Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "fables"
"Dear Dragon", Maurice's Valises: Kansas and the Crow" and "Dorrie and the Haunted Schoolhouse"
There are lots of ways to teach young readers in their picture books.
Dear Dragon
5 stars
Author: Josh Funk
Illustrator: Rodolfo Montalvo
George and Blaise don't really like to write, especially in rhyme. However, their new school assignment sounds like fun: Write your pen pal in rhyme.
Illustrations show the two pen pals, one on each page as they write about what they are doing and/or their lives. They also show what the receiver thinks of when they read the letter.
The end is fun. Teachers can be sneaky.
Dorrie and the Haunted Schoolhouse
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Patricia Coombs
Three young witches are sent to school. They expect to find their teacher there, but the teacher is no where to be seen.
A lesson is on the board, so, since the three are stuck in school, they start making the potion. It has unexpected results needing another potion with still more unexpected results.
The illustrations are fantastical matching the story. The three students and the cat are fun. This would be a fun Halloween story.
Maurice's Valises: Kansas and the Crow
4 stars
Author: J.S. Friedman
Illustrator: Chris Beatrice
These are a retelling of Aesop's Fables, but the star is a traveling mouse. There is a series set in different countries as settings for different fables. This one is based on the Grasshopper and the Ants.
Maurice rides the train and gets off in Kansas. He sets up a home near a corn field with a crow as a neighbor. Maurice stashes supplies for the winter. The crow doesn't and needs the mouse to rescue him after winter sets in.
The illustrations have a 3-D quality to them. They are beautiful and worth some extra time to enjoy them.
Dear Dragon
5 stars
Author: Josh Funk
Illustrator: Rodolfo Montalvo
George and Blaise don't really like to write, especially in rhyme. However, their new school assignment sounds like fun: Write your pen pal in rhyme.
Illustrations show the two pen pals, one on each page as they write about what they are doing and/or their lives. They also show what the receiver thinks of when they read the letter.
The end is fun. Teachers can be sneaky.
Dorrie and the Haunted Schoolhouse
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Patricia Coombs
Three young witches are sent to school. They expect to find their teacher there, but the teacher is no where to be seen.
A lesson is on the board, so, since the three are stuck in school, they start making the potion. It has unexpected results needing another potion with still more unexpected results.
The illustrations are fantastical matching the story. The three students and the cat are fun. This would be a fun Halloween story.
Maurice's Valises: Kansas and the Crow
4 stars
Author: J.S. Friedman
Illustrator: Chris Beatrice
These are a retelling of Aesop's Fables, but the star is a traveling mouse. There is a series set in different countries as settings for different fables. This one is based on the Grasshopper and the Ants.
Maurice rides the train and gets off in Kansas. He sets up a home near a corn field with a crow as a neighbor. Maurice stashes supplies for the winter. The crow doesn't and needs the mouse to rescue him after winter sets in.
The illustrations have a 3-D quality to them. They are beautiful and worth some extra time to enjoy them.
