language
4) Awards: Caldecott Honor Book
5) Age: 4-8 years old
6) Brief Synopsis: This is a story about an old woman who appears to use magic while cooking. Because she is getting older she needs help with chores, so she lets a young man live with her to help around the house. He notices Strega Nona cooking in her kitchen and observes her magical powers. When Strega Nona is gone for the day, he finds himself in trouble (or should we say pasta) that’s over his head.
7) Interaction: Stop throughout book and ask children what they think will happen next.
8) Quality: Characterization, color, hope (that the spaghetti will stop), charm, nonsense (magic), suspense, cultural insight, predictability in story (obvious that the young man is curious and will end up in trouble)
9) Debrief: What did Anthony see when he looked in the window of Strega Nona’s house? What should Anthony have done while Strega Nona was gone? What did Strega do when she saw Anthony and all the spaghetti? How did Anthony feel in the end? What is your favorite kind of pasta?
10) Activities: Art - Children could play with colored cooked spaghetti noodles in various ways. The may cut them and make designs or after cutting them they may sort their noodles by size or color. They may also paint with them by dipping them in paint then placing on paper to make swirly or wiggly lines. Music - Listen and sing to song “On Top of Spaghetti”. Critical Thinking - Let children show the sequencing to cooking spaghetti. Use a worksheet that illustrates 4 steps for them to color, cut and glue onto another sheet of paper in the correct order. Also, children may do a hands on activity with pots, water, pretend stove, spoons, bowls, and pasta (or pretend food or objects in its place). Along with sequencing they will develop fine motor skills with either activity by cutting or pouring.

-Heather A.

Tacky the Penguin

1. Type of book: Tacky the penguin

2. Format: Paperback book, colorful illustrations

3. Multicultural: N/A

4. Awards: N/A

5. Age: 3- 7 years

6. Brief synopsis: Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.

7. Interaction: the children can interact with the teacher by pronouncing new vocabulary words.

8. Quality: character development
color
word play
listening pleasure
repetition

9. Debrief: Where the penguins live?
What is the name of the penguin?
What do the penguins eat?

10. Activities: make an activity with the new words that we learn.
draw a penguin
go to a fieldtrip (sea world)

-Alma R.

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The big Hungry Bear

Book Review

1. Type of book :Animal Story
Repetitions and reinforcement

2. Format :paperback book

3. Multicultural: No

4. Awards: No

5. Age:4-5

6. Brief Synopsis: The person who is reading the book is interacting with the mouse. The mouse wants to ripe a strawberry for eating it and the reader is scaring the mouse telling him that the Big Hungry Bear will come and loves the strawberries.

7. Interaction:

1. Have you heard about the big hungry bear?
2. Do you think the mouse is scared?
3. Would you pick up the strawberry?
4. What sound does the bear make?

8. Quality:Repetition
Grit
Suspense
Hope

9. Debrief: What color is the strawberry?
Do you think the strawberry was juiced?
Why the mouse insisted in getting the strawberry?

10. Activities:

1.- Draw anything you remember about the story
2. Fill a strawberry and a mouse with little balls of color paper
3. Make 4 or 5 cards with sequence about the story
4. enjoy time eating fresh strawberries

-Ivonne D.

City Storm by: Rebel William

City storm
By: Rebel William

This is an interaction book

Big paperback book

Multicultural: N/A
Awards: N/A

Ages: 3-5

This story is about what happens and what do people do when it rains in the city. This story can be made as a song; it fits the wheel on the bus.

Children can make the sounds, make hand movement and sing.
Color, repetition, charm, word play, listening pleasure, and action

-Sandra V.

The Cloud Book by: Tommie de Paola

The cloud book
By: Tommie De Paola

A word and picture book
Paperback

Ages 4-5

The story talks about the different kinds of clouds. The cumulus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, cirrus clouds, and stratus clouds. And it explains how they are different from each other.
Children can make the sound of the animals they see.

The story has colorful illustrations. There is a lot of fantasy and non sense at the end of the story. Animals made from clouds.

What cloud animals you saw in the story? What was your favorite part of the story? How big are the clouds? What color are the clouds?

Children can draw an animal and paste cotton ball on top to make it an animal could.

-Sandra V.

Mouse's First Spring by: Lauren Thompson

Mouse’s first spring by: Lauren Thompson
A predictable book
Paperback
Ages 3-4

One day is spring mouse and his mom went out to play and mouse was curious about the world that surrounds him.

