GCRA Picture Book Nominee Read Aloud #3: The Little Red Cat... ABC’s

Here is the Grand Canyon Reader Award 2020 nominee #3: “The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC’s (the Hard Way).“ The book starts with a curious cat leaving his cozy bed to investigate the outdoors only to be pursued by an ALLIGATOR, a BEAR, and a CHICKEN. When a DRAGON join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting… This alphabet book tells a story without words. The reader becomes engaged to interpret the story based on the illustrations. Read more at From SRES Library Mrs. Yurek: Wordless picture books are great for people of all ages. Since the author hasn’t included the words to go with the pictures, readers can create their own stories using the images on the page. The books promote storytelling as everyone enjoying the book can add to the illustrations they see. Lots of learning takes place when using a wordless picture books and can be utilized by students of all ages. Older students love to see the illustrations capture the story. Also, since we all know stories have a beginning, middle, and end, wordless books help promote sequencing. Inference can be taught with the pictures, even though words are not present. Students can predict what will happen next. Have fun reading this next nominee! More about GCRA here: