Lehman, B. (2004). The red book. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
The Red Book is a wordless picture book about two children from very different parts of the world reading a magical red book about one another. Soon one of the children is whisked away by a bushel of balloons only to discover that she is being carried off to meet her new friend that she read about in her read book! As she floats higher and higher her red book tumbles back to the Earth. Not to worry, though, soon the book finds a new home in the hands of another young adventurer. The young girl's adventurous and curious nature will attract young readers. The Red Book is a Caldecott Honor Award Winner for its simply drawn illustrations. This book would be a great tool to use for writing in the classroom as it provides a storyboard for students. They could write the story using the storyboard pictures adding in their own imagination and descriptive words. Also, this story would lend itself well to inferring as students could infer story elements such as setting, problem, and conclusion. I did not particularly love this book, even though I did like the message of whimsy and adventure.
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