A+Book

Written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

This book describes the parts of a book while the girl that is the main character is trying to figure out what her story is.

Compare what families do when they get up and begin their day. What things do people do in the same way?

This book has unusual perspective in the illustrations—most are drawn so the reader is looking down on the pages. Discuss how this is different from “normal” book illustration.

The little girl is with Ms. Goose at one point, in the world of fairy tales. Identify the fairy tales and nursery rhymes to make sure students are familiar with them all. The girl also enters a world of different kinds of stories—adventure, historical, science fiction. Talk about book genres and different books that fit these categories. List the characteristics of different types of stories.

When the book is closed, the characters are sleeping. Allow kids to think about what a character in their favorite book is doing when the book is closed. Have them paint a picture of what they think their favorite character is doing when they close the cover.