Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Picture Book #3

Author Alice and Martin Provensen
Title Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill
Illustrator Alice and Martin Provensen
Readability Score 4.1
Genre Non-Fiction
Subgenre  
Theme Children can learn about various animals that live on a farm and intersting facts about the animals.
Primary and Secondary Characters Animals- Cats, Chickens, Dogs, Horses, Geese, Sheep, Goats, Cows, Neighbors, Pigs
Award(s) date of publication Caldecott Medal/ 1974
Publishing Company Random House Publishing
ISBN Number 0-394-92123-2
Summary This story explains all of the activities that happen on the Farm at Maple Hill. It descibes how the animals behave and gives them personalities.
Description of how you would use this book Teachers can use this book before they read Charlotte's Web to give students some schema about farm life an danimals that live on a farm.

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