“Little Red Writing” by Joan Holub, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Isn’t this a cute gift idea for a kid?! I wish we had a birthday party to go so I could give this :) Valentine’s Day is coming up, too. Not bad for a $22 surprise. I found the pencil toppers and pencils in the dollar section at Target, the composition book at the grocery store, and the book at the bookstore.
Okay, back to the picture book and project!
One day, Little Red and her classmates get to write their own stories. As Little Red begins to write, she finds that there are many challenges she has to overcome to make an exciting story. She even has to face a scary pencil sharpener with quite big teeth!
Shanda: This book had me at Melissa Sweet- one of my favorite illustrators! And she does not disappoint! Of course I also can relate to the perils of writing a story. There are many layers to this book, so that kids of ALL ages can enjoy it. HJ is 3 years old, and she loved the excitement of the story. Older kids can really see nouns, adjectives, adverbs, EXCLAMATIONS!, and run-on sentences come to life. This would be fantastic to use in a classroom before a writing challenge.
HJ: It’s really awesome when the mean wolf came! (She likes to say the “GRRRRR!” parts.)
The project for older kids: Write you own story (with illustrations) in your very own composition book, just like Little Red!
The project for younger kids: Attempt to write your own story in your own composition book, just like Little Red! I think HJ enjoyed just playing with the pencil people best :)
She started off saying she was writing a SCARY story!
Busy, busy! But in the end, things got epic when some of the pencil people took something from the other pencil people…
Thanks for stopping by! This post is dedicated to the new life and new story of Ellie Pearl Jones! Born yesterday! (She’s the daughter of my cousin, who is really like a sister to me :)
Also, sorry I haven’t posted in quite a while. I’ll tell you why soon…
Love,
Shanda & HJ
