Ms. Sevon's Booktique

  Genre: Traditional Literature Goldilock and the Three Dinosaures as retold and illustrated by Mo Williams. The three dinosaurs set a trap in their home hoping to catch a child. Goldilocks happened to come across their house and welcomed herself inside of it. She ate all the pudding in the dinosaur's house, but could not find a comfortable place to rest. She soon realized the house belonged to dinosaurs and ran out the back door as quick as she could. The dinosaurs were disappointed when they charged the house and discovered Goldilocks was not there. This book would be great for children ages 4-8 or in pre-k through 4th- grade. I could use this book to teach students about respecting other people's space. One activity I could do with my class is to compare and contrast the story to Goldilocks and the Three Bears by creating a Venn diagram. Another activity I could do with 3rd and 4th-grade students is to have them write their own version of Goldilocks. 

Genre: Fantasy/Sci-fi The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pic is written by Eugene Trivizas and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. It has won the Booklist Editors' Choice, School Library Journal Best Book, and Parents' Choice Honor Book.  The three little wolves are brothers who leave home to build a house of their own. However, a big bad pig always comes along and destroys the house the wolves built. It took the pigs 4 tries until they built the perfect house. The sweet smell of the fourth house the wolves built turned the big bad pig into a good pig! The wolves and the pig became friends and ended up living together.  This book would be good for ages 7-10 years old or grade levels 4th through 5th grade. I would use this book to study the elements of a story such as characters, setting, and plot as well as character development. As an activity, I would put students into small groups and have them build a miniature house out of items that I brought to class. Then, once every...

Little Red Riding Hood, retold by Gaby Goldsack and illustrated by Dubravka Kolanovic.  Little Red Riding Hood's mom sends her to go visit her grandma on the other side of the forest. On the way to the grandma's house, Little Red Riding ran into a hungry wolf who she told where she was going. The wolf tricked Little Red Riding Hood, but a woodcutter saved the day by shaking Little Red Riding Hood and her grandma out of the wolf's belly.  This book would be great for children 4-6 years old, or pre-k-first grade. I would use this book to teach sequential order by having students use pictures to tell the story in the correct order. Another activity I would do is have the students act out the story as I read it. 

Genre: Traditional Literature  Jan Brett wrote and illustrated Gingerbread Baby. Matti and his mom decided to bake a gingerbread boy one cold winter day. Matti was impatient and did not obey his mother when she told him to keep the oven closed, which resulted in a gingerbread baby popping out of the oven. The gingerbread baby ran around the town while everyone, even the animals tried to catch him. Although, no one seemed to be able to trick the gingerbread baby, except Matti. While everyone was chasing the gingerbread baby, Matti made a gingerbread house! The gingerbread baby found the house in the middle of the woods and went inside it. Matti finally caught the gingerbread baby. This would be a great book for ages 4-8 years, or grades pre-k through 3rd. I would use this book as a way to talk about obeying those that are in authority. An activity that could be done after reading this book is allowing the students to continue the story about what they think may have happened to Matt...

New Kid is a graphic novel written by Jerry Craft. In 2020, it won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award.  Jordan, the main character, transfers to a new school where at first he has a hard time fitting in. At times, Jorden along with the friends he makes sometimes feels as if they are completely different from those around them. Since Jordan is a person of color, he finds it a little harder to fit in. We get to take a look into Jordan's everyday life and how his friends deal with microaggressions. Jordan often finds himself living in two separate worlds, but eventually, he finds a way to bring them both together. In the end, Jordan enjoyed his experience at his new school and even made a few good friends along the way.  This book would be appropriate for ages 8-12 years olds, or grades 4th through 6th. I would use this book in my class because it allows us to step into other's shoes and see the world from a different perspective. Jordan goes through things that m...

Genre: Traditional Literature Title:  Jack and the Beanstalk Author:  retold by Dr. Alvin Granowsky Illustrator:  Linda Graves  Awards: N/A Age Range: 6-10 Years Old Summary:  Jack and his mother live alone in the country. Jack's mother told him to go sell their cow so they would have money to eat, but instead, he traded the cow for some beans. From the beans, grew a big beanstalk!! Jack, who was curious, climbed up the stalk to find a giant's house. A woman answered the door to Jack and fed him since he was hungry. When the man giant walked into the room Jack quickly hid because he sounded angry. The man fell asleep after counting his gold coins, so Jack took this opportunity to steal the coins! He took the money back to his mom, but when the coins ran out he went back to visit the giants hoping to find more money. In the end, Jack got greedy and stole a golden harp from the giants which helped Jack and his mom live a great life.  Evaluation:  This bo...