Children can say what can it be? Every time that is said in the story and guess what is it?
This story has words that rhyme like fluttery buttery, glittery and flattery and also a lot of repetition and predictability. The mouse always asks What can it be?
What was your favorite part of the story? Why is it your favorite part? What happen to the mouse at the end of the story?

Children can paint a mouse or draw their favorite page from the story. At circle time they can talk about mouse, what they eat, were they live, what color is the mouse.

-Sandra V.

Purplicious by: Victoria and Elizabeth Kann

1. Type of book: Storybook, Paperback
2. Format: Paperback
3. Age: 3-4 year olds
4. Awards:

5. Brief Synopsis:
“Pinkalicious” is in art class and she is criticized by her classmates for always using pink. Her peers continue to speak their minds on the subject of most popular colors. When she gets home, Pinkalicious feels doubtful of her preference for pink. She writes in her pink diary everyday of that week as she feels sadder and sadder each day. After picking vanilla ice cream instead of her favorite pink one, and not liking it, she gets the blues. Next school day she meets a girl in art class that needs pink for her painting. She watches the girl mix colors and discovers that she likes the new color, its purplicious.

6. Interaction:
While reading this book the teacher can ask children about their favorite colors. She can share with them how we all like different things and it’s ok to be different. She can comment on the way pinkalicious’ friends tease her and ask about proper ways to talk to our friends and about each other’s feelings. Teacher can also talk about mixing colors.

7. Quality:
Character development, Aesthetic appeal: sentences and words are placed at different positions on the pages. Color: It portrays the colors its talking about on each page, Realistic dialogue: It uses words that children can relate to, Cultural insight: It points out different likes and dislikes.

8. Debrief:
1. Do you think it was ok for Pinkalicious to paint always with pink?
2. Was it ok for Pinkalicious’ friends to tell her pink is a baby color?
3. Why do you think Pinkalicious felt blue?
4. What would you tell Pinkalicious about her favorite color?

9. Activities:
Children can make a painting using their favorite color.
We can have a wear your favorite color to class day.
We can have a day when children can share a snack of their favorite color.

-Dinorah J.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
1.-Type of book: Storybook (picture books), animal stories, others. Predictable books (books with repetitions and reinforcement).

2.-Format: paper back book.

3.-Multicultural: N/A

4.-Awards: N/A

5.-Age appropriate: from 3 to 5 years old

6.-Brief synopsis of book: This book is about row your boat, gently down the stream that life is but a dream. But what happens next? It’s time to hoist the sail and set out to sea, where an island is just waiting to be discovered.

7.-Interaction: have the kids sing the song Row, Row, Your Boat. Another interaction could be to make the animal noises that appear in the book, have the kids pretend to get on a boat, and also make the kids jump, slip, and leap.

8.-Qualities: color, word play (row, row your boat), (push, poke, tug and pull), listening pleasure and repetition (row, row, your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream)

9.-Debrief: What do you think you have to wear to get in a boat?, Why is the lion after the kids?, Why are the kids taking off their shoes?, what do you do when you are in the boat?

10.-Activities: children can make a boat using sticks, they can also draw a lion, you can have a group of kids to pretend to get in a boat and they can do what the book says, as a cooking project they can make a boat using bananas and pretzels.

-Lucia M.

Growing Frogs

Type of book: Growing Frogs

Format: Paper Back

Multicultural: N/A

Awards: N/A

Age: 5 and up

Brief Synopsis: This book is good for children that would like to know more about frogs. How a frog, grownup from a pond to an frog. This book can make children want to know more about all different kinds of animals and how all animals grow to be big.

Interaction: N/A

Quality: This book as many different color in it (Green,Yellew,blow, Red, and many more). It has lots of new works and a story line.

Debrief: What is the book about? What was the frog before he was a frog? What kind of animals do you like?

Activities: The children can draw a frog. We can have ponds in the classroom and see the ponds become a frog. The children can write about an animal that there like. We can take a walk to see other animals. We can go to the Zoo, Wild Animal Park, and to Sea World to see the animals and talk to people that world with the animals to know more about them.

-Elizabeth C.

ABC I Like Me by: Nancy Carlson

ABC I Like Me
by:Nancy Carlson

1-Alphabet and word book

2-It is a fictional ,paperback ,with bold letters ,with a great amount of color

3-No

4-No awards

5-21/2 to 4 year olds

6-This book covers the whole alphabet, highlighting a word for every letter. There is a character expressing every emotion a child goes through in a daily basis.

