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Title: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Summary: Mouse is given a cookie but if you give him the cookie then he is going to want something to go with it. Follow Mouse has he goes through the trail that follows just because he was given one cookie!
Characters: Mouse and Little Boy
Setting: The Little Boys House
Point of View: 2nd person and 3rd person
Imagery: Personification: “He’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” In this example the mouse is talking which is an example of personification because we all know that animals can’t talk.
Style: The If You Give... series are written in a circular format. The reader starts and ends at the same place going through different types of events. It is also an if and then scenario as all of the sentences in the book follows that guideline.
Title: Time for School, Mouse!
Summary: Help Mouse find his materials for school and his missing homework!
Characters: Mouse
Setting: Mouse’s House
Point of View: 3rd person
Imagery: Personification- As Mouse is getting ready for school; we all know that mice don’t go to school.
Style: In this book, Numeroff uses a question and answer style. Asking in 3rd person where Mouse’s materials for school are.
Title: Would I Trade My Parents?
Summary: Would you ever trade your parents? Having pets and drinking chocolate milk before bed sounds nice but maybe your parents aren’t so bad!
Characters: Little Boy, Katie, Jason, Ben, Sydney, Ben, William
Setting: All of his friend’s houses
Point of View: 3rd Person
Style: In this book, the little boy goes to each of his friends’ houses and describes his/her parents. Starting each statement with (Name) wouldn’t trade their parents. And ending with a statement like, I wish my parents let me do what his/her parents let them do. Each page follows that guideline.
Title: When Sheep Sleep
Summary: When you can’t fall asleep, try counting sheep but, what if the sheep fall asleep? Try counting other animals!
Characters: Little girl, Sheep, Deer, Cows, Pigs, Puppies, Birds, Cats, Bears, Rabbits
Setting: Little girl’s house and the animals homes
Point of View: 2nd person
Style: The style of this book is the little girl wants to count sheep but what if they fall asleep. So each page is a different animal that the girl can count to help her fall asleep. Each page is set up the same way with four lines and the second always says, “instead of the sheep”.
Title: What Mommies Do Best
Characters: Mommies and their child
Setting: Different Places with Mommy (house, park, store, yard)
Point of View: 2nd Person
Style: In this book, the style is animals and what their mommies do best with them. Each page is a new animal and a different activity that they do with their mom. The whole book is set up the same like that with an activity they do together.
Title: The Chicken Sisters
Summary: When a wolf moves into town the chicken sisters end up being more liked by the neighbors they thought. Meet; Violet, Poppy and Babs as they have an interesting surprise with the wolf much to the neighbors surprise.
Characters: Violet, Poppy, Babs, Bill, Tessie, the Fontinis, Wolf
Setting: The chicken sister’s house and the neighbor’s house
Point of View: 3rd person
Title: Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles
Summary: This book contains 21 fun, silly, kid loving poems that Laura Numeroff really enjoyed writing. Each poem has its own illustration and theme.
Characters: NA
Setting: NA
Point of View: NA
Style: Numeroff uses rhyming poems in the style of this book, as well as each poem is short, quick, and to the point. Also, each poem has something that relates to a child and what they question things about when growing up.
Summary: Mouse is given a cookie but if you give him the cookie then he is going to want something to go with it. Follow Mouse has he goes through the trail that follows just because he was given one cookie!
Characters: Mouse and Little Boy
Setting: The Little Boys House
Point of View: 2nd person and 3rd person
Imagery: Personification: “He’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” In this example the mouse is talking which is an example of personification because we all know that animals can’t talk.
Style: The If You Give... series are written in a circular format. The reader starts and ends at the same place going through different types of events. It is also an if and then scenario as all of the sentences in the book follows that guideline.
Title: Time for School, Mouse!
Summary: Help Mouse find his materials for school and his missing homework!
Characters: Mouse
Setting: Mouse’s House
Point of View: 3rd person
Imagery: Personification- As Mouse is getting ready for school; we all know that mice don’t go to school.
Style: In this book, Numeroff uses a question and answer style. Asking in 3rd person where Mouse’s materials for school are.
Title: Would I Trade My Parents?
Summary: Would you ever trade your parents? Having pets and drinking chocolate milk before bed sounds nice but maybe your parents aren’t so bad!
Characters: Little Boy, Katie, Jason, Ben, Sydney, Ben, William
Setting: All of his friend’s houses
Point of View: 3rd Person
Style: In this book, the little boy goes to each of his friends’ houses and describes his/her parents. Starting each statement with (Name) wouldn’t trade their parents. And ending with a statement like, I wish my parents let me do what his/her parents let them do. Each page follows that guideline.
Title: When Sheep Sleep
Summary: When you can’t fall asleep, try counting sheep but, what if the sheep fall asleep? Try counting other animals!
Characters: Little girl, Sheep, Deer, Cows, Pigs, Puppies, Birds, Cats, Bears, Rabbits
Setting: Little girl’s house and the animals homes
Point of View: 2nd person
Style: The style of this book is the little girl wants to count sheep but what if they fall asleep. So each page is a different animal that the girl can count to help her fall asleep. Each page is set up the same way with four lines and the second always says, “instead of the sheep”.
Title: What Mommies Do Best
Characters: Mommies and their child
Setting: Different Places with Mommy (house, park, store, yard)
Point of View: 2nd Person
Style: In this book, the style is animals and what their mommies do best with them. Each page is a new animal and a different activity that they do with their mom. The whole book is set up the same like that with an activity they do together.
Title: The Chicken Sisters
Summary: When a wolf moves into town the chicken sisters end up being more liked by the neighbors they thought. Meet; Violet, Poppy and Babs as they have an interesting surprise with the wolf much to the neighbors surprise.
Characters: Violet, Poppy, Babs, Bill, Tessie, the Fontinis, Wolf
Setting: The chicken sister’s house and the neighbor’s house
Point of View: 3rd person
Title: Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles
Summary: This book contains 21 fun, silly, kid loving poems that Laura Numeroff really enjoyed writing. Each poem has its own illustration and theme.
Characters: NA
Setting: NA
Point of View: NA
Style: Numeroff uses rhyming poems in the style of this book, as well as each poem is short, quick, and to the point. Also, each poem has something that relates to a child and what they question things about when growing up.