Book Title

Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

Brief Annotation:
Genre:
Grade Level:
Readers who will like this:
Response/Rating (1-4):
One question you would ask before a read aloud:

Reading Strategies Connection:

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Chester


Watt, M. (2007). Chester. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.

Brief Annotation: Melanie Watt, the author, attempts to tell a story about a mouse, but Chester the cat is not having it. He pulls every trick he knows, using his red pen to become the focus of the book. Read along to find out who gets their way in the end: Chester or the author?

Genre: Picturebook

Grade Level: K-3

Readers who will like this: kids with a sense of humor, readers who are ready to think more critically about what a book is and how it is created.

Response/Rating (1-4): **** This is an engaging and funny tale that prompts children to think about the process of storytelling.

One question you would ask before a read aloud: Who writes books?
Posted by at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)