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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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11/16/13

Memoirs of a Goldfish




AUTHOR: Devin Scillian
ILLUSTRATOR: Tim Bowers

PUBLISHER:Sleeping Bear Press
PUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2010
GENRE: Fiction  
READING LEVEL: Ages 5-8
BRIEF OVERVIEW:A goldfish tells the audience about his life in his small bowl. Each day something new is added until it is overcrowded. When the goldfish becomes angry he is finally put in his own bowl again. However, he realizes he misses the chaos. In the end he is reunited with his tank and a new friend who is just like him.  
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:   Read the book to the class. Discuss the addition of new fish each day to the bowl. Have the students get in front of the class and show the addition of fish to the bowl by having each student move to a spot in the classroom that is “the bowl”. As you are doing this discuss the adding of the fish, “We have two fish in the bowl and then we add one more. How many do we have?”Then have students try it on their own at their desks.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Shayla Samaras Valdosta State University





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