Friday, June 12, 2009

A Big Fat Enormous Lie by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Book Genre: Fiction

Publishing Info: Scholastic Inc, 32 pages

Awards or honors received: None

Summary: This book is about a child who told a lie to his father about eating a jar of cookies. The child feels very bad about this lie. The lie is represented in the photographs by a large green monster, the boy continues to tell the lie to go away, but no matter how hard he tries the lie stays with him. The child finally tells him mom and dad about the lie, and the monster (or lie) gets smaller and smaller until it is no longer with him. The child feels better now.

Personal rating and reason for rating: **** Good. A good story with a good lesson.

Reading level: 1.7

Interest level: k-2

Possible uses of the text in integrated units of study (reading and writing across the curriculum): Use while teaching about the importance of telling the truth. Also, can be used to teach about the importance of looking at pictures while reading a story. Reading this story without paying attention to the pictures would not give the same amount of comprehension.

Potential Problems or Difficulties: Young may have trouble understanding what the monster in the picture represents something that the boy feels inside.

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