Picture Books Before 1970

Thank you for stopping by She Reads Books today. I am so thrilled you decided to stop by! Today I will be sharing my review on five picture books before 1970, aka some of the classics. In addition, I will also be sharing how I would use the books in my future classroom. I hope you enjoy the following picture books that I have picked out below for this post!








Book #1: Corduroy by Don Freeman



Book Review: Corduroy is a cute, simple, and relatively short read for young children. This story is about a teddy bear, Corduroy, wanting to find his forever home. He becomes upset when the toys around him in the department store are being taken home to their forever home and he is still sitting on the shelf. One family comes along and discusses how he is missing one of his buttons, so that night, he ventures through the store looking for his missing button. The next day, that same family came along again, and they buy him and take him to his forever home. The girl fixes his missing button, but she makes sure to tell him that he is perfect the way he is. I would recommend this book to any teacher and parent to read to their students and children because it teaches them to accept those around them for who they are.   

Lesson Idea: In my future classroom, I would love to use this book as a read-aloud to teach my students to respect and accept those around them. One lesson idea I have for this book is to have a discussion with my students on how they can show respect to those around them, but I would also love to use it to teach/reinforce character traits, sequencing, and retelling.  

Below I have attached the author's website and Twitter that is ran by his son (Roy Freeman), and a link to a read-aloud of the story in case you wanted to check out the author or the story itself!








Book #2: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown



Book Review: Goodnight Moon is a classic, simple, and short read for young children. It is about a bunny’s bedtime routine. He tells everything around him in his house “goodnight” every night before he goes to bed, this lulls him into sleep. The illustrations in this story are very dark and there is not a variety of colors used to depict the story. This suggests that the story does take place during the night. The author also incorporates the use of rhymes throughout the story. This book is a must have in any children’s room and early childhood classroom. 

Lesson Idea: In my future classroom, I would love to use this book as a read-aloud to teach rhyming, sight words, and to review basic reading skills. I would love to incorporate this read-aloud during Christmas time for pajama day or during spirit week if there is a pajama day planned.

Below I have attached a link to a read-aloud of the story in case you wanted to check out the story!

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yu_g5x3ZoQ 







Book #3: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss


Book Review: Green Eggs and Ham is a classic, simple, and relatively short read for children. It is about Sam not liking green eggs and ham anywhere but then he tries them and his perspective changes. He likes green eggs and ham now! The illustrations in the story do a wonderful job of depicting the story. The constant use of rhyming and repetitive phrases also does a wonderful job of helping tell the story. This story is a must have in any classroom library for children to read to themselves or their peers, and it is also a must have for Dr. Seuss week!   

Lesson Idea: In my future classroom, I would use this book as a read-aloud to teach rhyming and to teach how to back up an opinion with evidence. Another lesson idea I have for this book, is to use it in a writing prompt. The students would write about why they like certain foods or why they do not they like certain foods and they would need to provide evidence for their why or why not entry. I would also love to incorporate this book and other Dr. Seuss books during Dr. Seuss week.
 
Below I have attached a link to a read-aloud of the story in case you wanted to check out the story!

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdotPwVJYzs







Book #4: Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans


Book Review: Madeline may be a little complex and long read for some children, but nonetheless it is such a cute, classic story. It is set in Paris where twelve young girls live in a vine-covered house. They wear yellow matching hats and outfits. They also walk in two perfect rows when they leave the house. One little girl, Madeline, is not afraid of anything, however, one night she becomes very ill and she has to be taken to the hospital. The rest of the girls are concerned about Madeline, so Madame Clavel takes them to visit her and they end up wanting matching scars to go along with Madeline’s scar. This story is overall a really cute story through its illustrations and through the story itself. In the back of the book, the author even includes the names of the famous sights that were illustrated in the book. 

Lesson Idea: In my future classroom, I would use this book as a read-aloud to teach asking and answering the following questions: who, what, when, where, and why. I would also use it to help teach students how to understand key details in a text.

Below I have attached a link to a website about the author and a link to a read-aloud of the story in case you wanted to check out the author or the story itself! 

Website: http://www.madeline.com/author.html 
Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtO_m8tlLU 









Book #5: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle


Book Review: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic, simple, and short read for children. It is about a little caterpillar who eats a different type of food each day and he increases how much he eats each day. However, he is never full after everything he eats, so one day, he decides to eat a leaf. This leaf fills him up and it helps him become a beautiful butterfly. This story is a must have in every classroom library in my opinion because the author takes a concept and he turns it into something young children can fully understand and grasp. 

Lesson Idea: In my future classroom, I would love to use this book as a read-aloud during math time to teach numbers but also during science time to teach the life cycle of a butterfly. This book would also be a great book to teach sequencing and what foods are good for you and what foods are not good for you.

Below I have attached the author's website, Twitter, and a link to a read-aloud of the story in case you wanted to check out the author or the story itself!

Website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericcarle?lang=en
Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btFCtMhF3iI 



I hope that you enjoyed my book reviews and lesson ideas. I hope you consider adding all five books to your classroom library if you have not already!


Happy Reading,


Ashley   

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