Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book Of Months. Written & Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Sendak, Maurice. Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book Of Months. New York: HarperCollins, 1990. Print.
Age Group:	1-4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	A picture book with rhythmic poems about the months of the year. Basic pen and ink illustrations accompany each poem.  Each month has a theme relating to each a situation that may occur during that time and incorporating Chicken Soup.
Personal Reaction:	A Unique way of learning about the months of the year.
Keywords/Tags:	Months of the Year, Fiction, Rhyming Words, Repeating words
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 by observing the illustrations. ~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