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Publisher:

Copyright Date:

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Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Smelly Socks

Book Title: Smelly Socks
Author(s): Robert Munsch
Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Michael Martchenko
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Copyright Date: 2004
Genre: Picturebook
Brief Annotation: Tina wants a new pair of socks. Not just any pair she wants a special pair of socks from the socks store across the river. She finds her special pair and vows to never take them off. Her socks really started to smell and animals and other kids were falling over from the smell. Finally her friends at school can’t stand it anymore so they throw her in the river and wash her socks.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I rate this book a four because it is funny and the pictures are great.
Readers who will like this book: I think kids who like funny books will like this book.
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: Do you have a favorite piece of clothing?
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