A Sick DAy For Amos McGee
Title: A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee
Author: Philip Stead
Illustrator: Erin Stead
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Year of Publication: 2010
Genre: Children’s Literature
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: 2
Summary:
This book is about a zookeeper that always made time to visit the animals. But one day, he got sick and he couldn’t make it to the zoo so the animals came and visited him.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
Every day kindly zookeeper Amos McGee plays chess with the elephant, keeps the penguin company, reads stories to the owl, etc. When Amos stays home one day, his friends have just the right medicine: they make time to visit their pal. The attentively detailed pencil and woodblock illustrations reveal character and enhance the cozy mood of the gentle text.
Review by Rokaya:
This is a great book that teaches friendship, caring, and also the different types of animals that could be at the zoo. The pictures are very articulate and show much detail, while the text match the illustrations perfectly.
This book would be useful when teaching…
This would be a great book teachers can use when teaching about caring and friendship. Teachers can also use this to talk about different animals that could be in a zoo. Students can do a journal entry describing a time when they were caring or was a good friend to someone.
Author: Philip Stead
Illustrator: Erin Stead
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Year of Publication: 2010
Genre: Children’s Literature
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: 2
Summary:
This book is about a zookeeper that always made time to visit the animals. But one day, he got sick and he couldn’t make it to the zoo so the animals came and visited him.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
Every day kindly zookeeper Amos McGee plays chess with the elephant, keeps the penguin company, reads stories to the owl, etc. When Amos stays home one day, his friends have just the right medicine: they make time to visit their pal. The attentively detailed pencil and woodblock illustrations reveal character and enhance the cozy mood of the gentle text.
Review by Rokaya:
This is a great book that teaches friendship, caring, and also the different types of animals that could be at the zoo. The pictures are very articulate and show much detail, while the text match the illustrations perfectly.
This book would be useful when teaching…
This would be a great book teachers can use when teaching about caring and friendship. Teachers can also use this to talk about different animals that could be in a zoo. Students can do a journal entry describing a time when they were caring or was a good friend to someone.