Walter Was Worried. Written & Illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Walter Was Worried. New Milford, Conn.: Roaring Brook Press, 2005. Print. 28 pages
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	Simple text, great illustrations of children’s faces created with letters of the words that spell out the words that describe how they are feeling about the coming storm and what happens afterward.
Personal Reaction:	I like how the descriptive words are repeated in the children’s faces, reinforcing the vocabulary.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Storms, Emotions, Alliteration
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 and words are different, but in this case both have been combined to enhance a seek and find skill 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 ~Repeating repetitious words