Dream-House

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Fu-Ding Cheng

PUBLISHER:     Hampton Roads          PUBLICATION DATE: 2000

GENRE:  Fantasy     READING LEVEL: K-5

BRIEF OVERVIEW: The book tells of life’s natural cycles.  It teaches a lesson that all things should be treasured and treated right. It also teaches the moral of not being set on material things.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:Use recycled and sustainable items to create a 3-D version of the dream house.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chelsea Brown, Valdosta State University

Song and Dance Man

Title: Song and Dance Man
Author: Karen Ackerman
Illustrator: Steve Gammell 
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Publication Date: 1988
Awards:
1988 Horn Book Fanfare
1988 Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice
1988 Caldecott Medal Winner
1990 Kentucky Bluegrass Master List
1989 Caldecott Medal Winner
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reading Level: Ages 7-8 years old
Brief Overview: Children are with their grandpa, who takes them into the attic where grandpa stumbles upon his old performance materials. He shows them the memories he once had performing while he was younger.

Integrated Activity: Students can create their own “memory maker” (with a shoe box or cardboard box). They will decorate their box with things that relate to their good memory they had of a party, vacation or anything else they remember. They will display their projects to the class and keep their memory chest.
Reviewer's Name and Affiliation: Kristen "Taylor" Sims - Valdosta State University