7-The interaction: Involve the children by repeating the letter of the alphabet and imitate the characteristic their defining and expressing.

8-The Quality:color, word play, and humor or wit.

9-a.)How do you feel today?

b.)Before turning the page ask ,”What letter is next?”

c.)Let them guess what the character is feeling,” He looks _?”

d.)For older children ask them to think of a feeling or emotion that starts with a letter.

10-Activities:

a.)Every child is handed a piece of paper and teacher asks ,”How do you feel today?” ex.-happy …They should annunciate the letter H and let them draw themselves with what makes them happy.

b.)Play the game I spy …something that starts with the letter G..and let them raise their hand and let them get up and touch it.

c.)For lunch make it fun and have alphabet soup and let them see the letters and try to guess the letter or letters that are on their spoon.

-Gloria H.

Art by: Patric McDonnell

Book Review

Art by Patrick McDonnell

1. Type of Book: picture storybook

2. Format: hardbound with cover

3. Multicultural: n/a

4. Awards: n/a

5. Age Appropriate: 5 years and older

6. Brief Synopsis: Art is a little boy who loves art. Join Art in this written-in-rhyme story as he scribbles, zigs, zags, and doodles works of art.

7. Interaction: the children can describe the pictures that Art creates

8. Quality: a) Color -- use of primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and neutral colors (black and white)
b) Listening Pleasure -- simple language, written with rhyming lines
c) Charm -- as Art creates his art, it will inspire us to create our own

9. Debrief: a) What kinds of things do you like to draw or paint?
b) Art's mom put his pictures up on the refrigerator. When you create pieces of art,
what do your parents do with them?
c) Besides paper, where else can we create art?
d) Do you know what a museum is? Has anyone been to a museum?

10. Activities: a) Free Art Expression
~ set out large individual sheets of paper and various art materials (tempera paints
in cups, water color pallets, paint brushes of assorted sizes, markers, crayons,
colored pencils, colored chalk, etc.)
~ let the children express themselves freely
b) Group Mural
~ attach a large length of butcher paper onto a wall or fence
~ decide, as a group, the theme to the mural
~ use poster or tempera paint and brushes of assorted sizes to create the mural
c) Field Trip to a Museum
~ if possible, set up a field trip to a local museum
example: The Children's Museum

-Ailene N.

Fish is Fish by: Leo Lionni

Book Review
Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni

1. Type of Book: storybook (animal story)

2. Format: floppy book (paperback)

3. Multicultural: Although this is a story with animal characters, I think that it has multicultural characteristics (increases positive attitudes concerning diversity).

4. Awards: n/a

5. Age Appropriate: 4 - 5 years old

6. Brief Synopsis: Two friends, a tadpole and a minnow, grow up to be a frog and a fish. As an adult, the frog is able to get out of the water and see the world. The frog tells the fish about birds, cows, and people. The fish wants to see these things, too, and one day decides to jump out of the water. However, the fish is not like the frog -- he is not able to be out of the water. The fish realizes that the best place for him is in the water. Frogs are frogs and fish is fish... and it's okay.

7. Interaction: every so often, the reader can use closure -- try to get children to guess what is going to happen next.

8. Quality: a) Character development -- at the end of the story the fish accepts that he is a fish...
and it's okay
b) Color -- beautiful, colorful illustrations
c) Realistic dialogue -- both the frog and the fish speak with simple and clear
language and converse in realistic dialogue

9. Debrief:
a) In the story, the frog tells the fish about birds, cows, and people. If you were the frog, what other things about the world would you like to tell the fish?
b) How do you think the fish would imagine these things to look like?
c) After the tadpole grew up into a frog, he hopped out of the water. While the frog was out exploring the world, how do you think the fish felt while his friend was away? (This question can lead into a discussion about feelings.)
d) Why do you think the fish was having trouble breathing when it was out of the water? (This question can then lead in to another story about how fish live or a discussion about fish in general.)

