Growing a Garden

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:Mari Schuh

PUBLISHER:Capstone Press Incorporated     

PUBLICATION DATE: 2010

GENRE:Non-Fiction          

READING LEVEL: Kindergarten-1st grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW:Growing a Garden is a fun how to nonfiction book that teaches the reader how to grow a garden. It covers everything from the tools that you need to how your garden will look after you are finished.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:If the space is available, you can grow a little garden outside of your room with your class and check its progress on a daily or weekly basis.This will also teach them responsibility because they will have to water it and give it everything it needs.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kacy Flesher; Valdosta State University

Pancakes for Breakfast

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Tomie DePaola

PUBLISHER:  HMH Books for Young Readers  PUBLICATION DATE: 1978 GENRE: Wordless picture book  

READING LEVEL: 5 years old 

BRIEF OVERVIEW: The pictures show a little old lady who tries to make pancakes for breakfast.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will create pictures on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They will then have their drawings tested to see if someone can create the sandwich by only following the pictures.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Raymond LITR 3110 section A  -  VSU

Pancakes for Breakfast

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Tomie dePalo
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt             

PUBLICATION DATE: 1990

GENRE:  Comedy                     
READING LEVEL:  Four to Six
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This wordless picture book is about an elderly woman whom is determined to eat pancakes for breakfast. She has to go to great lengths for the ingredients.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have the students discuss as whole group all the ingredients the lady in the book had to get. Have the students write in order the steps to make pancakes.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Brittany Hutchins, VSU