To allow the brain to focus on the information in the illustrations this reading will look only at the illustrations and the information they provide the young reader. There are no right or wrong answers in this reading. If the pages are not numbered page 1 is the first page of text.
Within the illustrations is humor for both the child and the adult. The same details will make both of you laugh. However, sometimes, Mr. Small appeals to the adult.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK: ONE COOL FRIEND
by Toni Buzzeo
One Cool Friend has many unique attributes that make it an award winner. David Small’s ink and watercolor illustrations earned praise as a 2013 Caldecott Honor Book. This book has been selected as a Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection. It is both a New York Times Best Seller and a Junior Library Guild selection.
Ms. Buzzeo’s text is straightforward. However, attention must be paid to individual words in the text that have multiple meanings and lead to a surprise ending. Comments made by Elliot and his father are very formal and polite. Your listener may wonder if there are people who really talk to each other in this fashion.
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The purpose of this reading is to bring everything together: the text, the vocabulary, and the illustrations. The discussion and activity options focus on analyzing the main idea, theme, character traits, setting and how all of the story elements fit together.
During this reading your child and you will read the story all the way through. Two ways that you can add fun and improve recall during this reading are:
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SECOND READING: TEXT AND VOCABULARY – KING ARTHUR’S VERY GREAT GRANDSON
The focus of this reading is to read the story and talk about new vocabulary. There will be opportunities in this reading to connect the information in the illustrations to the information in the text.
Mr. Kraegel uses sophisticated vocabulary as he explains six-year-old Henry’s search for adventure. You’ll be using information from both the illustrations and the text to help infer the meaning of some of his word choices.
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To allow the brain to focus on the information in the illustrations this reading will look only at the illustrations and the information they provide the young reader. There are no right or wrong answers in this reading. If the pages are not numbered page 1 is the first page of text.
The Reading Comprehension Best Practice that we’ll use with this story is Inferencing. The brain forms inferences the same way regardless of studying an illustration or reading text. First, we recognize something in the illustration. Then, we search our prior knowledge to determine what it means when we see this. We combine what we see in the illustration with what we already know, and we form an inference about something that isn’t specifically stated.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK: KING ARTHUR VERY GREAT GRANDSON
by Kenneth Kraegel
Kenneth Kraegel has started his career as an author and illustrator with a critically acclaimed tale based on historical fiction. He draws from the legends of King Arthur to create an original twist on a brave knight’s quest to battle beasts. A child’s desire for adventure is treated with respect and humor as Mr. Kraegel blends magic, beasts, suspense, and a peaceful tone together with humor. You will have a wonderful discussion about the great lesson that Henry Alfred Grummorson learns on his daring search for adventure on his sixth birthday, centering on topics, such as: friendship, aggression, and bravery.
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