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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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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The Three Little Javelinas

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: The Three Little Javelinas

Author(s): Susan Lowell

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Jim Harris

Publisher: Scholastic

Copyright Date: 1992

Genre: Fairy Tale

Brief Annotation:
This is a southwest version The Three Little Pigs. By placing the setting in the Sonoran Desert, the author introduces the reader to the languages of Native American, Mexican and Anglo and is able to include a legend at the end of the story for the reason behind the howl of the wolf.


Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5
I really enjoyed this version of the traditional children’s story. It has multicultural characters and the setting enable the author to introduce us to three languages. The art work is similar to the text in the type of humor used throughout the book. Introducing the ending as an explanation for the howling wolf was a nice surprise and it is introduces another aspect of the cultures besides language.

Readers who will like this book:
Reader or listeners who enjoy fairy tales; stories with a sense of humor; hearing new languages; and those that enjoy legends might enjoy reading this book. Readers or listeners that have close relationships with their siblings and those that enjoy a new perspective on an already known story will also enjoy this version of The Three Little Pigs.

Teaching Strategy from Yopp & Yopp:
Quickwrites p.52
I like this ideas because there are many versions of this fairy tale students may have heard (or not heard). By quickwriting their version, readers/listeners reflect on their knowledge of the story and can make comparisions while listening. This could prompt a good discussion on differences and similarities after hearing the story.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
While looking at the cover, can you (the first time listener or reader) predict what the ‘javelinas’ are?
By the title, can you (the first time listener or reader) predict the basis for the story?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 8-10

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.0


3. List awards
Grand Canyon Reader Award for Picture Book (1994)
4. Does this book have a book trailer?
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