Saturday, February 12, 2011

Hush

Author: Minfong Ho
Illustrated By: Holly Meade
Publisher: Orchard Books
Copyright Date: 1996
Number of Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8





Summary
After the mother put her baby to sleep the hushes the entire forest starting with the mosquito. In the end everything is finally quiet and the mother falls asleep. The baby is laying awake in his bed.

Personal Response
I thought that this book was very entertaining. It is really funny that after the mother goes out of her way to hush the entire forest her little baby wakes up all smiley when everything is quiet and the mother is asleep.

Potential Problems
I couldn't find any potential problems in this story.

Recommended to...
This would be a great book to read to any child as a bedtime story. I would not recommend reading it to a classroom except perhaps before a nap time or quiet time.

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