Title: Lola Loves Stories
Author: Anna McQuinn
Illustrator: Rosalind Beardshaw
Published: 2010
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the book “Lola Loves Stories” Anna McQuinn tells a story about a little girl
who visits the library with her dad every Saturday. Every day Lola would read a
different book and the next day Lola would pretend to be the character in the
book. “Lola Loves Stories” would be a great book to use to teach students (K-3)
how to make inferences and predictions. This book also teaches students about
the power of imagination. The illustrations throughout the book are great!
Rosalind Breadshaw creates pictures that illustrate the drastic costumes that
Lola wears throughout the story.
Predictable books are such a great tool in Elementary School. One great value of this book is that Lola's big relationship is with her dad--it's a daddy daughter book.
ReplyDeleteAnother advantage to this book is the way that Lola explores different roles. When I started the book--I became nervous that Lola was being restricted to simply the role of girly books (fairy princess). However, the story quickly showed that Lola experimented with all sorts of different characters and roles, and occasionally with different types of media. Therefore, the book is a great example of children connecting and extending with literature.
One great use of this book could be motivation--a teacher who gets really excited about reading could share her enthusiasm with the class about how she "becomes" characters in the book she reads. Another use of the book is to discuss how books affect our lives and how we can use information from books to become more knowledgeable and to try different things.
For this particular age group, I believe imagination is so important for them. Whether the students are writing, drawing or acting something from their imagination, it plays a role in their creativity. Also for your girls in the classroom, nothing is better than the father-daughter relationship. Students can discuss why it is important or activities they have with their father or male figure in their life.
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