Pet Show

Citation:

Keats, E. (1972). Pet Show! New York: Macmillan.

Lexile Score: AD370L

Summary:

                This story is about a little boy and his friends who are attending a pet show. While everyone else is getting ready for the show the little boy, Archie, can’t find his cat. Instead of feeling sad and down for not being able to participate in the show, Archie improvises and ends up winning an award!

Evaluation:

                 This book is high quality literature. The storyline itself does not contain any stereotypes or judgments in any form. Instead the book is about pets, which children love. The writing is simple enough that children can read the book themselves (with an adult) and they can comprehend what is going on. The book also doesn’t single out children who don’t have pets because the main character ends up creating his own pet.

                The images in this book are great. They are cartoonish and vague, which words great for the book. From the vague images there is lots of room left for children to use their own imagination to create more details within the book.

Literary Elements:

Tone: Happy, excitement, creativity

Characters: Archie

Genre: Picture book

Mini Lesson:

                 For this book I would have students create their own pet show of creative pets, just like Archie’s pet. I would have students explain why they decided on this creative pet and if they have pets at home how this pet is different from their at home pet.

Age: 4+