TITLE: Caps for Sale
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Esphyr Slobodkina
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publisher PUBLICATION
DATE: 1940
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book READING
LEVEL: 3rd grade
AWARDS: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A man walks up and down the
street with colorful caps on his head calling “caps for sale, fifty cents a
cap”. There is a lot of repetition and monkey see- monkey do throughout the book.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Add
up all the caps in the story to see how much money he would have if he sold all
of his caps. Discuss cents using quarters.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Lauren Imamura & Valdosta State University
LABELS: Fiction, Humorous, World
