I am always trying to find great picture books that are wonderful to read aloud, but also present great ways to include activities perfect for kindergarteners. The first book I fell in love with is...
I love a book that appeals to a wide audience and that includes the element of art mixed with an adventure story. Perfect Square by author/illustrator Michael Hall starts out as a red square with four equal sides, but it ends up being transformed way beyond its perfect square. This book would be a great way to have students "be the illustrator" and allow them to use construction paper squares to create different objects or scenes similar to the illustrations in the story. This one is a must for every public and elementary library.
I am always looking for a great book to use to point out what makes a book fiction and what makes a book non-fiction. This concept is very difficult for 5 year olds. Cloudette by Tom Litchenheld is a wonderful story about a little cloud searching for big and important things that clouds do only to find out that sometimes the smallest things make the biggest difference. The illustrations are very bright and cheery and the story flows nicely into discussing what makes Cloudette a fictional story. I would pair this with a simple non-fiction book about clouds to have kids begin to understand the difference between this fictional cloud and real clouds.
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