10. Activities: a) Fish Art
~ trace an outline of a large fish onto paper
~ make copies of this outline for each child
~ set out small colored tissue paper squares in containers, watered-down glue in
bowls, and thin paint brushes
~ let the children glue the tissue paper squares onto the fish (the squares represent
the scales of a fish)
~ when the artwork is dry, the teacher may cut out the fish on the marked outline
and arrange the children's fish art onto a bulletin board made to look like an
aquarium
b) Fishy Snacks
~ after reading the story (or during snack time) serve fish-shaped cheese crackers
(there are also starfish-shaped cheese crackers, as well as dolphin- and whale-
shaped cheese crackers)
~ be sure to check for any food allergies
c) Class Pet
~ goldfish are inexpensive and easy to care for
~ purchase a fish bowl, one or two goldfish, some decorative rocks, and goldfish
food
~ explain to the children how to care for a goldfish
~ place the fish bowl in an area where children can come to view the fish at leisure
(also in a place where the teacher can keep an eye on it)
~ create a chart for the children so that all children will have a turn feeding the fish

-Ailene N.

The Seals on the Bus by: Lenny Hort

Title: The Seals On The Bus by Lenny Hort; illustrations by G. Brian Karas.

Type: picture, novelty, interactive.

Format: softcover without bright colors; when book is placed flat, there is a different animal on each page.

Multicultural: none.

Awards: none.

Age appropriate: preschoolers. Uses repetition and animal sounds.

Brief synopsis: a father, mother, daughter, and son take a bus to go to a party. The bus is driven by a lion and at each bus stop a different animal gets on.

Interaction: children repeat the animal sounds or make animal movements.

Quality: word play, onomatopoeia, humor or wit, repetition, predictability, action, contains illustrations.

Debrief:
--"This is how rabbit hop." You model it for them first then ask them what do rabbits do.
--Why are the monkeys sitting on top of the bus?
--Why were the other animals afraid of the snakes?
--Why do the little boy and the little girl seem so happy in the picture?

-Luis G.

Silly Sally by: Audrey Wood

BOOK REVIEW

SILLY SALLY Written By: Audrey wood

Type of book: storybook, picture book, predictable book

Format: paperback

Age: 3-4 years of age appropriate

Brief synopsis: there is a very silly lady named Sally who walks on her hands backwards and up-side down on her way to town. Along the way she meets different animals and either dances or sings. Then they all meet a silly man named Neddy Buttercup who tickles them and they all walk into town backwards and up-side down.

Interaction: when reading this book the reader can encourage the children to repeat the words “backwards & up-side down”, “silly Sally” and also “tickled”.

Quality:
· Color; lots of colorful detail in this book
· Aesthetic appeal; sentences and words are placed at different positions on the pages.
· Word play & repetition; “silly Sally went walking into town up-side down”; this is repeated throughout the book.
· Listening pleasure; this book has a nice flow and is easy to follow along with.
· Non-sense, humor & wit; how silly is Sally to dance a jig with a pig, meet a dog and play leapfrog and then meet a sheep and fall asleep all while walking backwards and up-side down.
· Charm; how cute is this book to have such a silly character and for her to meet other silly characters along her journey, pre-scholar’s will love this book.

Debrief:
1. Why do you think silly Sally was walking back wards and up-side down?
2. What other silly things could Sally do on here way to town?
3. What could Neddy Buttercup do besides tickle everybody?
4. Why was everyone in town walking back wards and up-side down?

Activities:
· The children could (with adult supervision and help) walk on their hands up-side down and backwards outside.
· The children could make their own up-side down book with different characters and activities.The children could do leap frog outside and create their own jig, dance, and sing a new song in relation to the book.

-Leela W.

Book Title and Author

Type of book: See page 285 in Machado's 8th Ed. or Figure 9-6 Categories of Children's books

Format: Describe the format of this book.

Multicultural: Does this book portray appropriate muticultural characteristics?

Awards: Has this book earned any awards? If so, which one?

Age Appropriate: Consider length, concepts, themes. What age range is this book appropriate for?

Brief Synopsis of book: No more than one paragraph.

Interaction: In what ways can a reader encourage participation when reading this book?

Quality: See page 275 in Machado's 8th Ed. or in Children and Books Chapter under subtitle, Quality. Which of the following features are presented in your book (books will tend to have more than one of these characteristics)? Give an example of each from the book.

• Character development
• Color
• Human character
• Aesthetic Appeal
• Word Play
• Listening Pleasure
• Nonsense
• Onomatopoeia
• Suspense
• Humor or wit
• Fantasy
• Surprise
• Repetition
• Hope
• Charm
• Sensitivity
• Realistic Dialogue
• Cultural insight
• Action
• Predictability

Debrief: The 7th step of reading books to young children includes asking a few open-ended discussion questions at the end of the book. List 4-5 discussion questions that would be appropriate for your book.

Activities: What kind of activities are appropriate for preschool aged students to do that are related to the book? Name and explain 3 activities.