Bedhead

TITLE:  Bedhead

AUTHOR: Margie Palatini

ILLUSTRATOR: Jack E. Davis

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers              

PUBLICATION DATE: 2000

GENRE: Realistic Fiction                      

READING LEVEL:  Ages 9+

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Oliver wakes up on picture day with a TERRIBLE hairdo. His family helps him fix the mess-up through many different means and measures in order for him to go to school. Students will love the creative sound words included in this text. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students create their own "Bedhead" by using paper plates, markers, eyes, construction paper, and glue. Grade 2. 

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kelsey Rice, Valdosta State University ECSE)

Mrs. McBloom, Clean Up Your Classroom!

                                                    

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:  Kelly DiPucchio / Guy FrancisPUBLISHER:  Hyperion             PUBLICATION DATE:  September 1, 2005GENRE:   Fiction Picture Book                READING LEVEL:  PreK-3

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is a funny depiction of a creative, loving, but messy teacher’s classroom who now needs to clean before retiring.INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Students will make an acrostic using the word 'classroom'.
 REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:  Lashundra Coad, VSU

LABELS:  Elementary School, Fantasy, GR K-3

Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything

AUTHOR: Toni Buzzeo

ILLUSTRATOR: Sachiko Yoshikawa

 PUBLISHER: Upstart Books                PUBLICATION DATE:  2006

GENRE: Fiction Picture Book               READING LEVEL: Grades 2-4

BRIEF OVERVIEW: In this book, Robert is new to Liberty Elementary School. Every time that Robert plans to ask for help from the librarian, Mrs. Skorupski, his classmate, Carmen, insists that she will not tell them anything. By the end of the book, the librarian has taught both of them different things such as using the online catalog and working with multimedia products.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: After I read the book to the class, we will walk down to the school library. The librarian will teach us how to find books and how to use the catalog search on the computer. They will then each choose a different book and search for it in the online catalog and find their book on the shelves. Each student will take their books back to the classroom with them and have a silent reading time to read their book.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tori Meyers, Valdosta State Unversity

No More Homework! No More Tests!

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Bruce Lanksky   & Stephen Carpenter
PUBLISHER: Meadowbrook PUBLICATION DATE: 1997
GENRE: Poetry READING LEVEL: Ages 5-7
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Silly poems were written by different students. These poems are all about school-related topics.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will create their own poems. These poems will be made into a "classroom poetry book."
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Caty Quenga, Valdosta State University

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

Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School

AUTHOR: Herman Parish 

ILLUSTRATOR: Lynne Avril

 PUBLISHER: Greenwillow Books PUBLICATION DATE: 2011

GENRE: Fiction                      

READING Grade Level: 2^nd

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Its Amelia Bedelia’s first day a school, and she just loves it all.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will write about their first day of school, and illustrate a picture of them on that day.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Nia Ward, Valdosta State University soon-to-be teacher.