Title: Chicken, Chicken, Duck! Author and Illustrator: Nadia Krilanovich
Book Length: 32 Pages
Category of Book: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List
Citation: Krilanovich, N. (2011). Chicken, chicken, duck! . New York, NY: Tricycle Press.
Genre/Type: Simple Picture Book
Summary: You meet Duck and his friends from the barnyard as they introduce themselves and talk to each other using their sounds (meow, quack, cluck, etc.) to communicate. At the end, you are able to see exactly what they were planning. The illustrations are very simple and easy for children to see while reading.
Awards: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List 2012
How does this book relate to young children?
Chicken, Chicken, Duck! incorporates words that children use to describe animals when talking about them. It uses a pattern throughout the book using animal names and their sounds that children will love saying out loud while reading.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
This book is perfect for a beginning reader. The title phrase is repeated often, and the text is said through one word entries around the page. There are a few pages where the pattern of the words change, but it would enable a beginning reader to feel success as they read through the book.
Title: Cows to the Rescue Author and Illustrator: John Himmelman
Book Length: 32 Pages
Category of Book: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List
Citation: Himmelman, J. (2011). Cows to the rescue. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
Genre/Type: Comedy, Fiction, Picture Book
Summary: The Greenstalks are going to the county fair but then everything seems to go wrong as they leave for the fair and after they get there. Every time something happens, the cows always come to the rescue and save the day. The illustrations are very bright and are painted within a blue clouded sky. It made the book seem as silly as it actually is when you read it.
Awards: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List 2012
How does this book relate to young children?
This book is just a fun book that children will love to read and enjoy shouting out “Cows to the rescue!” every time the book mentions the line. The children can relate because they should have someone in their lives that is able to come to their rescue whenever they need it most.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
This book could be used as a read aloud or a book for beginning readers. There is short text with repetitive phrases that a child could read by themself. If this book is used as a read aloud, the children can all say “cows to the rescue” when the line comes up in the book.
Title: Cat Secrets Author and Illustrator: Jef Czekaj
Book Length: 32 Pages
Category of Book: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List
Citation: Czekaj, J. (2011). Cat secrets. New York, NY: Balzer Bray.
Genre/Type: Picture Book, Fiction- AnimalsSummary: Three cats are ready to tell all of the secrets about cats. Before they reveal any secrets, they think that someone reading the book isn’t a cat, so they begin testing them to make sure they are a cat in order to continue keeping their secrets. The illustrations are cartoons that are drawn with a comic feel in order to add to the humor of the book.
Awards: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List 2012, Junior Library Guild Selection, Top Ten Pick @indiebound.com, Finalist for the Best Book of 2011 at Goodreads.com, Finalist for Boston Phoenix's Boston's Best Book of 2012, One of 20 recommended books on the Texas Library Association's 2012 2x2 Reading List.
How does this book relate to young children?
It is a fun book that children will love. Many children wish their pets could talk and this book is reminiscent of that; the cats are talking to the reader and are testing them before they spill their secrets. Kids will love following along with the cat test.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
This would be a great book to use for a group read or for an individual reader. The story has an interactive element where the cats ask the reader to do something and the reader can respond. They ask the reader to meow, purr, stretch etc. It is also told through thought bubbles, so the students must understand how to read the conversation that is going on within the book.
Title: A Ball for Daisy Author: Chris Raschka Illustrator: Chris Raschka
Book Length: 32 Pages
Category of Book: Caldecott Award or Honor Book
Citation:
Raschka, C. (2011). A ball for daisy. (1st ed.). New York: Schwartz & Wade Books.
Genre/Type: Wordless Picture Book/Realistic Fiction
"A Ball for Daisy" is about a dog, Daisy, who loves playing with her ball. She plays with it anywhere and everywhere and is never caught without her ball. She goes to the park one day and her ball is popped and Daisy is crushed emotionally. She is very sad until one day she gets a new ball and she is ecstatic and in love with her ball all over again. This book is told entirely through pictures, there is no text to back up the pictures which leaves the reader to using their imagination to decide exactly what is going on with Daisy and her ball.
Awards: 2012 Caldecott Medal, New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books (2011), Horn Book Fanfare Winner 2011, Bank Street Child Study Children't Book Award 2012
How does this book relate to young children?
A lot of children have animals and they like to play with them. They can understand how an animal could love his toy and be upset when it is destroyed. The children are similar to Daisy because they have an item that they love and would be destroyed if they lost or broke to too, so they can sympathize with Daisy when her ball is popped. Also, it can help students recognize and learn how to deal with their emotions.
I think this would be a great book for a young child to read on their own, or to explain to their parents what is happening. They have to use their imagination to be able to understand what is going on which will also help them verbalize their thoughts and feelings about the book.
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Category of Book: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List
Citation: Buck, N. (2011). A christmas goodnight. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books.
Genre/Type: Holiday Fiction, Picture Book, Poetry, Christian FictionSummary: The nativity scene comes to life as the narrator tells everyone good night. The colors and illustrations are very calm and serene which adds to the gentleness of the book.
Awards: Bank Street College Best Books for Children List 2012
How does this book relate to young children?
This book draws in the nativity scene and the feeling of celebrating Christmas. I think many children can relate to the excitement of Christmas Eve.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
The book has a poetic type text that you can use to introduce children to poetry. Have the students identify the rhyme scheme or see if they can tell you what lines rhyme. Afterwards, see if the child can construct a four line rhyme like in the book.
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