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misspentdays's review
Those familiar with Judy Sierra from her picture books such as Wild About Reading may be surprised at the amount of text in this book. However, she is also an Aesop Prize winning folklorist and she utilizes those skills wonderfully in this work. Can You Guess My Name is a delightful look at similar fairy tales from around the world. Offering multiple versions of each story, the book includes stories from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
By offering multiple versions of similar stories from around the world, this work provides an excellent basis for teaching comparative literature for children. It also provides wonderfully diverse options for any fairy tale unit.
Stefano Vitale, who has worked with authors such as Alice Walker and Joseph Bruhac, brings in some wonderful touches in illustrating this story. While he maintains a steady visual set up of paint on wood with colorful borders, each illustration manages to reflect the story's origin.
The stories, written in a traditional style, incorporate vocabulary rich text and dialog. The reading level is upper elementary, but the stories can easily be used for read aloud story times.
The excellent Can You Guess My Name is an essential purchase for any public library or school library that serves elementary students.
By offering multiple versions of similar stories from around the world, this work provides an excellent basis for teaching comparative literature for children. It also provides wonderfully diverse options for any fairy tale unit.
Stefano Vitale, who has worked with authors such as Alice Walker and Joseph Bruhac, brings in some wonderful touches in illustrating this story. While he maintains a steady visual set up of paint on wood with colorful borders, each illustration manages to reflect the story's origin.
The stories, written in a traditional style, incorporate vocabulary rich text and dialog. The reading level is upper elementary, but the stories can easily be used for read aloud story times.
The excellent Can You Guess My Name is an essential purchase for any public library or school library that serves elementary students.
t2p's review
4.0
A great collection of world folktales, with beautiful illustrations and excellent notes.
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