Dinner at the Panda Palace is an engaging story that uses the basic structure of a "+1" growing pattern, to tell a story. The Panda Palace is a restaurant and different groups of animals enter to eat there (i.e., one elephant, two lions). After repeated readings, the students were able to read along with the predictable text. The ending is sweet, showing that Mr. Panda was a kind host, but also showed how the numbers 1 to 10, when added together, equals 55.
Snow is my Favorite and my Best is a cute story about winter and winter activities. I also chose this book because there are two children in my class with the same name as the little girl "Lola" in the story. Many of the illustrations use paper snowflakes and I will use this book later as a link to when the children learn how to cut paper snowflakes in class next week.
Dewey - There's a Cat in the Library is a non-fiction story of how a small, abandoned kitten became a world-famous library cat. I found this book after I read the book that Vicki Myron wrote for adults about her 19 year relationship with this amazing cat. People from all over the world came to visit the library in the small town of Spencer, Iowa, just to see this cat. I also brought in a small, stuffed Dewey look-alike for the children to play with.
As a connection to the first book, Dewey's Christmas at the Library, is a nice companion story for the children to listen to. The students can then use what they know about the character to help them understand the second story. As not everyone celebrates Christmas, this is a good story to talk about the kinds of activities that people do to celebrate this holiday.
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