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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

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Book Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author(s): Eric Carle
Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Eric Carle
Publisher: Philomel books
Copyright Date: 1969 and 1987
Genre: contemporary fiction picture book
Brief Annotation: In this book we watch an egg turn into a caterpillar and he is a very hungry caterpillar. We count all the foods he eats as he grows strong and turns into an adult butterfly.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I rate this book a five. The pictures are wonderful and it is a story that can be told again and again.
Readers who will like this book: I think toddlers and preschoolers will love this book.
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: Have you ever seen an egg on a leaf and wondered what it would become?

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