Title: David Goes to SchoolAuthor/Illustrator: David Shannon
Publisher: The Blue Shy Press
Publication Date: August 1999
ISBN: 978-0-590-48087-1
Rating: 2 out of 5 timeouts
Summary: David Goes to School does not have a lot of text to read. It is easy reading for students, but much of it is negative language and yelling at David for what his actions in the classroom are. The text is written in a child's handwriting to make it seem like David is the one who is writing it.
Title: Blue on BlueAuthor: Dianne White
Illustrator: Beth KrommesPublisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781442412675
Rating: 4 out of 5 raindrops
Summary: This book has a lot of repetition, imagery, and rhyming. The text is very simple which is good for beginning readers. The illustrations through the book are very detailed and help the reader connect to what is being read through the descriptive words.
Title: MadelineAuthor/Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Publication Date: 1939
ISBN: 9780606184267
Rating: 5 out of 5 hats
Summary: Madeline is one of my favorite books from childhood, with such a great story line and pictures to accompany it. The text is easy for beginning readers, but is also long enough for parents or teachers to read to their children. Madeline is always curious and getting herself in trouble, compared to the rest of the girls in her home, suddenly then, she gets appendicitis and her crazy actions are soon settled down, for a short amount of time.
Blue on Blue seems like it would be a good book for students to memorize for pre-readers because of the repetition and rhythm! The fact that the pictures connect with the text also would be a good support for children learning to read!
ReplyDeleteI love Madeline! That book is a great first book to read because beginning readers can read it with parents and take breaks so parents can pick up the reading. I also believe that young readers can relate to Madeline and some of the trouble she gets herself into because it would be similar thoughts young readers have.
ReplyDeleteInteresting points about the No, David series. There are several in this series. They began as autobiographical and include memories of the author's childhood. If you think about it, a lot of what young children hear is "no." It could be reassuring to some children that here is another boy who hears that word a lot too. And there is the twist at the end where his mother reassures him that she loves him. I am torn about this one too. I have never been a huge fan of the illustration style. Although, I have read it with preschoolers who find it really funny.
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