Annotations: Childrens Literature
Bibliographic Annotations
List 1:
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1983.
This book is about a boy named Max who goes on an adventure to where the wild things live. Max gets sent to his room for being wild in the house and causing trouble. Then Max’s room slowly turns into a forest and Max goes on his adventure. Max gets there and scares all the wild things with a magic trick. They name Max the wildest thing of all and he becomes king of the wild things. Eventually Max gets lonely and comes home. This book has a few valuable messages. Imagination is really encouraged in this story because it’s such a creative story. Also, the book expresses the importance of family. Even when Max is having fun being king of the wild things he still gets lonely for home. This was my second favorite book when I was young because I was really intrigued by the monsters and how Max became king of the wild things.
Seuss, Dr. I Can Read with my Eyes Shut!. New York: Random House Inc., 1978.
This book is a fun story about the cat in the hat showing young cat all about reading. He shows young cat all of the funny ways he can read and how much fun reading is. This book definitely packs a strong message to kids of how important reading is and how much fun it can be. Seuss stresses the importance of reading within the story by saying that reading will take you places. The book uses Seuss’s classic rhyme scheme making it a fun read for kids. The illustrations are also classic, cartoony pictures that use vibrant illustrations and show all kinds of funny characters. I liked this book when I was young because of how much fun it was to read. Because of the rhymes and silly attitude Seuss uses its hard for a child to not enjoy this book.
Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin is Lost. New York: Scholastic, 1992.
In this story, Franklin the turtle goes over to his friend Bear’s house. His other friends Otter, Goose, and Fox are there as well and they decide to play
List 1:
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1983.
This book is about a boy named Max who goes on an adventure to where the wild things live. Max gets sent to his room for being wild in the house and causing trouble. Then Max’s room slowly turns into a forest and Max goes on his adventure. Max gets there and scares all the wild things with a magic trick. They name Max the wildest thing of all and he becomes king of the wild things. Eventually Max gets lonely and comes home. This book has a few valuable messages. Imagination is really encouraged in this story because it’s such a creative story. Also, the book expresses the importance of family. Even when Max is having fun being king of the wild things he still gets lonely for home. This was my second favorite book when I was young because I was really intrigued by the monsters and how Max became king of the wild things.
Seuss, Dr. I Can Read with my Eyes Shut!. New York: Random House Inc., 1978.
This book is a fun story about the cat in the hat showing young cat all about reading. He shows young cat all of the funny ways he can read and how much fun reading is. This book definitely packs a strong message to kids of how important reading is and how much fun it can be. Seuss stresses the importance of reading within the story by saying that reading will take you places. The book uses Seuss’s classic rhyme scheme making it a fun read for kids. The illustrations are also classic, cartoony pictures that use vibrant illustrations and show all kinds of funny characters. I liked this book when I was young because of how much fun it was to read. Because of the rhymes and silly attitude Seuss uses its hard for a child to not enjoy this book.
Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin is Lost. New York: Scholastic, 1992.
In this story, Franklin the turtle goes over to his friend Bear’s house. His other friends Otter, Goose, and Fox are there as well and they decide to play