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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):
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.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Big Momma Makes the World

Book Title: Big Momma Makes the World


Author(s): Phyllis Root


Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Helen Oxenbury


Publisher: Candlewick Press


Copyright Date: 2002


Genre: Folklore (myth) picturebook


Brief Annotation: In this recreation of the creation story, Big Momma makes the world in 7 days, even while balancing her little baby on her hip and tending to the heaps of laundry piling up. She first creates light and darkness, then the sky, sun, moon, and stars, the earth and all the vegetation and animals. Finally, her last step is to create “some folks to keep me company.” She makes a variety of people of all shapes, sizes, and colors to fill the world and tells them to take care of the earth before retiring off to the sky with her baby in tow.


Your Rating (1-5) and why: 3.5—Big Momma Makes the World is a different take on the old creation story. It’s an interesting and fun book with colorful language that kids will probably really enjoy. The illustrations are also vibrant and appealing, blending styles of impressionistic art with surrealistic elements to create an imaginative design that complements the text nicely.


Readers who will like this book: Children who enjoy folklore and myths; kids who like to tackle big, theoretical questions in an imaginative way; adults looking for a fresh and feminine alternative to the original creation story; teachers teaching a unit on folklore and myth.


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Who can tell me what a myth is? What does a myth aim to tell readers? How are myths different from folktales or fables?


Optional, but noted as extra effort:


1. Interest Level (age): Kindergarten—Grade 2


2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 3.3


3. List awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award


4. Book trailer: None

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