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Children's Book Analysis & Literacy Enrichment Kits
Children's book analysis & review |
Literacy Enrichment Kit |
$25 |
$35 |
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Comprehensive analytical review of children’s books written for preschoolers through middle grade from a credentialed educator, Lorraine Carey.
Credentials: I have taught in elementary schools in four states and internationally as a classroom teacher and literary specialist. I'm trained in Reading Recovery Program. Comprehensive story analysis: The analysis I provide includes educational points and the value it holds for young readers, as listed below. Upon request, a review will be posted on Goodreads and Twitter. Analysis fee: $25 Contact me for details: |
Points that will be addressed in the analytical review:
- Is the book aesthetically pleasing to the child’s eye?
- Do the illustrations support the text so the child can draw meaning based on the illustrations?
- Do the illustrations have a focal point?
- Can the reader discover details within the illustrations?
- Does the story stir up emotions? Does it help the child’s emotional development?
- Are words and sentences the appropriate length for the age group?
- Does the story flow smoothly to keep the reader engaged?
- Is the storyline clear from beginning to end?
- Is the conclusion of the story satisfactory?
Age group references:
Pre-readers:
6 months to 6 years, when parents read to the child:
During the initial phase of the reading development process children sample and learn from a full range of multiple sounds, words, concepts, images, and picture books with simple stories.
Early readers:
7-9 year old children are learning the relationships between letters and sounds and amongst printed and spoken words. Early reader books have a balance with the use of repetitive language coupled with art, context clues, and a significant amount of sight words mixed with new words. They also have a limited number of characters per line and are large enough for the child to read it easily.
Fluent readers:
For 9-15 year old children. Reading is used to acquire new ideas to gain new knowledge, to experience new feelings, to acquire new attitudes, and to explore issues from multiple perspectives.
Pre-readers:
6 months to 6 years, when parents read to the child:
During the initial phase of the reading development process children sample and learn from a full range of multiple sounds, words, concepts, images, and picture books with simple stories.
Early readers:
7-9 year old children are learning the relationships between letters and sounds and amongst printed and spoken words. Early reader books have a balance with the use of repetitive language coupled with art, context clues, and a significant amount of sight words mixed with new words. They also have a limited number of characters per line and are large enough for the child to read it easily.
Fluent readers:
For 9-15 year old children. Reading is used to acquire new ideas to gain new knowledge, to experience new feelings, to acquire new attitudes, and to explore issues from multiple perspectives.
Analysis and review sample
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A read to story for children 4-6 and read alone for ages 7-10
Lucky, the sweet-natured little monkey was bullied by the animals who didn't take time to get to know her. They said she was a dumpy, chunky, silly, scaredy, grumpy, clumsy monkey. Lucky was sad but instead of feeling miserable, she chose to listen to her friend who knew her and said that Lucky was a lovely, cuddly, bubbly, spunky monkey.” |
Story analysis of The Chunky, Dumpy, Spunky Monkey by Lorraine Carey, literary specialist
Overall opinion:
The story hits all the major points that make this book valuable for young readers. The story flows well as it builds to the plot and ends with a satisfying conclusion.
It draws on the emotions of readers such as sadness and empathy as a young monkey losing her mother and is teased for being chubby. It makes her sad, but eventually, the animals who tease her will be the very ones to help her discover the key to being happy and to learn to love herself. There is a great moral to the story, being able to gain strength during rough times and try to turn negative feelings into positive ones. Children learn that with goodness in their hearts and a positive outlook, they can change any bad situation into a good one.
- The book is aesthetically pleasing and the perfect print size for the age group.
- The illustrations support the story very well, the characters display appropriate emotions, and children could imagine the story even without reading the text.
- Each illustration page has a focal point as well as a lot of details relating to the story to discover. The book features pages in comic-style format, which is desirable for children with added speech bubbles making it easy to discern which character is speaking.
- Children are provided with plenty of details in the illustrations that they can discover when they take a closer look.
- The introduction of sadness and fear when the little monkey loses her mother due to a cruel act, provokes the emotions of sadness and empathy as well as planting a thought in the minds of children to fight against cruelty when they grow up. The feelings of friendship, happiness, and the satisfaction of helping others, are also emphasized in the story, flipping the balance toward to a positive state of mind.
- The words used in the story and the length of sentences are age appropriate throughout the book.
- The flow of the story is seamless, there is something on every page that keeps the child’s interest to continue reading.
- The storyline is clear and easy to follow.
- The conclusion of the story is great with positive moral values.
Overall opinion:
The story hits all the major points that make this book valuable for young readers. The story flows well as it builds to the plot and ends with a satisfying conclusion.
It draws on the emotions of readers such as sadness and empathy as a young monkey losing her mother and is teased for being chubby. It makes her sad, but eventually, the animals who tease her will be the very ones to help her discover the key to being happy and to learn to love herself. There is a great moral to the story, being able to gain strength during rough times and try to turn negative feelings into positive ones. Children learn that with goodness in their hearts and a positive outlook, they can change any bad situation into a good one.
Customized Literacy Enrichment Kits
Supplemental Reading Activities for Enrichment will include:
- A vocabulary search for works in the text with clues given (this
- Fill in the blank vocabulary form
- Retelling of the basic story elements using a chart or graph
- Main events
- Main Idea
- Solution (if applicable)
- Make a poster of your favorite character and use four words to describe them (characterization)
- Write a letter to a character explaining what they liked or didn’t like about them
- Make a card for a character thanking them for something they did in the story that you liked
- Write an alternative ending to the story
- Design a new book cover for the story
- Write a review to the author
An example of the Literacy Enrichment Kit
Listed activities can be delivered in a variety of modes:
Group setting, buddy up, or set up as centers.
- A vocabulary study
- Comprehension questions which address the various modes that are in alignment with comprehension questions on state mandated tests such as: literal, vocabulary, inferential, details, cause and effect and critical thinking
- Character analysis
- Letter writing
- Newspaper Article write up in the local paper on how the BFF Gang saves the kittens
Literacy Kit $35
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