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Animalia-Stephanie Fisher

The book that I read this week was Animalia written by Graeme Base. All I have to say is that he is absolutely brilliant and very talented. The book is so neat, it goes through the alphabet and on every page he uses alliteration for each letter. For example: "Great Green Gorillas Growing Grapes in a Gorgeous Glass Greenhouse." Then in his illustrations he has hidden pictures of things that start with the letter G. The illustrations are beautiful and he is so clever to have thought of the hidden pictures. You can definitely incorporate this in the classroom in several ways. First, it can help children identify the letters of the alphabet. Secondly you can help children identify what pictures are hidden and why they are included on the page with the specific letter. I have read several of Greame Base's books and they are all incredible and beautifully illustrated. He is the author that I chose for my author study and I am excited to learn more about him.

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