Rosita And The Beanstalk. Written & Illustrated by Constance Allen and David Prebenna

Shepherd, Jodie, and Warner McGee. Rosita And The Beanstalk. [Board book ed. Stow, OH: Twin Sisters, 2010. Print. 16 pages
Age Group:	3 to 5 years
Book Format:	Board Book with CD
Annotation:	A retelling of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ starring Rosita and Cookie Monster
Personal Reaction:	A nice board book that shows the importance of having friends different than yourself and to not steal from others. Sesame Street characters comprise of the characters in the age old story “Jack and the Beanstalk”. Rosita is the character of “Jack” who eventually makes friends with the “Giant” Cookie. Rosita learns that stealing from others makes you feel bad. She was lucky to realize that the Giant is a forgiving person. These lessons are good for all children to learn in this fun way with characters they all recognize. While the story is different from the classic it lends itself to become a new classic for children of today. Another Sesame Street book that is labeled for ages 3+, but this reviewer can foresee slightly younger children benefiting as the book contains a CD with read a long features to assist the reading to increase their vocabulary.
Keywords/Tags:	Fairy Tale, Sesame Street, CD, Retellings, Friendship
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes ~Repeating repetitious words