Need you help??? If you love to read children's book, then this is the question for you.?

Question

My assignment is to choose two pieces of children's literature (preferably from pre-K to grade 2) and compare and contrast both pieces based on their setting, character and so on.
However, I am having a bit of trouble finding the right books to compare and contrast.

Do u know any good books that I could use for this assignment? Thanks

Answer 1

Here are the top 100:
http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html

An interesting comparison might be between a popular book and a work of recognized children's literature, e.g. a Caldecott medal winner.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.htm

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Answer 2

First look up CAldecott Medal books. Choose any two books for that age level.
Compare and contrast: story line; theme; kinds of illustrations (how were they done?), pictures vs. text, length of ea. book, geared toward gender? - who was the main character and how would a child identify with that character? Humans or humanized animals?
There are many things to compare. Just keep it simple and think from a child's point of view. What would interest a child of this age reading this book? Does it teach anything?
Use only the best books - the Caldecott Medal winners are the tops. Don't use any of the ones you will find at this time of year that talks about Santa Claus, etc.
Clifford the Big REd Dog is popular and so is Curious George. Both of them are humanized animals and the kids love them.
Hope this has helped.

Answer 3

Can you go with something really simple such as Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Polar Bear, Polar Bear? Another suggestion would be to look at other Eric Carle books such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar or Will You Be My Friend? Some of the older children's books are excellent. Possibly look for a copy of The Carrot Seed, Stone Soup, or Pablo the Penguin.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

My two favorite childrens books are "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss and "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein. I used both of these in a tree unit with my Kindergarteners. It is interesting to see the differences and similarities in the books. It's also really neat to see how the kids react to the stories. My student's reactions this year actually brought a tear to my eyes because of how emotionally involved they become. I would suggest these two books.

Answer 5

This may just above the level of a K-2, but I really recommend getting your students to read stories both by E.B. White (I read 'The Trumpet of the Swan" in second grade, it was fantastic) and Roald Dahl, perhaps "James and the Giant Peach".

Answer 6

try the classic "The Three Little Pigs" and then compare with "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" Jon Scieszka This second one is told through the wolf's point of view. Would be very easy to compare these ones.

Answer 7

Any Dr. Seuss book and a Shel Silverstein book, perhaps "Where the Sidewalk Ends" or something like that.