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Basic Documentation

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):
Use book wizard to help with the previous 2 areas


3. List awards

4. Does this book have a book trailer? If so, cut and paste the web address here.

Monday, January 23, 2012

A You're Adorable

Book Title: A You’re Adorable

Author(s): Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Martha Alexander

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Copyright Date: 1994

Genre: Picturebook

Brief Annotation: This is a cute picturebook that helps teach children the alphabet. The children go through the entire alphabet and come up with phrases that contain words that begin with the same letter of the alphabet. It is inspiring and allows nice phrases to be read to children. There is also a song that goes along with the words of the book.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4 – I thought this book was really sweet and the illustrations were great. It was playful and would be a good tool to teach children the alphabet. It uses more complex words to go along with the alphabet and it may be difficult for young children.

Readers who will like this book: Young children who are just beginning to learn the alphabet.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Think about the first letter of your name. Who can think of a word that starts with the same letter as the first letter of your name?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): K - 2

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 2.3

3. List awards: None

4. Does this book have a book trailer? No

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