TITLE: On My Own
AUTHOR: Jillian Harker
ILLUSTRATOR: Louise Gardner
PUBLISHER: PARRAGON
PUBLICATION
DATE: 2001
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book READING
LEVEL: Four Year Old
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A baby monkey named Mungo believes he is ready
to try things on his own; that is until bedtime.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: After reading the story,
reinforce to children that not everything at their age should be done on their
own. Have students play the listening
and safety game “rabbits in the hole”.
Students will pretend to be rabbits as the teacher calls out directions
and they run safely back to their hole.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kimberly
Hansen, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: ( picture book, safety, listening, animals )
