Thursday, September 29, 2011

Picture Book #1 Write-Up

Author: Doreen Cronin
Title: Diary of a Fly
Illustrator: Harry Bliss
Genre: Easy to Read, Children's Fiction
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: A fly keeps a diary of daily experiences.
Primary/Secondary Characters: Fly, Worm, Spider, parents of Fly
Award(s)/Publication Year: no awards presented/2007
Publishing Company: Joanna Cotler Books
Brief Summary/Book Usage: Fly explains the daily entries of the diary that is kept. Fly goes through the daily experiences of a fly and the author gives details about flies in general. Fly talks about wanting to become a superhero and explains all of the amazing things flies can do. I would use this book in my future classroom when we start to discuss insects, because alot of details about flies is presented in this book in a very colorful and bright way that would interest young students.

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