I Can Do It Myself

Picture Book
Title: I Can Do It Myself
Author: Emily Perl Kingsly
Illustrator: Richard Brown
Age Level: 2-5
Rating: 2 out of 5

Summary
This book is about all the things that children can do independently.  This is a Sesame Street book and has all the different muppet characters in it.  Some of the things that they do are make the bed, put away toys, pour their juice, comb their hair, water their plants, write their name, etc.

Opinion
This book would be very appealing to children because it deals with the Sesame Street characters that most kids are familiar with and comfortable and excited to read about.  I do think that the writing in this book is very simplistic and boring.  It is very repetitive and each line begins with I can...  This book would be for younger ages but I think that children may get bored while reading this book.  The cartoon illustrations within in the book are very nicely done and represent the Sesame Street characters very well. This book would not offer these young readers a chance to use any literary elements while they read and would not be able to practice these skills.

This book would be a good read for children who are working to be independent and trying to start to do things on their own.  Reading this book may give children the confidence boost they need to feel like they are able to do things by themselves.  I would keep this book in my classroom library for pre-schoolers but I do not think I would use it any sort of lesson.

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