The+Umbrella

 Title: //The Umbrella// Author: Jan Brett Edition: Reprinted Publisher: GM Putnam Sons (Penguin Young Readers) ISBN: 0-399-24215-5 Length: 32 pages Age Range: Preschool-Grade 3

Author Biography: Jan Brett lives in Massachusetts with her husband, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and her pet hedgehog named Buffy. She is the author and illustrator of many famous children’s books such as //The Mitten, Town Mouse Country Mouse,// and //Gingerbread Baby//. She loves to travel and often bases the ideas for her stories and illustrations on her adventures to many places, such as Norway, Africa, Costa Rica, and the Arctic Circle.

Summary: //The Umbrella// is about a young boy named Carlos who goes into the rainforest one day on an adventure to see some animals. He carries a green umbrella with him into the forest but puts it down on the ground, so he can climb some trees to look the animals. As Carlos is up in the trees, one by one different animals climb into his umbrella looking for a place to stay. A treefrog, a toucan, a kinkajou, a tapir, and a quetzal all find the umbrella and try to climb in. A monkey comes along and drops their umbrella into the river before jumping inside as well. All the animals are floating down the river and along the way are joined by a jaguar and a hummingbird. There is not a lot of room in this tiny umbrella and the animals are afraid they are going to drown, until the umbrella tips over and all the animals are able to make their way back to shore. Carlos is unaware of what he has missed while climbing the trees, and he picks up his umbrella and goes home, not knowing of the adventure that this umbrella has been on and how all the animals he wanted to see were together inside.

Book Review: I really liked this books. I think it would be a good book to include if you were doing a unit about environment and animals because the setting of the book is in the rainforest, so children can read about the different animals that live there. The illustrations in this book are beautiful, very detailed and go along well with the story. Another thing I enjoyed about this book was that it had a bilingual component to it. There were some simple Spanish phrases in the reading, students would enjoy learning a new word or phrase in Spanish after reading this book, also kids who speak Spanish in their families can relate to this book.

Analysis of Literary Elements: //The Umbrella// would be a good book to teach plot sequencing or making predictions. While reading this book, children can see how more and more animals climb into the umbrella, there is no room. This could be an example of cause and effect because having too many animals in the umbrella caused it to tip over. The writing style is good in this book, because it allows for some imagination while still following a somewhat predictable plot line. While reading this book, you could ask students to make a prediction about what animal will go into the umbrella next, or what will happen when they fall in the river and have no room? Another literary element that this book portrays well is the illustration. When reading this book to younger children, they may rely more on the pictures than on the words, this book is good for that because the illustrations are detailed and colorful and allow children to follow along with the story. Each picture matches with the text as you read.

 Title: //The Umbrella// Author: Jan Brett Edition: Reprinted Publisher: GM Putnam Sons (Penguin Young Readers) ISBN: 0-399-24215-5 Length: 32 pages Age Range: Preschool-Grade 3

Title: The Umbrella Author: Jan Brett <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Edition: Reprinted <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Publisher: GM Putnam Sons (Penguin Young Readers) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">ISBN: 0-399-24215-5 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Length: 32 pages <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Age Range: Preschool-Grade 3

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Author Biography: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan Brett lives <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">in Massachusetts with her husband, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and her pet hedgehog named Buffy. She is the author and illustrator of many famous children’s books such as The Mitten, Town Mouse Country Mouse, and Gingerbread Baby. She loves to travel and often bases the ideas for her stories and illustrations on her adventures to many places, such as Norway, Africa, Costa Rica, and the Arctic Circle.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Umbrella is about a young boy named Carlos who goes into the rainforest one day on an adventure to see some animals. He carries a green umbrella with him into the forest but puts it down on the ground, so he can climb some trees to look the animals. As Carlos is up in the trees, one by one different animals climb into his umbrella looking for a place to stay. A treefrog, a toucan, a kinkajou, a tapir, and a quetzal all find the umbrella and try to climb in. A monkey comes along and drops their umbrella into the river before jumping inside as well. All the animals are floating down the river and along the way are joined by a jaguar and a hummingbird. There is not a lot of room in this tiny umbrella and the animals are afraid they are going to drown, until the umbrella tips over and all the animals are able to make their way back to shore. Carlos is unaware of what he has missed while climbing the trees, and he picks up his umbrella and goes home, not knowing of the adventure that this umbrella has been on and how all the animals he wanted to see were together inside.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Review: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I really liked this books. I think it would be a good book to include if you were doing a unit about environment and animals because the setting of the book is in the rainforest, so children can read about the different animals that live there. The illustrations in this book are beautiful, very detailed and go along well with the story. Another thing I enjoyed about this book was that it had a bilingual component to it. There were some simple Spanish phrases in the reading, students would enjoy learning a new word or phrase in Spanish after reading this book, also kids who speak Spanish in their families can relate to this book.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis of Literary Elements: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Umbrella would be a good book to teach plot sequencing or making predictions. While reading this book, children can see how more and more animals climb into the umbrella, there is no room. This could be an example of cause and effect because having too many animals in the umbrella caused it to tip over. The writing style is good in this book, because it allows for some imagination while still following a somewhat predictable plot line. While reading this book, you could ask students to make a prediction about what animal will go into the umbrella next, or what will happen when they fall in the river and have no room? Another literary element that this book portrays well is the illustration. When reading this book to younger children, they may rely more on the pictures than on the words, this book is good for that because the illustrations are detailed and colorful and allow children to follow along with the story. Each picture matches with the text as you read.