Author/Illustrator: Harry Bliss
Plot Summary: While his father is gabbing to a friend, a boy runs after pigeons and gets lost.
Comments: I will be happy to show this to my own children because they think I'm the only parent who gabs. This is one in a series of graphic novels for children from age four - www.toon-books.com.
A Junior Library Guild selection, this will be a perfect book series for my library - children grades kindergarten through third. Also, one of the reviews remarked that the publisher deliberately recruited the best and brightest writers and illustrators to author these books. Click here for more information on Harry Bliss.
Extensions:
1. One would only need to display these in the Media Center to get them checked out and would be a great option for emerging readers who are bored with the typical fare.
2. Use Grammarman templates to have students fill in the speech bubbles with their own comic story. Best for second or third grade.
3. Try this lesson plan from the "Toon Books" website.
Themes/keywords: lost children, pigeons, New York, N.Y., humorous stories, cartoons and comics, humorous, graphic novel
Age/Reading Level: K-3; ATOS - 1.4; Follett - 1.7
Standards:(similar for kindergarten and first grade.)
ELA2R4 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.
ELA3R3 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.
ELA2W1/ELA3W1 The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process.
Publisher's Info: RAW Junior, New York. 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-935179-00-9
ISBN-10: 1-935179-00-4
Awards/Review Sources:
School Library Journal starred 05/01/09 | Booklist 03/01/09 |
| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 06/01/09 | Kirkus Review 03/01/09 |
| Library Media Connection 08/01/09 |
Genre/Dewey: 741.5
Websites:
Website for this series.
Notes for Booktalk: This will be an easy sell and especially for boys.
Vocabulary:
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