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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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11/21/13

The Shivers in the Fridge

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Fran Manushkin/ Paul O. Zelinsky

PUBLISHER: Dutton Juvenile    PUBLICATION DATE: 2006
GENRE: Fictional Humor            READING LEVEL: PK-3
BRIEF OVERVIEWThis story is about a family living in a cold dark place. They believe they are being attacked by the giant monster.  They decide to fight back and end up all getting separated. The Shiver family ends up finding themselves all together again happy and warm in the end on the fridge as magnets where they live.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITYI would introduce the idea of magnetism to the class based on The Shivers in the Fridge and use examples from what the text says about magnets

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chelsea Brown, teacher candidate