ASSIGNMENT 1: SECTION II: Reviews of 5 Items Appropriate for Ages 0-4, modeled after Kirkus Reviews
Book 1:
Bark, George
By Jules Feiffer (Author), Jules Feiffer (Illustrator)
Bark, George
By Jules Feiffer (Author), Jules Feiffer (Illustrator)
Bark, George (reviewed on February 16, 2012)
Book 2:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
By Bill Martin Jr. (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
By Bill Martin Jr. (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (reviewed on February 16, 2012)
Brown, Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is the quintessential children’s book and no library is complete without copies of this book in various formats, including different languages.
You can even download this book for free on any e-reader from your local library. The book starts off with, “Brown bear, brown, bear, What do you see? I see a red bird looking at me. Red bird, red bird, What do you see? I see a yellow duck looking at me.” The language is simple and has a rhythmic chanting all throughout the book and teaches simple concepts of colors and animal names. But it is more than just a book that names a color and an animal because of the textual theme that follows through the entire book, where each page leads into the next, using the same chanting text. These colors and animals turn into memory cues which help even the very youngest child remember what comes next. Children gain a sense of accomplishment when they can remember, master, and memorize the text and sequence of the book. Finally, the illustrations are done by Eric Carle, who uses his famous tissue paper painting technique where the animals are realistic looking, but still have a huge child-friendly appeal.
Children fall in love with this book the first time they hear it and ask for it to be read to them over and over again. (Picture book. 0-5)
Book 3:
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
By Mo Willems (Author), Mo Willems (Illustrator)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (reviewed on February 16, 2012)
This award winning, debut picture book from cartoonist, Mo Willems, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is a super fun picture book that encourages lots of audience participation.
It starts off with a bus driver that decides to take a break from his route and asks the audience to watch his bus and, oh yeah, “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!” Then, in comes the pigeon who begs and pleads to drive the bus. Children crack up at the pigeon, as he continues to go into a full blown preschool tantrum. “I’ll be your best friend! How ‘bout I give you five bucks? No fair! I bet your mom would let me. What’s the big deal!? It’s just a bus!!! I have dreams, you know! Fine.” The story continues and then the driver comes back, thanks the audience for taking good care of the bus and ends with the pigeon looking at bigger and better things to want to drive…a huge truck! The simple, light aqua pigeon is now a superstar, with his own website at pigeonpresents.com.
Even very young children may recognize a little bit of themselves in this very sensitive little pigeon. (Picture book. 0-6)
It starts off with a bus driver that decides to take a break from his route and asks the audience to watch his bus and, oh yeah, “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!” Then, in comes the pigeon who begs and pleads to drive the bus. Children crack up at the pigeon, as he continues to go into a full blown preschool tantrum. “I’ll be your best friend! How ‘bout I give you five bucks? No fair! I bet your mom would let me. What’s the big deal!? It’s just a bus!!! I have dreams, you know! Fine.” The story continues and then the driver comes back, thanks the audience for taking good care of the bus and ends with the pigeon looking at bigger and better things to want to drive…a huge truck! The simple, light aqua pigeon is now a superstar, with his own website at pigeonpresents.com.
Even very young children may recognize a little bit of themselves in this very sensitive little pigeon. (Picture book. 0-6)
Book 4:
Is Your Mama a Llama?
By Deborah Guarino (Author), Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
Is Your Mama a Llama? (reviewed on February 16, 2012)
Children love simple guessing games and Lloyd the Llama asks all of his animal friends, “Is your mama a llama?”
All of the animals respond with a rhyming description of their mamas, which are answered on the following pages. Children become completely engaged with the rhythm of the text and can’t wait to yell out the names of all the other mamas, in anticipation of the turning of the page to reveal the answer. Famous illustrator and author, Steven Kellogg, brings the text alive with beautifully expressive baby animals in their very detailed habitats. The book also draws on a child’s natural, inquisitive nature and they often ask at the end why Lloyd the Llama would ask all the different animals if their mama was a llama, because he should know of all animals that they don’t look like llamas.
Children will ask for this game to be played and read over and over again. (Picture book. 0-5)
All of the animals respond with a rhyming description of their mamas, which are answered on the following pages. Children become completely engaged with the rhythm of the text and can’t wait to yell out the names of all the other mamas, in anticipation of the turning of the page to reveal the answer. Famous illustrator and author, Steven Kellogg, brings the text alive with beautifully expressive baby animals in their very detailed habitats. The book also draws on a child’s natural, inquisitive nature and they often ask at the end why Lloyd the Llama would ask all the different animals if their mama was a llama, because he should know of all animals that they don’t look like llamas.
Children will ask for this game to be played and read over and over again. (Picture book. 0-5)
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. (reviewed on February 16, 2012)
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear is a favorite read aloud and instantly grabs the attention of children as the reader greets the little mouse and asks questions based on the illustrations.
The suspense and anticipation grows as the story progresses. How is the little mouse going to save his beautiful strawberry from the big, hungry bear? Especially when “the big, hungry Bear can smell a red, ripe strawberry a mile away…” It is a wonderful book to have children guess and make predictions on what going to happen next when the page is turned. As children gain more information from the story and illustrations, they learn to adjust and change their predictions. The mouse tries all kinds of ways to protect and hide his precious strawberry and the children laugh when the mouse puts glasses with a nose and mustache on himself and the strawberry. Unfortunately, the disguise is not enough and the mouse decides to share his strawberry with the reader.
Sharing is another positive concept for young children to see modeled in a positive and loving way. “Now that’s one red, ripe strawberry the big, hungry Bear will never get!” (Picture book. 0-5)
The suspense and anticipation grows as the story progresses. How is the little mouse going to save his beautiful strawberry from the big, hungry bear? Especially when “the big, hungry Bear can smell a red, ripe strawberry a mile away…” It is a wonderful book to have children guess and make predictions on what going to happen next when the page is turned. As children gain more information from the story and illustrations, they learn to adjust and change their predictions. The mouse tries all kinds of ways to protect and hide his precious strawberry and the children laugh when the mouse puts glasses with a nose and mustache on himself and the strawberry. Unfortunately, the disguise is not enough and the mouse decides to share his strawberry with the reader.
Sharing is another positive concept for young children to see modeled in a positive and loving way. “Now that’s one red, ripe strawberry the big, hungry Bear will never get!” (Picture book. 0-5)
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