Copyright: 2004 Reading Level: PreK-4th grade
Book Description: How To Catch A Star is a captivating story
about a young boy with a dream to own a star of his very own. He sets out on a
mission to retrieve a star and is determined to hold one in his hand and take
it home. Right when he is about to give up, he discovers that sometimes things
are not where, or what, we expect them to be.
Integrated Ideas: Students
will use the words within the text as well as the illustrations to describe the
star found by the boy at the end of the book verses the star he was determined
to capture at the beginning and throughout the book. After the book is read,
the students will be asked to mimic the teacher as they make objects using only
their bodies (e.g., a star, a rocket ship, and other objects incorporated
within the story). The students will then create a map of their state using
various items and place a regular star in the place of their city/town of their
state. Students will also place starfish on the outline of the state that
borders the ocean.
Reviewer's name and affiliation: Bethany A. Loggins, Valdosta State University
Reviewer's name and affiliation: Bethany A. Loggins, Valdosta State University
