The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Genre: Traditional Literature

Authors: Catherine Lukas and Pamela Pia

Illustrator: Maggie Swanson

Awards: None

Age group: 5-7 year olds

I did know of this story before reading this book but, I believe this is a great retelling of the classic peter rabbit story. This is a much simpler, easy to read version of the story, which makes it great for beginners.

Summary:

In the beginning mother rabbit tells her 4 children that they were allowed to go outside and play today when she was going to get grocery’s, as long as they do not go into Mr. McGregor’s garden because it is dangerous. But Peter rabbit, being the naughty rabbit he was, disobeyed his mother and went into the garden. Then Mr. McGregor saw him and started chasing him. During the chase he lost both his shoes and his jacket. He even got wet at one point because he tried to hide in a watering can. Then he got very scared when he could not figure out how to get out of the garden, but after a while he finally found a way out. He then ran all the way home, but because he gotten all wet he didn’t feel good so his mom gave him some tea and sent him to bed. While his sisters got to eat the bread and milk and berries for supper.

I do believe I can use this book in my classroom. It is easy to read and has great illustrations. I also think it provides a great lesson to children about following the rules.

I believe the appropriate grade level for this book is 1st grade through 3rd because it is a great book for beginning readers and has a great story line .This book also has big fonts and a sentence or two per page, Making the story very easy to read.

I believe I would use this book as a personal shared reading one on one with a student to help with reading practice because it is so simple to read.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy