A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews

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10/21/14

Angelina Ballerina

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Katherine Holabird/ Helen Craig

PUBLISHER: Viking PUBLICATION DATE: 1983

GENRE: Children’s Fiction ages 9+ READING LEVEL: Ages 7-9

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Angelina is a mouse who wanted to be a ballerina. She danced all the time, but the dancing always got her into trouble because she never does her chores. Her parents finally enrolled her into a ballet class, and she became a beautiful famous ballerina.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The teacher will ask the students to write a story on what they want to be when they grow up. The Friday after the assignment is completed the teacher will tell the students they are allowed to come to school dressed as what they want to be.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Rebecca Hasty,Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Dance, Mouse

Milly and Tilly

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Kate Summers/ Maggie Kneen

PUBLISHER: Dutton's Children Books PUBLICATION DATE: 1997

GENRE: Classic Fiction READING LEVEL: 2nd Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This is a retelling of the classic fable about a town mouse and a country mouse.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students could compare and contrast what would be seen in the town and the country.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Lindsey Taylor, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: Small town, mouse, fable

11/22/13

The Lion and the Mouse

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jerry Pinkney

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

PUBLICATION DATE: 2009

AWARDS: Caldecott Medal

GENRE: Fable/ Wordless READING LEVEL: Age 1+

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Adaptation of an Aesop's fable, told entirely through pictures.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students write a narrative of the events in the story. (language arts)

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chris Poppell

Mouse Mess

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Linnea Asplind Riley

PUBLISHER: Blue Sky Press PUBLICATION DATE: 2000

GENRE: Picture Book/Big Book READING LEVEL: PreK-3rd Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A mouse wakes up for a midnight snack, but ends up creating a huge mess in the kitchen.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The class will explore the types of foods animals eat while creating a paper mouse and drawing things that a mouse might eat.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kirsti Slaughter, Valdosta State University

11/14/13

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Laura Joffe Numeroff / Felicia Bond
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins Children's Books PUBLICATION DATE: 1985
GENRE: Children's Literature READING LEVEL: 4-8 years

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A young boy offers a mouse a cookie which opens up a whole mess of wants from the mouse. After abusing the young boys hospitality, the story starts over when the mouse wants a glass of milk.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Start lesson by reading the book aloud to the class. After the story has been read, each student is to write one question they can come up with from the book on a sticky note and place it on the board. Each student is to pick up three sticky notes and answer the questions to a peer to get credit. When they are pick up three chocolate chip cookies from the teacher, before they can eat it, they are to indicate how many tens (cookie) and how many ones (chocolate chips). While finishing their snack, students are to listen to the musical version of the book via YouTube.com and analyze it and how they felt about it with a peer.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Patricia Price - VSU Teacher Candidate - LITR 3110 A