Some Of My Best Friends Are Polka Dot Pigs Chapter Summary
Anderson, S. (1997). Some of my Best Friends are Polka-Dot Pigs. Connecticut: WJ Fantasy.
Interest Level Grades: Pre K - Kindergarten
Genre: Children’s fiction
Summary: Some of my Best Friends are Polka-Dot Pigs tells a pleasant tale filled with silly adventures. The book is page after page full of nonsense rhymes, and colored cut-paper pictures. The book is illustrated with lots of bright colors and shapes. Each picture is different and unique. To me the pictures help demonstrate individuality, and the amazing gift of friendship.
Review: Sara Anderson does a great job describing and children who already know that friendship has many shapes and sizes. She uses simple words that make whoever read the book use their imagination to create a world they would have never imagined other wise. With the crazy words on every page, I think that this book would be better if it was read aloud. The words flow off the …show more content…
(2004). The Umbrella. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Interest Level Grades: Kindergarten - Second grade
Genre: Modern fiction
Summary: Carlos lives near a rain forest. He goes and visits the rainforest to see what animals he could see. He puts down his umbrella and decides to climb a tree. As he climbs the tree he moves up the tree, he begins to notice that there are no animals in the tree. Instead he sees the animals jumping in the puddle that was collected by the umbrella from the rain. As Carlos leaves the only animal left is an frog on his umbrella.
Review: I think that this book is a great book for young readers. In this book it has a lot of examples of onomatopoeia. Having this encourages the young readers and listeners to engage in the book. This book also uses a lot of repetition so it helps with prediction as well. It is a book that is not only written well but the pictures are also illustrated very well.
Carle, Eric. (1995). The Very Lonely Firefly. New York: Philomel Books.
Interest Level Grades: Kindergarten - Second
Interest Level Grades: Pre K - Kindergarten
Genre: Children’s fiction
Summary: Some of my Best Friends are Polka-Dot Pigs tells a pleasant tale filled with silly adventures. The book is page after page full of nonsense rhymes, and colored cut-paper pictures. The book is illustrated with lots of bright colors and shapes. Each picture is different and unique. To me the pictures help demonstrate individuality, and the amazing gift of friendship.
Review: Sara Anderson does a great job describing and children who already know that friendship has many shapes and sizes. She uses simple words that make whoever read the book use their imagination to create a world they would have never imagined other wise. With the crazy words on every page, I think that this book would be better if it was read aloud. The words flow off the …show more content…
(2004). The Umbrella. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Interest Level Grades: Kindergarten - Second grade
Genre: Modern fiction
Summary: Carlos lives near a rain forest. He goes and visits the rainforest to see what animals he could see. He puts down his umbrella and decides to climb a tree. As he climbs the tree he moves up the tree, he begins to notice that there are no animals in the tree. Instead he sees the animals jumping in the puddle that was collected by the umbrella from the rain. As Carlos leaves the only animal left is an frog on his umbrella.
Review: I think that this book is a great book for young readers. In this book it has a lot of examples of onomatopoeia. Having this encourages the young readers and listeners to engage in the book. This book also uses a lot of repetition so it helps with prediction as well. It is a book that is not only written well but the pictures are also illustrated very well.
Carle, Eric. (1995). The Very Lonely Firefly. New York: Philomel Books.
Interest Level Grades: Kindergarten - Second