Module 1-Classic Children’s Literature

Book Summary:

Boys will be boys. Max is a boy acting like a wild thing. He is sent to his room with out supper. Before he knows it his room is transforming itself to another world and he is off to where the wild things live. He gets there has lots of fun but soon misses home. Eventually he decides to leave his thrown as king of the wild things to come home where he is sure he is loved, and when he get there his hot supper is waiting there for him.

Book Citation:

Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. Harpercollins Childrens Books.

Impressions:
I think this is a great book. It is a classic and shows just how imaginative kids can be. Just like that Max is in another world, and king of the wild thing, and in another second he is back home. This is a great way to get the imaginative juices flowing in children.

Reviews:

This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Library Uses:

• I use this book to introduce a creative thinking activity where the students have to make a wild thing mask of thier own. What would their wild thing look like.

Module 1-Classic Children’s Literature

Book Summary:

Alexander knows that it was going to be a bad day. He could feel it. And it did. Everything that could possible go wrong for Alexander did go wrong, from waking up with gum in his hair to kissing on tv. Following Alexander through his bad day reminds us that we all have bad days.

Book Citation:

Viorst, J. (2010). Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. New York, NY: Atheneum.

Impressions:
I love this book. I have had plenty of days like Alexander and reading the story always makes me feel better. I  am not alone, bad days happen to everyone. I especially like reading this book to my kindergarteners. They are at the stage where everything is about them, just like Alexander and I like to explain that everyone has bad days, and what they can do if they are having a bad day. It is important for children to know that everyone has bad days not just them.

Reviews:

From Publishers Weekly

Objecting loudly to his family's plans to relocate, the hero of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day "makes a gratifying return," said PW. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Library Uses:

• Introduce feelings and emotions (bad day or grumpy)