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You have accessed the blog site for Choosing and Using Books for Children. Throughout the term we'll use our blog to record the books we read and the ideas we have for using them when we're teachers. By the end of March, our class will have read at least 280 books. Happy reading!

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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.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Roller Coaster

Book Title: Roller Coaster

Author(s): Marla Frazee

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Marla Frazee

Publisher: Harcourt Inc.

Copyright Date: 2003

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction

Brief Annotation: This book tells a story about different types of people that are waiting to go on a roller coaster. The people are in line waiting to go on the roller coaster when some change their mind because they got scared. The author then describes what happens once they are on the roller coaster. The explanation of the ride is thrilling and exciting! Finally, the roller coaster ends and the people who were scared of it in the beginning are rushing to go on it again.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 – This book is written in a very clever way. There isn’t much text but the illustrations tell a story of their own. This could be a wordless picturebook and the reader would still be able to understand the meaning of the story. Each character in the book has such unique and hilarious features to them on every page. Frazee also makes the words have movement on the pages where the roller coaster is in motion.

Readers who will like this book: Everyone would like this book but especially children who like adventure and rides. The kids who enjoy roller coasters will really find this book interesting.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Has anyone ever been on a roller coaster or other type of ride? How did you feel before?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): K

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 2.1

3. List awards: None

4. Does this book have a book trailer? No

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