READ-4-LUCK acts as a book recommendation, book review, teaching tip, and writing lesson for children, parents, teachers, and writers. This fun weekly feature began back in October 2010 with four books. It has since evolved into one book each week. In November 2011, I joined up with Susanna Leonard Hill and her Perfect Picture Book Fridays (PPBF).
= Not bad. Might read twice. = Fun read first few times. Would get from library again. = Very enjoyable. Wouldn't mind owning a copy. = Awesome! Never tiresome for children, parents, teachers, or writers. May just have to buy it."Zaira is a little girl with an imagination so big that she can see dolphins in the town square fountain. One day, she is shocked to find the fountain empty. The children who play in the square and make fun of Zaira for telling make-believe stories are shocked too—when a real fairy arrives to help her. This story, full of magic and fun, embraces the amazing imagination that breathes life into children’s games, and treasures the joy of imaginary friends."
Publisher: Cuento de Luz
Year: 2011 (originally printed in Spanish)
Word Count: 500-750?
Book Level: 3.1-4.2?
Age: 4-8
Topic: dolphins, imagination, bath time
Theme: friendship
First Lines:
Just like she did every day, Zaira went to the fountain in the square to see the dolphins. She went with Spooky, her best friend.
"Look! The dolphins are playing! They're balancing balls on their noses!" gasped Zaira, absolutely thrilled.
RATINGS
CHILDREN:
Girls especially love the dolphins and water play. Imaginary friends are fun too.
PARENTS:
The fairy, Takethat, is quite funny. Could be a fun book for bath time.
TEACHERS:
Good opening to a lesson on character development.
WRITERS:
Lots of good examples of dialogue.
Be sure to visit other "perfect picture books" at Susanna Leonard Hill's blog.
That sounds adorable. I've got too many on my to buy list now :) Thanks Christie.
ReplyDeleteI love books dealing with imagination, and this week is a treasure trove of such books at PPBF!
ReplyDeleteLove the cover illustration! Great topic too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cover and sounds like fun! Beth is right - we have a lot of imagination titles this week - nice!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a lovely choice for my daughter. She's really inter fairies right now. Thanks for sharing Christie!
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DeleteWe do have so many books about imagination this week. This looks like a fun one.
ReplyDeleteLove stories that encourage magination. I remember those days and how real my imagination was to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree...stories that encourage imagination and highlight a child who has a vivid one will help validate the kid who has one and was ashamed to speak about it. Fairies are awesome...looks like a winning book to me. :) Thanks for the great review, Christie!
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of this book. Thanks for adding it, Christie!
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