Mod 4 Into the Forest

Book Blog Module:  #4

Module Descriptor and Page #: Setting Pg. 188-189

 Into the Forest

 

A.    Author	Anthony Brownie
B.     Title	Into The Forest
C.     Illustrator	Anthony Brownie
D.    Readability Score	K-2, 2.1, Lexile 430L
E.     Genre	Realistic Fiction
F.      Subgenre	Picture Book
G.    Theme	Animal Characters and value
H.    Primary and Secondary Characters	Boy, Mum, Dad Grandmother, boy and Golden Hair Girl, Two lost children,
I.       Awards/Date of Publication	2004
J.       Publishing Company	Walker Books
K.    ISBN Number	978-1-84428-559-4
L.     Summary	A little boy was sad because his father is not home.  His mother sends him on a journey to take a basket of goodies to his grandma.  He has a choice to take the long way to grandma or the short way through the forest, which his mother warned him to avoid.  The boy takes the short cut and meets a few familiar characters along the way.  Upon his arrival at his grandma’s house, he finds his dad there taking care of her.  He is very excited to find his father.
M.   Picture of Book Cover
N.    Usage with students	The book Into The Forest could be used as a basis to construct a poem describing what the boy might hear on his journey to his grandma’s house. Comparing and contrasting his journey with Little Red Riding Hood’s journey could be used as a “text set” to study genres.