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A Monster Under Alex's Bed
When Alex's mother peeks under his bed to reassure him, she gets a scare herself.
32 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2000
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July 24, 2022
4 stars - English Ebook
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October 15, 2009
This book is about overcoming fear, and realizing that different people have different fears. When Alex's mother peeks under his bed to reassure him that everything is okay, she gets a scare herself. Instead of a big bad monster, his mother discovers a mouse hiding under Alex's bed.
A Monster Under Alex’s Bed
1. Brief Summary:
A little boy is scared that a monster lives under his bed, because he hears things all night. He had his mother come into his room to investigate, but his mother was the one who was ultimately scared. She saw a mouse under his bed and gathered all the furniture to stand on, meanwhile the little boy wanted to pet the mouse. He ended up sleeping with his mother that night in her bed, which he never got to do, because his mother was scared of the mouse.
2. Potential Audience(Topic, Genre, Reading level):
Topic: Overcoming fear
Reading level: transitional
Genre: fiction
3. Specific Curricular Uses:
Read aloud for students that are early readers, and because the teacher can use voice alterations for the active parts in the book. Independent readers could read this book on their own time.
4. Social Issues the book addresses:
Some social issues that book addresses it the stereotypes of fears that some people have over certain animals.
5. Specific Literary Elements the book demonstrates:
onoamanpheioa, Third person point of view telling the story.
6. Interactions and Counteractions of text and image; How does the illustration help tell the story?
Illustrations demonstrate what the text is about. It is helpful for early readers.
A Monster Under Alex’s Bed
1. Brief Summary:
A little boy is scared that a monster lives under his bed, because he hears things all night. He had his mother come into his room to investigate, but his mother was the one who was ultimately scared. She saw a mouse under his bed and gathered all the furniture to stand on, meanwhile the little boy wanted to pet the mouse. He ended up sleeping with his mother that night in her bed, which he never got to do, because his mother was scared of the mouse.
2. Potential Audience(Topic, Genre, Reading level):
Topic: Overcoming fear
Reading level: transitional
Genre: fiction
3. Specific Curricular Uses:
Read aloud for students that are early readers, and because the teacher can use voice alterations for the active parts in the book. Independent readers could read this book on their own time.
4. Social Issues the book addresses:
Some social issues that book addresses it the stereotypes of fears that some people have over certain animals.
5. Specific Literary Elements the book demonstrates:
onoamanpheioa, Third person point of view telling the story.
6. Interactions and Counteractions of text and image; How does the illustration help tell the story?
Illustrations demonstrate what the text is about. It is helpful for early readers.
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