A nonfiction book from the series Native Americans gives us just a small overview of the Ojibwe. There are many text features used such as captions, text boxes, bold words, maps, timeline and a glossary. Each page has one to two paragraphs of information. At the end there is a few pages about their fight for their land.
Author Archives: Amy Covey
Be A Maker
What can you make? This book has colorful illustrations and rhyming text. It encourages exploration and creating whatever you can think of with the objects around you. It ends with the girl building a playground for all of the neighbors to share.
Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure
Charlotte is back, but this time everyone in the forest is sick with a mysterious illness. Charlotte is determined to find out why everyone is sick, but when the doctors come they tell her she is too little. Charlotte decides not to give up and goes through a scientific process to come up with a cure.
Nighttime Symphony
A nighttime city storm creates a beautiful lullaby. The rhythmic text soothes the worried child in the story making the storm not as scary as he thinks it is. And finally it soothes the child to sleep.
The illustrations in this book are vibrant and flow beautifully with the text.