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

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Saturday, March 5, 2011

There Is A Bird On Your Head


Willems, M. (2007). There Is a Bird on Your Head. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.

Brief Annotation: A graphic picture book that features Willem’s well-known characters, Piggie and Elephant. Elephant finds himself in a predicament in this particular tale – he has a bird on his head. Read along to find out how this humorous problem evolves.

Genre: Picturebook, Graphic story

Grade Level: K-2

Readers who will like this: children who love funny books, students developing an appreciation for graphic texts, beginning readers.

Response/Rating (1-4): **** Willem’s humor is infectious in this text. I recently had the opportunity to read this series with an emergent reader and we had a great time action out the stories!

One question you would ask before a read aloud: What would you do if there was a bird on your head?
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