Title: Wild About Books
Author: Judy Sierra
Illustrator: Marc Brown
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Year of Publication: 2004
Genre: Fiction
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Horn Book gave this book a 3 rating.
Summary: Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, mistakenly drove her bookmobile into the zoo. She ends up attempting to teach all of the animals about the wonders of books.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Horn Books likes Brown's colorful illustrations and Sierra's rhyming text. They say that the text is just as lively as the art that appears in the book.
Review by Alexis: The rhyming Sierra uses consistently throughout the book makes the text extremely interesting and humorous. Brown's animals practically look like they can come off the page. The illustrations of the animals involve a vast amount of bright colors.
This book would be useful when teaching… This book could be useful when introducing kindergarteners or first graders to the library for the first time. The teacher could read the book to the students and then show them all of the different books and authors that were mentioned. The teacher could also go over how books should be handled, like the librarian does in the story. The book could also be used in a third grade class for a unit on animals. The book names a lot of different animals and the students could do a research project based on the animals in the book.
Author: Judy Sierra
Illustrator: Marc Brown
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Year of Publication: 2004
Genre: Fiction
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Horn Book gave this book a 3 rating.
Summary: Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, mistakenly drove her bookmobile into the zoo. She ends up attempting to teach all of the animals about the wonders of books.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Horn Books likes Brown's colorful illustrations and Sierra's rhyming text. They say that the text is just as lively as the art that appears in the book.
Review by Alexis: The rhyming Sierra uses consistently throughout the book makes the text extremely interesting and humorous. Brown's animals practically look like they can come off the page. The illustrations of the animals involve a vast amount of bright colors.
This book would be useful when teaching… This book could be useful when introducing kindergarteners or first graders to the library for the first time. The teacher could read the book to the students and then show them all of the different books and authors that were mentioned. The teacher could also go over how books should be handled, like the librarian does in the story. The book could also be used in a third grade class for a unit on animals. The book names a lot of different animals and the students could do a research project based on the animals in the book.