My Great-Aunt Arizona

TITLE: My Great-Aunt Arizona

AUTHOR: Gloria Houston

ILLUSTRATOR: Susan Candie Lamb

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins              

PUBLICATION DATE: 1992

GENRE: Picture Book                      

READING LEVEL: Ages 6-8

BRIEF OVERVIEW: It all begins when Great-Aunt Arizona was born in a log cabin, then grows up and gets her education, eventually returning home to become one of the greatest teachers ever.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will draw a picture of their favorite teacher and write a few sentences about what made him/her so great.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Jennifer Davis, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: Non-Fiction, School

LMNO Peas

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Keith Baker     PUBLISHER:Beach Lane Books     PUBLICATION DATE: 2010 

GENRE: Non-fiction Picture Book  READING LEVEL: Kindergarten-Grade 1
 BRIEF OVERVIEW: As you read through this book you are introduced to the alphabet, letter by letter, while the author also connects them to different types of people and professions. For the letter C, we learn that some people are climbers, campers, or circus clowns. Meanwhile, for the letter D, some are dancers, while others are drivers around town.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: After I read the book to the students, they will each choose a different letter from the alphabet. I will give them a piece of construction paper that is cut out as the shape of the letter that they choose. On the letter, they will draw and write different objects or people that start with their letter. When they are done, we will hang all of the letters, in order, in the classroom. 

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