Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop: A Tale of A Very Greedy Cat

 AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Meilo So

PUBLISHER: Knopf Books for Young Readers       PUBLICATION DATE: 2004  

GENRE: Fiction               READING LEVEL: Age 6

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A very gluttonous, grumpy cat eats anything that displeases him in this Indian-based folktale.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Each student will think of something that the cat could eat. They will each construct a sentence about the occurrence with a noun and an -ing verb like So does.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Quiana Nicole Childs, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: creative, Fiction, India, moral 

Siddharth and Rinki

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Addy Farmer/Karin Littlewood 

PUBLISHER: Transworld Publishers             

PUBLICATION DATE: 2010

GENRE: Nonfiction                       

READING LEVEL: Pre-k - Kindergarten

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Siddharth doesn't like his new home in England. Only his toy elephant Rinki understands, but when Rinki gets lost at school, Siddharth feels lonelier than ever. Then his classmates join him in the search for Rinki, and suddenly Siddharth doesn’t feel so lonely after all!

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Learn and discuss the different types of ethnicity's there are around the world. Learn that there is more than black and white.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jerre' Robinson - VSU 

Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India

A Trickster Tale from India Author/Illustrator: Gerald McDermott Publisher: ----- Publication Date: 2011 Awards: The Chickadee Award Genre: Traditional Non-European Reading Level: Ages 4-8  Brief Overview:A trickster tale about how Monkey tricks Crocodile by fooling him out of eating Monkey’s heart.  Integrated Activity:Students create their own trickster tales as if they were Monkey fooling the Crocodile out of some bad deed.  Reviewer's Name and Affiliation: Ashley Offenberg, Teacher Candidate Valdosta State University 

One Grain of Rice

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Demi

PUBLISHER:  Scholastic Press PUBLICATION DATE:  1997

GENRE:  Traditional, Non-European    READING LEVEL:  Preschool-4th grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book tells the story of Rani, a village girl in India who is offered a reward for a good deed by the greedy raja. She asks only for a single grain of rice, doubled every day for 30 days. The raja eagerly agrees to such a small request, but he is in for a surprise when the 30 days are up.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Ask the students if they would prefer to have one penny doubled every day for a week or $1. Have them figure out how much they would have if they chose to have the penny doubled. This can also be extended to include different monetary amounts or different lengths of time.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Amber Myers - Valdosta State University

Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:  F. Zia/Ken Min

PUBLISHER:  Lee & Low Books            

PUBLICATION DATE:  2011        GENRE:  Fictional Picture Book             

 READING LEVEL:  Grades 3-4

BRIEF OVERVIEW:  Dada-ji is supper strong whenever he eats his roti.  His grandson who loves to hear his grandfather’s stories makes Dada-ji his favorite food…Hot Roti.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Students will write procedural paragraphs about how to make hot roti based off of the information provided in the book.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:  Holly Hunt, Valdosta State University

Monsoon Afternoon

Author: Kashmira Sheth           Illustrator: Yoshiko Jaeggi 
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers     Publication Date: 2008 
Genre: Juvenile Fiction    Reading Level: Ages 8-9 years old           
Awards: 

• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Honor award for picture book) —Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) 2009, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People —NCSS/CBC 2009, CCBC Choices: 2009, Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008, Burr/Worzalla Outstanding Books — Wisconsin Library Association 2009, Read On Wisconsin! (Selected for preschool group) 2010
• Brief Overview: It is monsoon weather in India, and the little boy wants one of his family members to play with him in the rain. They all say no until his Dadaji (grandfather) says he will play with him. The little boy asks if this happened when his Dadaji was little and collects memories from that monsoon afternoon.

Integrated Activity: On a rainy day when students have to stay inside for recess, read this book. After reading it, allow students to use the computer program Paint, actual paint, and other forms of art mediums to create a visual representation on what they do on rainy days at their houses.
Reviewer's Name and Affiliation: Kristen "Taylor" Sims - Valdosta State University