Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Heat Wave-Picture Book #1

Heat Wave
Author: Helen Ketteman
Illustrator: Scott Goto
Publisher: Walker & Company/ New York 1998

Genre: Picture Book
Themes: Heat waves, farm life, animals, problem solving, plants, food
Main Characters: The little girl
Secondary Characters: Hank (her brother), Ma, and Pa.
Summary:
          This is an adorable story about a young girl quick on her feet.  The story starts off as with a dusty yellow heat wave rolling in.  The little girl proves to her family, and her brother, that a girl can be a farmer.  She becomes the solution in everything that could go wrong in this humorous story of a heat wave that rolls through Kansas.  You’ll have to read to witness all the funny mishaps that happen along the way.  This would be a great story to talk about problem solving and what you would do in that situation.

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