10/24/08

Title: Lentil
Author: Robert McCloskey
Illustrator: Robert McCloskey
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: 1968
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Gr. 1

Overview: A great success story of a boy named Lentil who wanted to be a musician and learn to play the harmonica. Little did Lentil know that he would be a town hero! Thos book is wonderful for beginning readers. It is easy to read and has lots of big pictures.

Activity: It would be noisy, but fun for the children to play a little instrument like a harmonica or a kazoo.

Reviewer’s Name: Chris O’Donovan