A+Ball+For+Daisy1



Rosanna Navarra

Paperback: 32 pages Ages 3 and up Publisher: May 10th, 2011 Language: English
 * Bibliographic Information:**
 * ISBN-10:** 037585861X
 * ISBN-13:** 978-0375858611

Chris Raschka was born in Pennsylavnia, he now lives in New York City. Growing up he loved drawing, painting and playing instruments. He did not start going to school for art until one day he woke up and realized he wants to go to painting school. Today, Chris Raschka has over 50 children books. He is very known for his illustrations in his books.
 * Author Biography:**

This book was a Caldecott Medal winner. A Ball for Daisy is a wordless book, the illustrations of watercolors tell the whole story. It a story about love and loss. The pictures show a dog who loves her ball so much. Her owner takes her to the park with the ball and another bigger dog destroys her ball. Of course Daisy is heartbroken. She goes through such grief and goes home and sleeps without her favorite ball. The next day, the same dog returns with it's owner and a blue ball that they give to Daisy! Not only does Daisy have a new ball but she made a new friend. This book would be great for an Early Childhood classroom because they can relate to something that they feel attached too.
 * Summary:**

This book is based on a story through illustrations. This book can encourage children to retell stories using his or her own words. Chris Raschka uses his talent to create pictures that show emotion in the characters. Students can make up their own stories using the picture, they will be able to use their imagination and make connections. This is great to use in a classroom not only can they make up their own words but they can create solutions to the problem. In this case, Daisy lost a ball but soon enough she received another one and everything was better again. This is also a great story for children to make predictions about what is going to happen next before turning the pages. Wordless books can be discussed in any language, so anyone can do a picture walk with it!
 * Anaylsis:**

I personally enjoyed this book. I can definitely relate to it in some way. My dog loves her ball and it would be very sad for her if she ever lost it. On that note, children usually loses something important to them and this book shows that it ok to feel upset. The illustrations are perfect to tell the story of Daisy and her loss. Children can sense feelings looking at the book and can relate to it. When Daisy recieves her new blue ball she feels happy again. There are a lot of activites you may do with this book. You can have children predict what will happen or have them create their own story by the pictures. This book will have children engaged with the pictures and the story.
 * Book Review:**

http://www.amazon.com/A-Ball-Daisy-Chris-Raschka/dp/037585861X
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