Monday, June 15, 2009

Bubble Bubble by Mercer Mayer

Book Genre: Fiction
Publishing Info: School Specialty Publishing; 35 pages
Awards or honors received: none

Summary: A boy went walking one day and came across a man selling magic bubbles. The boy bought a bottle and began to blow bubbles. He started blowing bubbles and the bubble turned into a vicious snake that was about to eat him. He blew another bubble and it became a cat that chased away the snake. The cat began to chase the boy so he blew another bubble to take care of the cat and the story continues on this path. In the end the boy popped all the bubbles and poured them out.

Personal rating: ****Great! Funny story small children will love!

Reading level: 1.4
Interest level: K-2

Possible uses of the text:
Art: Give students an outline of a bubble and have them create an animal they think would appear if they had magic bubbles.

Writing: Have students write a short story about their magical animal.

Math: Using some, some went away stories (subtraction) to go with the bubbles in the story.

Potential Problems: none

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