Thursday, May 9, 2013

In The Night Kitchen. Written & Illustrated by Maurice Sendak


Sendak, Maurice. In The Night Kitchen. 25th anniversary ed. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. Print. 35 pages

Age Group:
 1 to 4 years
Book Format:
 Picture Book
Annotation:
 Mickey is in a dream world picture book.  The pictures and basic words tell the story of his dream.  The illustrations are reminesent of retro illustrations of the 40’s and 50’s complete with characters from that era which older adults will enjoy. A must read to see how Mickey becomes the champion of his dream.
Personal Reaction:
 Vocabulary is embedded within each illustration that allows for a fun way to Look and Find known and new words.
Keywords/Tags:
 Fiction, Dream, Baking, Flying,
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
~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
~Repeating repetitious words

Title, Author, Illustrator, Pages: In The Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak, pps. 35

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