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1. Underline or italicize all book titles (choose one formatting style and stick with it--underline OR italicize for all book titles)
2. Add your name in the "label" box before you post each documentation.

One important recommendation:
Create your documentations in a separate Word document, then cut and paste in a blog post.

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.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The Three Pigs

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: The Three Pigs

Author(s): David Wiesner

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: David Wiesner

Publisher: Clarion Books

Copyright Date: 2001

Genre: Fairy Tale

Brief Annotation:
When the wolf blows the pigs’ houses down, the pigs are blown out of the book. They wander into other fairy tales and meet other fairy tale characters.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4
I enjoyed how the author integrated many stories and characters into one. The twist on the climax and resolution to the problem was entertaining and attention grabbing.


Readers who will like this book:
Those that like fairy tales, books with animals as characters, stories with surprises and surprise endings; creative problem solving



Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 5-8

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 2.8


3. List awards
Winner of the 2002 Caldecott Medal
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