Kate and the Beanstalk
Written by Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrated by Giselle
Potter
Mary Pope Osborne, 2000
33 pages
Traditional Literature
Giselle Potter used pencil, ink, gouache, gesso, and watercolor to beautifully illustrate this book. Although these types of illustrations are typically not my favorite, I think they work well with this story based on its content and setting. Each illustration directly ties into the text by visualizing what is taking place. She used a variety of page formats with the illustrations taking up most of the room on some pages and the illustrations taking up a small portion of the page on others. She also used both single pages and doublespreads throughout the book to display her illustrations.
This book would work well in any
classroom ranging from second to fifth grade.
This book uses many adjectives, so the teacher could do a read aloud
with it and have the students pick out any adjectives they hear as part of an
adjective lesson. It could also be used
to teach new vocabulary using words like humble, plucky, and extraordinary,
just to name a few. This book could also
be used in a compare and contrast lesson.
The class could read this book along with Jack and the Beanstalk,
and they could compare and contrast the similarities and differences between
the two. Therefore, this book would be a
great addition to any elementary teacher’s library.
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