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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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9/21/14

Eloise in Paris

Title:  Eloise in Paris
AUTHOR: Kay Thompson
ILLUSTRATOR: Hilary Knight
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster       PUBLICATION DATE: 1955
GENRE: Picture Book/Comedy/Made into a movie       READING LEVEL: grade 4.8

BRIEF OVERVIEW: There is an Eloise book for every occasion! This particular one tells the story of a young girl named Eloise and her nanny receiving the opportunity to travel to Paris. Eloise describes every hilarious detail of her trip throughout the book.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Ask the entire class who has ever received the opportunity to travel. Ask where each student would like to travel to one day. Have each student decide on a place (a state or country). Then take the class to the library, and ask the students to find a book about the place they would like to travel to. In one week each student will share about the place they chose.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:  Brittany Chastain, Valdosta State University ECSE




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