Author: Golden MacDonald
Title: The Little Island
Illustrator: Leonard Weisgard
Genre: Fantasy
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: The beautiful details one comes across when visiting a local island.
Primary/Secondary Characters: the narrator and the animals found throughout the book
Award(s)/Publication Year: Caldecott Medal Winner/1993
Publishing Company: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Brief Summary/Book Usage: This picture book depicts the beauties of a local island as told through the narrator's eyes. It tells about the animals that roam the island and the plants that grow on it as well. The book explains how the animals enjoy their time on the island and how beautiful the island is to visit to those who have not been before. The beauty of the flowers add to the peaceful feel of being right next to the ocean. I would use this book in my classroom when talking to students about geography and islands in general. The pictures show very vivid scenes of an island and I believe the students would enjoy the learning about the beauty an island exhibits.
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