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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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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Madeline

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Madeline

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Belemans

Publisher: Puffin Books

Copyright Date: 1939

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Brief Annotation:
Set in France, the text of the book uses poetry to explain the structure at a girl’s boarding school and the events surrounding an illness of one of the girls (Madeline).

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5
Although the illustrations and the text don’t express the girls as unique individuals, the author does a good job at giving the idea that the girls have unique personalities. He does this with his description of Madeline. He gives the impression that the unique personality is a good thing when Madeline gets something the other girls don’t have.

Besides the lesson kids can take away from this book, they can also enjoy the easy to read and follow text that the author/illustrator give to this book. The rhyming text and the pictures of places in France (along with a French word or two) give early readers an introduction to a new culture. The words, events and objects are ones that most readers will quickly make connections to.

The audio recording was a good fit to the book. The music gave a good indication of how to follow the text (for those just learning) and it gave plenty of time for page turning. The audio also provided music in both French and English for early readers to sing along with and to make connections.


Readers who will like this book:
• Readers with connections to France
• Readers with connections to surgery
• Readers with connections to different school settings
• Readers that enjoy poetry


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
• By looking at the cover, can anyone tell me where the setting of the story is?
• Where is France?
• How is the school in the book different than our school?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 3-8

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 3.8


3. List awards
A Caldecott Honor Book
ABA Indies Choice Book Award Nominee
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