Saturday, 25 August 2012

Baby Crow - John-A Rowe


 Baby Crow

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Baby Crow is a picture book that follows the lives of a flock of crows living in a tall tree that all have wonderful singing voices. People come from near and far to hear to hear these Crows, however, the youngest of these crows was baby Crow that was having some trouble finding his true voice. This flock of crows endeavour to help this Baby Crow find his voice, but what it the right decision?

This text would work great in a lower primary English classroom and could also be integrated into the music or drama curriculum. The story is quite simple and with each page turned more and more narrative is introduced to the reader and is accompanied by a picture on the right hand side. This book would work very well in classes from reception until year three as this group of students would be able to appreciate the message being told in the text and relate it to their emerging beliefs about their own talents. I found this text to be very uplifting and engaging, Dialogue as well as description were utilised well within the text, which made the narrative flow and make sense.


 Author: John A-Rowe
(1994) North-South Books, New York, London
ISBN: 1-55858-541-9
Genre/Theme: Self Discovery/ Adventure
Age: Years Reception - Year 3
 Contributor: Keelan Mackle

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