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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

The Travels of Babar

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jean De Brunhoff:  translated from the French by Merle s. Haas
PUBLISHER:  Random House, Inc.                   PUBLICATION DATE:  1934 
GENRE:  Classic Fiction        READING LEVEL:  Third Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW:  Babar, an elephant king, has just married Celeste.  The two elephants have exciting adventures on their wedding trip, as they travel around the world.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Have students decorate their own hot air balloon.  Students will write a paragraph on their balloon of where they would travel in their hot air balloon.  The teacher can display balloons on the wall  with the students’ pictures in the basket.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:  (Kimberly Hansen,  Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: ( classic fiction, writing, adventure, art )