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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/24/13

A Luna Moth's Life

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: John Himmelman/ John Himmelman
PUBLISHER: Scholastic PUBLICATION DATE: August 1, 1998
GENRE: Nonfiction/ picture book READING LEVEL: Kindergarten
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book explains how a luna moth starts in creating a new baby luna through the laying of eggs…turning into larvae/caterpillar…wrapping into a cocoon…and hatching out to become a moth.  Himmelman’s illustrations help infer to children that moth’s are not meaningless “light” bugs.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Give each student a paper plate and tell them to divide it using black marker into four pieces.  Then give each group some dried lima beans, straight noodles, spiral noodles, and butterfly noodles.  Ask them to glue the bean in one of the divided pieces for the egg..the straight noodle in the next, for the cocoon, the spiral for the caterpillar, and the butterfly for the ultimate moth.  This can represent the life cycle of a moth and/or butterfly.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Mary Anna Dozier, Valdosta State University

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