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Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

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Brief Annotation:

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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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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

Book Title: Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

Author(s): Mo Willems

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Mo Willems

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Copyright Date: 2004

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction

Brief Annotation: Trixie and her dad go on an errand to the Laundromat together. Trixie is so happy and excited to help her dad. On their way back home Trixie has a terrible realization, she lost Knuffle Bunny! She tries to tell her dad that they have to get back to look for it but her dad does not understand her. Trixie does everything she can think of to get her dad to go back to the Laundromat to look for Knuffle Bunny but nothing works. It isn’t until Trixie’s mom mentions Knuffle Bunny that her dad figures out what Trixie was trying to say. They all run back to the Laundromat and her dad searches desperately for Knuffle Bunny and finally finds it. Trixie is so happy to have Knuffle Bunny back!

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 – The story is funny and clever but the illustrations are the reason I love this book so much. Mo Willems uses a combination of digital photography and ink-drawn sketches to create the illustrations. The characters are in color and the photographs are in a sepia tone. This makes the characters stand out.

Readers who will like this book: Young children will really enjoy this book. I think they will be able to relate to misplacing or losing something that is important to them. I think they will like the colorful characters as well.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Do any of you have a special stuffed animal or maybe a blanket that you love to have you with?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): PreK

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 1.0

3. List awards: Caldecott Honor book

4. Does this book have a book trailer? No

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