The Paperboy

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Dav Pilkey
PUBLISHER: Orchard Books PUBLICATION DATE: 1996
AWARDS: Caldcott Medal
GENRE: Fiction READING LEVEL: 3rd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: When the whole neighborhood is still asleep, the paperboy is in the garage, rolling papers and filling his red bag to the top. With his faithful dog at his side, the paperboy sets off to deliver papers in the neighborhood.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students write about how they spend an average day, from waking up to going to bed. Encourage children to discuss their most and least favorite parts of the day and explain their choices. See if children can identify the most peaceful, exciting, and tiring parts of their day. Then, some children can illustrate morning activities, others afternoon/during day activities, and remaining children can illustrate activities performed at nighttime
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Rhonda Herb, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Writing, night, time management, bedtime, responsibility

Guess How Much I Love You

TITLE:  Guess How Much I Love You

AUTHOR: Sam McBratney

ILLUSTRATOR: Anita Jeram

PUBLISHER: Walker Books                      PUBLICATION DATE:  1994

AWARDS:  ALA Notable Children’s Books (1996)

GENRE: Fiction/Picture Book            READING LEVEL:  Grade 3

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Right before bed time, Little Nutbrown Hare wanted to be sure Big Nutbrown Hare knew just how much he loved him by comparing it to how high he can hop and how wide he can reach. However, Big Nutbrown Hare can hop even higher and reach wider that Little Nutbrown Hare to show his love. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have the children write a show narrative about how much they love someone, whether it be a mother, father, brother, or friend. Then have them draw a picture to match their narrative.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hillary Crosby, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: bedtime, Animals, award-winning, children's book

Where The Wild Things Are

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Maurice Sendak

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins        PUBLICATION DATE: 1964 
AWARDS: Caldecott Medal 1964 

GENRE: Classic Picture Book     READING LEVEL: Kindergarten 

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Max dresses up and acts wild, therefore he gets sent to his room without any dinner. Max's imagination starts to take over. He sails to another land where the wild things are. He becomes their king. They have so much fun but Max becomes lonely and wants to be with someone he loves. Max travels back home. When he makes it home, his dinner is waiting for him in his room...and it's still hot.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will draw their favorite character in the book. Students will write their favorite line of the book below their favorite character. Students will stand up and share their work.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Sarah MeLinne Moon, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: bedtime, adventure, fantasy

Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed.

AUTHOR: Barbara Parks

Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

 

PUBLISHER:  Random House Books for Young Readers      

 

PUBLICATION DATE:  1997

 

GENRE: Fiction     

                         

READING LEVEL: 1st grade - 4th grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: After hearing her classmate, Paulie Allen Puffer, talk about the monsters that hide under everyone's bed, Junie B. starts to wonder... Do I have a monster under my bed? Once she discovers the evidence, monster drool, on her pillow she has trouble sleeping at night. However, after talking with her mother, they come up with a clever idea on how to scare those silly monsters away.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have the students write about their biggest childhood fear and how they overcame them. (Improve descriptive writing skills.)

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hannah Banbury, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: bedtime, transitions, courage, female character, funny

Tuck Me In

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Dean Hacohen/Sherry Scharschmidt

PUBLISHER: Candlewick                 PUBLICATION DATE: 2010   

GENRE: Fiction Picture Book           READING LEVEL: Pre-K 

BRIEF OVERVIEW: All the baby animals are ready for bed. Each page has a flap to pull over the animals as bed sheets. Turn the pages and help tuck them in one by one.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Draw a picture of all the people in your house that need to be tucked in before bedtime (animals included).

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

The Night Worker

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: (Author) Kate Banks (Illustrator) Georg Hallensleben
PUBLISHER: Square Fish; Reprint edition PUBLICATION DATE: 2007
GENRE: Fiction PB READING LEVEL: 3rd grade and up
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is about a little boy going to the job site with his Dad.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will write about their dad’s job and tell what they could do to help him at work using complete sentences and ending punctuation.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Rachel Hill Valdosta State University

I Need My Monster

TITLE:  I Need My Monster

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Amanda Noll/ Howard McWilliam

PUBLISHER: Flashlight Press; First Edition edition

PUBLICATION DATE: (April 1, 2009)

AWARDS:  Alabama Camellia Award list

GENRE: fiction                      READING LEVEL:  third grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A little boy realizes the monster under his bed has gone on vacation . Other monsters try to take his monsters place.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Ask students to draw a picture of what their monster would look like.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Ashley Copelan, VSU

LABELS: bed time story, supernatural, general fiction

Kiss Good Night

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Amy Hest/Anita Jeram

PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press

PUBLICATION DATE:  2006

GENRE: Board Book        READING LEVEL: 1st Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A sweet bedtime story about a mother bear who is putting her cub to bed, while it is raining and storming outside. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students can discuss the story then draw pictures of their own favorite bedtime story. 

REVIEWER'S NAME & AFFILIATION: Megan Powell, Valdosta State University