Thursday, September 22, 2011

CB#1 The Magician's Elephant

Author: Kate DiCamillo
Title: The Magician's Elephant
Illustrator: Yoko Tanaka
Genre: Children's Chapter Book
Subgenre: Grades 4-6 (Ages 9-12)
Theme: Trusting the unexpected
Primary and Secondary characters: Peter Augustus Duchene, Vilna Lutz, Leo Matienne, Adele
Publishing company: Candlewick Press
Brief summary of how to use with students: This story starts off sad and there is a lot of sadness in the book but the ending is so great. It's all about trusting the unexpected and making the extraordinary come true.

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