This children's book stays true to the classic tale of Cinderella. A story about a young girl who is treated poorly by her her step mother and step sisters and looks for love when secretly attending a ball fit for the prince. The story has some higher level vocabulary, as well as some older terms. The images are much older and uses a lot of dull colors other than pink and yellow. This book would likely be fitting for first through third grade.
This folk tale stays true to the original. The story follows the original tale of a gingerbread man who runs away from multiple people and animals. While he might be the fastest of them all, there may be one animal that can trick the poor gingerbread man. A sly fox might just come up with a tricky plan. The book is enjoyable to young readers and they will find it to be humorous. Also, there is some rhyming within the text that will help young students. The pictures are playful and have a more traditional feel to them. The colors blend in through the story, but are bold dark colors. The characters are full of movement and facial expression. This book would be a good option for kindergarten through second grade students.
This biography shares the true story of a famous American slave named Henry. After being separated from his family, Henry makes a brave decision to escape his life. This book shares the life of Henry, all his hardships and his story of finding freedom. This is a beautiful story that is help to be told through detailed illustrations that bring life to the words. This would be an important read aloud book for younger elementary grades to introduce the ideas of slavery, however this could also be a good read for third and fourth grade, especially if they are using this as a gateway to learn and read more about slavery and people who this effected or experienced this situation.
Much like the title insinuates, this biography shares a story about a young boy and his love for baseball and of course 'the Babe'. This little boy has no greater lover than Babe Ruth and maybe on one lucky day he will get to meet his hero that inspires him to be a home run hitter in baseball, but he might also be forced to wear something that every Yankees fan truly hates: a Red Sox uniform. The illustrations are beautiful and full of emotion through the character style images. Though, there is an abundance of text that places this picture book at more of a third and fourth grade reading level.
This story book plays a role similar to and takes on the role of a biography. This story is told through the eyes of a young Muslim boy who explains the importance of his holy holiday. The story tell the full experience of thoughts and events that take place throughout the month to help someone understand what happens in this little boys life during this holy time. The story is helpful because not only does the story tell of the Ramadan holiday, but it also makes it easy to relate to for young readers because it is told from a young boy's experience. This book would be a good read for kindergarten through early second grade. The pictures are beautiful with vibrant colors and work well at adding to the words of the story.
This informational book is a book that provides a variety of information about different breeds of dog as well as everything that has to do dog families and their lives. The book has a traditional informational book format in which there are photographs with labels underneath pictures. Certain words are written in bold to bring attention to the words. Overall, this is a good book for student to explore for new information. I would use this book for third or fourth graders to read themselves, but having a book like this in beneficial to keep in younger elementary classrooms.
This hybrid informational book follows a narrative about a class that is putting on a play all about President's Day. While there is a story within the book, the primary focus of this book is on the history of the President's Day and facts about previous presidents. The book discussed election day and how America uses elections to vote for the presidents of the United States. Then, the book goes on to describe the different contributions of the presidents from Mount Rushmore: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. This book is great for kindergarten and first grade and could possibly be used as an introduction to president's day in a second grade classroom. The facts being presented in a story makes this a fun read for students, but also provides the facts. Because it is a hybrid book that uses illustrations of children dressed up as Presidents instead of more accurate images of what the actual presidents looked like (though can be found in the back of the book with their name, political affiliation, birthplace, and dates of birth and death), I would choose to use this book as a introduction to the concepts and go more into depth through a lesson or additional informational books.
This Caldecott winning book is a memorable book for one large reason, this book has absolutely no words. As a story told through its pictures, this book is a great way to introduce younger readers to the ideas of a story. Also, these illustrations will help students to learn to create their own stories and develop their understanding of the construction of a story as well as them developing their vocabulary through story telling.
Age: 3-7 This Caldecott winning book shares a story about a little fish that steals a hat from a much larger fish. Throughout the story, the little fish is convinced he will get away with his crime, even though he admits he is wrong. Little does he know that a bigger fish is onto him . . . And little does he know that people do not always get away with everything.
Ages: 4-8 This story tells a tale about an older lady who uses her special skills to make and grow pasta. The towns people loved her, but one day a young man spied on her to learn her secrets for making the amazing pasta. Unfortunately, he did not learn how to make the pasta stop growing and by the time it was too late and the pasta was taking over the old lady's house. Now he just needs to wait to see what his punishment might be. . . . and it might just be a big stomach ache. This is a great read for grades 1-3. |
ErinI am an aspiring Early Childhood Education Teacher. I love to explore children's book and find rich text for my future students to come to love. Categories |