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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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11/15/13

Cry-Baby Moon

AUTHOR: Katerina Mataira & Terewai Kemp
ILLUSTRATOR: Hone lhi-o-te-rangi Ngata
PUBLISHER:Mallinson Rendel Publishers & Ahuru Publishers
PUBLICATION DATE: 1992
AWARDS: Selected title of the White Ravens, 1993
GENRE: Cultural Fiction
READING LEVEL: 1-2nd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: The moon takes advice from cloud, thunder, lightning, and rainbow. She is upset because she cannot see her reflection in the sea.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Read aloud to students, and then have them write a story about other things that moon could have asked advice from. At the end have students illustrate the story mimicking the drawings from the book.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Whitney Wetherington Valdosta State University

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