A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews

Find a perfect children’s book to share or read, and information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, teachers, librarians, graduate students, and teachers-to-be! Browse A Book or Two by title, genre, or topic! HAPPY READING! This is a closed site, to prevent inappropriate postings. You won't be able to add your own comments. Communication should be sent to the site organizer, Dr. Deb Marciano (dlmarciano@valdosta.edu).

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10/8/14

This is My House

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Arthur Dorros

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Trade

PUBLICATION DATE: 1992

GENRE: Realistic Fiction

READING LEVEL: Ages 5-7

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Take a tour of many different houses from such faraway places as China, Egypt, Israel, Japan, and other countries. Along the way readers will learn to say "house" in fifteen languages!

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will make pictures of their own houses using construction paper, cotton balls, yarn, and popsical sticks.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Mary McKenzie, Valdosta State University ECSE)

11/20/13

The Very Inappropriate Word

TITLE: The Very Inappropriate Word

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jim Tobin/Dave Coverly

PUBLISHER: Fletcher and Company PUBLICATION DATE: 2013

GENRE: Fictional Picture Book READING LEVEL: Grades 2-3 BRIEF OVERVIEW: Michael loves to collect all kinds of words. One day he finds a new word on the bus. He is told that the new word he has found is VERY INAPPROPRIATE. Michael is a word collector. Should he keep it?

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will start their own word collection. The teacher will provide each child with a small box. Whenever the child hears or sees a word he wants to collect, he can write it down, cut it out, and put it in the word box.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Holly Hunt, Valdosta State University

LABELS: word, language, learning

11/19/13

Yo, Jo!

TITLE: Yo, Jo!

AUTHOR: Rachel Isadora

ILLUSTRATOR: April Ward

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

PUBLICATION DATE: 2007

GENRE: Fiction

READING LEVEL: 0-4years

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Franklin has to watch his brother, Jo, as they wait for their grandfather to come home for dinner. This book goes through the events of the people Jo sees and hangs out with before his grandfather arrives.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students answer the question “How do you say hello in your neighborhood?” in a whole group discussing.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jennifer Bacon - Valdosta State University