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Book Title:

Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

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:

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
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3. List awards

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Jennie's Hat

Book Title: Jennie’s Hat

Author(s): Ezra Jack Keats

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Ezra Jack Keats

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers

Copyright Date: 1966

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Fantasy

Brief Annotation: Jennie’s aunt has promised to send her a hat in the mail. Jennie dreams of what the hat will look like and where she will wear it. When the hat arrives, Jennie is vastly disappointed. The hat is plain and simple. She goes to church and is surrounded by beautiful, intricate hats. Then, out of nowhere, the birds come and decorate her hat with flowers and pictures and cards. Jennie loves her new hat and saves it so she can always look at with its new additions.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 3 – I like this book but it was written a long time ago and the illustrations are simple, which is not a bad thing. It is a good book for children.

Readers who will like this book: A child who enjoys animals and outdoors will like this book. Also, children will an open imagination will enjoy this book.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: What are some things that you could use as a hat?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): K – 2

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 2.8

3. List awards: None

4. Does this book have a book trailer? No

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  1. Suzy Kaback & FamilyMarch 31, 2012 at 6:53 AM

    Believe if or not, there's a textset waiting for this book to join it. The set would include The Mitten, I Want My Hat Back, and Amelia's Bloomers, just to name a few. The textset theme would be something like "Clothes and what they mean to us". The books I've listed represent various genres, too, so you'd have a very comprehensive look at the question.

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