Curious George And The Pizza. Written & Illustrated by Margret Rey and Alan J. Shalleck

Rey, Margret, and Alan J. Shalleck. Curious George And The Pizza. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Print. 32 pages
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	A print media adapted from the Curious George Film Series. As usual, George causes mayhem in a pizza shop by trying to make pizza. But redeems himself when he helps the owner deliver pizza to a factory that was closed.
Personal Reaction:	A fun story that reminds me of a restaurant that allowed children to make their own pizzas. This would be a good story to read to the children before or after a visit to a pizza shop.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Children’s Stories, Pizza, Monkey
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary by encouraging known and new words. Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books by introducing and video to introduce the comparisons between the print and visual versions. 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.