Last semester I took a children's literature class, and really enjoyed it. One of the resources our professor gave us was a book review sheet to use for every book we read. As I come across a book that I enjoy, I'll post my review of it, and hopefully it will be helpful for other teachers.
Author: Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Illustrator Bert Dodson
Publisher: Viking Penguin/Penguin Books
Copyright date 1990
number of pages 54
Literary Genre Historical Fiction
Age/age of reader 3-4th grade
Summary of the book
Ted's brother goes away to war, and he's left home with mom and sister. Both come down with influenza, and he has to take care of them. War ends, dad and brother come home.
Your opinion of the book:
I ran across this one as a kid in our family library, and found it very informative and interesting. It's a good story about a time in history that we don't hear much about.
Element(s) of literature: plot, characterization, setting, chapter novel
Theme/Life Lesson Learned in this book: Sometimes heroes do small things.
Thematic Unit Topics: Spanish flu, WWI, Girl scouts
Possible activity for this book: children must need to read the book in order to do the activity
Write a letter from Ted to his brother describing what is happening at home.
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