12 Little Elves Visit Texas

Genre: Fantasy

Title: 12 Little Elves Visit Texas

Author: Jess Smart Smiley

Illustrator: Sadie Han

Awards: N/A

Age Range: 4-6 years old

Summary: There are 12 elves that were sent to see who was sleeping in Texas. They went city to city and house to house just to check on everyone. The elves stopped by some of the most popular places like the state fair and Big Bend. In addition, they also went to see some of Texas' landmarks like the Alamo in San Antonio and the capitol building in Austin. The 12 elves have visited all the houses, but the last place they need to visit is the reader's house.

Evaluation: I would use this book because I love how I could talk about the different landmarks that the elves visit in Texas. I would use this book as a read-aloud the last day before Christmas break, so students will be excited about Christmas. This book is best for pre-k, Kindergarten, and first grade. I think those students would love this story. Another activity I would do to incorporate math is to count the different people like the carolers or the cowboys that appear in the story.

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