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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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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka

Author(s): Tomie DePaola

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Tome DePaola

Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Son’’s

Copyright Date: 2000

Genre: Folklore

Brief Annotation:
Jamie O’Rourke is the laziest man in Ireland. His wife leaves town and Jamie has to keep the house clean by washing dishes and sweeping a little. But when his friends come over, Jamie begins to rely on a pooka to clean the mess.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5
I enjoyed DePaola’s use of facial expressions to help explain the feelings and emotions of the characters. DePaola’s uses sentence structure and choice of language to make the folktale sound like a storyteller’s rendition instead of a reading from a book.

Readers who will like this book:
• Readers that enjoy folktales
• Readers who enjoy silly-surprise endings
• Readers with connections to Irish cultures


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
What is a pooka?
• As you listen to the story, find clues that explain what a pooka is.

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 5-7

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.7
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