Margot Bopp's Visualizing and Inferring Annotated Bibliography

Lakin, Patricia, and Scott Nash. Beach Day! New York: Dial, 2004.
This book is about four friends that decide it is the perfect day to go to the beach. It includes their journey to get to the beach by using one word expressions and illustrations that show many different expressions on their faces. Throughout their journey they participate in fun activities such as: going to the park, playing in the sun, and building sand castles. It is a book that is very relatable to young readers and is also a fairly easy read for young readers.

Strategy Connection: This book could be used for the strategy, “Creating Mental Images That Go Beyond Visualizing.” The reader could read the book and look at the illustrations to answer the questions: I see…, I hear…, I can feel…, I can smell…, and I can taste… The students could then write their own story using the, I see…, I hear…, I can feel…, I can smell…., and I can taste… It allows young readers to rely on their own senses to understand and make sense of the book they are reading.

http://www.amazon.com/Beach-Day-Karen-Roosa/dp/0618029230/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223611512&sr=1-2Beach-Day-Karen-Roosa/dp/0618029230/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223611512&sr=1-2

Malkin, Michele, and Michele Malkin. Pinky's Sweet Tooth. New York: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2003.

This book is about a niece that is helping her aunt who owns a bakery to win the Bake Off Contest at the County Fair. The aunt is a very popular baker in the town that is known for her tasty and creative cakes and desserts. Throughout the book the aunt wants to come up with a creative cake that will win the Bake Off Contest at the County Fair. The niece helps the aunt by asking people throughout the town their opinions and giving her own opinions. The aunt ends up bringing a gigantic cake that is made of all the people’s favorite cakes. The aunt wins the contest! .

Strategy Connection: This book has many amazing pictures that would help the reader to develop mental images and create inferences. This book is a food related book and has many in depth descriptions of different types of deserts making it a great book to use for the strategy, “Creating Mental Images That Go Beyond Visualizing.” The reader could read the book and look at the illustrations to answer the questions: I see…, I hear…, I can feel…, I can smell…, and I can taste…

http://www.amazon.com/Pinkys-Sweet-Tooth-Michele-Malkin/dp/0525470883/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223611394&sr=1-1

Thompson, Lauren, and Jonathan Bean. The Apple Pie That Papa Baked. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's, 2007.

This book describes the steps that occurred in nature to create “Papa’s apple pie”. The book has a very simple and repetitive way to explain to the reader that “Papa” gets the apple from the apple tree, that needs water to grow, the water comes from the clouds, etc. This book brings what happens in nature to a very simple concept such as making a pie. It allows the reader to learn how a tree grows and how apples are made that are then used to create the pie.

Strategy Connection: The repetitive nature would make it very easy for a beginning reader to understand and visualize. Therefore making it a great book to use for a visualizing activity such as: Sketch to Stretch. The students could read this book and not look at the pictures and then create pictures that go along with the text. The students could also simply look at the pictures and create a story that goes along with the illustrations. This book allows the students to use their creativity and imagination to create both a story and illustrations.

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Pie-That-Papa-Baked/dp/1416912401/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223611084&sr=1-1