Katy No-Pocket

TITLE: Katy No-Pocket
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Emmy Payne/H.A. Rey
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company PUBLICATION DATE: 1944
GENRE: Fiction READING LEVEL: Ages 6-7
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Katy Kangaroo doesn't have a pocket to carry her baby Freddy in. She asks other animals how they carry their babies, but their methods don't work for her. A nice man remedies her problem by giving her his apron to carry Freddy in.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be able to act out what it would be like to be a marsupial. Aprons with pockets will be used, and students will write about and illustrate their experiences.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:Caty Quenga, Valdosta State University

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Author/Illustrator: Jeannie Baker      Publisher: Candlewick        Publication Date: 2010
Awards: 
2011 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 
2011 Australian Indie Award Best Children's Book
2011 The English Assoc and the UK Literary Assoc 4-11 Award Best Children's Illustrated Book (non fiction)
Genre: Juvenile Contemporary Fiction
Reading Level: Ages 6-7
Brief Overview: The story of 2 little boys, one from Sydney, Australia, and the other from Morocco, Africa. Each displays a day in their lives and how they somehow became interconnected.
Integrated Activity: With a set of partners, elaborate on the story, one student being the Australian child, and one the Middle Eastern child. Each student would walk their partner through the pictures and explain what is happening. This works on emergent reading and making meaning from pictures.
Reviewer's Name and Affiliation: Kristen "Taylor" Sims - Valdosta State University