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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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10/19/14

It Looked Like Spilt Milk


TITLE:  It Looked Like Spilt Milk
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Charles G. Shaw
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins               PUBLICATION DATE: 1947
GENRE: Children's Picture Book - Fiction                     
READING LEVEL:  Second grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Sometimes it looks like spilt milk, but it’s not. Sometimes it looks like a rabbit, a bird, a tree, an ice cream cone and other familiar things, but it isn't what it looks like. The picture book keeps children guessing until the last page, where they find out that it is a cloud in the sky.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Cloud Blots -
·        Blue construction paper, and white paint
·        After reading the book have students make their own “spilt milk” by putting a drop of paint in the middle of the paper and folding it in half
Have them write down what objects they see in their clouds

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Jasmine Nall, Valdosta State University ECED)
LABELS: Animals, shapes, sky