Fantasy

If You Give a Moose a Muffin

Author: Laura Numeroff

Illustrator: Felicia Bond

Publishing Company: Harper Collins

Copyright Date: September 1985

32 Pages

Fantasy

I chose this text because I love this entire series of books. I love that the children are able to connect all of the texts to each other. They remember the characters and the author. It is important for children to know authors and their texts. Children really fall in love with these stories. I have fallen in love with them as well. In this story a moose comes to visit. The moose wants a muffin so the boy gives him one. Once the boy has given him a muffin he begins to want more and more. The young boy is run ragged by this guest of his.

 Just like the other books in this series this book was illustrated by Felicia Bond. She used pastels and sketches to make this book come alive. This was the book that started the entire "If You Give a ..." series. This would be a great book for children from preschool until second grade. 

This would be a great book to use with language arts and literature lessons. Students could actually come up with an alternate ending. Students could also tell the story from either the voice of the boy or the voice of the mo0se. This would also be a great book to use when teaching character traits and beginning,middle and end. I have used this book in my kindergarten class this year and they truly enjoyed it! This title and many of the others in this series have all won numerous awards.