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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Readers who will like this:
Response/Rating (1-4):
One question you would ask before a read aloud:

Reading Strategies Connection:

Thursday, December 15, 2011

James and the Giant Peach

Bio: Dahl, R.(1961). James and the Giant Peach. Illus. Nancy Ekholm Burker: New York, NY: Puffin books

Annotation: James lives with his evil aunts; Spiker and Sponge. He uses his imagination to be free of them by going on an adventure in a peach. On the way he meets a few friends such as a giant Grasshopper, Ladybug, Centipede, Earthworm, a Spider and a few others. Together they travel and use the Giant Peach to feed them and to float along the ocean.

Genre: Fiction

Grade Level: 4-6

Readers who will like this book: Kids that like adventure, magic, and imagination.

Response/Rating: (4) It was a fabulous book that is designed well for children that like to day dream and use their imaginations.

Question: Have you ever dreamed of going on an advernture in a different country?

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