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Friday, March 9, 2012

Tomie's Little Mother Goose

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Tomie’s Little Mother Goose

Author(s): Tomie DePaola

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Tomie DePaola

Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons

Copyright Date: 1997

Genre: Folklore

Brief Annotation:
Tomie DePaola uses his unique artistic style to illustrate a picture book for beginning readers. DePaola uses a diverse blend of well-known and less familiar nursery rhymes to entertain beginning readers and provide them with the opportunity to ‘read’ some of their favorite ‘songs’ or ‘rhymes’.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4
I enjoy DePaola’s illustrations. The book has some rhymes preschoolers might be familiar with and other rhymes in the book may be new to them. This is good in that it has potential to reach a diverse group and introduce new vocabulary to early readers. It also allows for students to make connections and ‘read’ along to those nursery rhymes they are already familiar with.

Readers who will like this book:
Beginning readers that enjoy DePaola’s artistic style
Beginning readers that enjoy ‘reading’ texts as they say memorized song/poems
Beginning readers that enjoy nursery rhymes

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
Who is Mother Goose? What is she known for? What kind of literature do Nursery Rhymes fall under?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 4-6

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 1.9
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