Book documentation

Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

My Best Friend

Bibliographic Information: Rodman, M.A. (2005). My best friend. Toronto, Ontario: Penguin Group.

Annotation: A young girl struggles with wanting to be friends with someone who doesn't want to be her friend. This book wond the Ezra Jack Keats new author award. To be eligible for this award, an author must have written no more than three books to be considered a new writer. The content of the book celebrates the universal qualities of childhood, the multiculturalism of the world and a strong and supportive family and/or community. This book received the new author award in 2006.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Grade Level: K-2

Readers Who Will Like This Book: Anyone who has struggle with finding a friend.

Personal Response and Rating: I rate this book a 3. The story is told is a simpler text that young readers could be successful at reading independently and show a real world problem that almost any person has experienced.

Prereading Question: Have you ever really wanted to be someone's friend, but they didn't want to be your friend?