Rodney loves his pen, Penny! But when he sits down to draw one day he can't find her! Oh no, where can Penny be and will he find it before he...loses it!
Title: Rodney Loses It!
Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
Illustrator: Chrissie Krebs
ISBN: 9781742991900
Language: English
Publisher: Omnibus Books
Released: 9th January 2017
Classification: Fiction
Type: Picture Book
Themes: feelings - frustration, losing objects, drawing
Rodney is a rabbit who just loves to draw. He draws in the day and he draws at night (and even sometimes when he's asleep). Then one-day disaster strikes - his favourite pen, Penny...goes missing! Rodney searches up high and down low, on things and under things, but Penny just can't be found!
Rodney Loses It! is shortlisted in the CBCA's Book Week 2018 in the Early Childhood category. When I first looked at the cover of Rodney Loses It I wasn't too keen on it. Based on the cover I initially thought it was going to be another one of those books about a bad-tempered animal but admittedly I was wrong.
The first clever feature of this book is the title. Why? Because it can be read two different ways:
The other clever aspect of this book is the illustrations. I won't give it away but will say that when you're reading this with your child or class - take note of the illustrations. Observation is a key element in this story and could really involve your class in interacting with the book while it is being read.
A lot of text-self connections could be discussed after reading this book. Another aspect would be to look at what Rodney could do to prevent the disappearance of his favourite pen happening again - perhaps this could be a STEM task?
Overall, this was a delightful book that pleasantly surprised me.
Classification: Fiction
Type: Picture Book
Themes: feelings - frustration, losing objects, drawing
Rodney is a rabbit who just loves to draw. He draws in the day and he draws at night (and even sometimes when he's asleep). Then one-day disaster strikes - his favourite pen, Penny...goes missing! Rodney searches up high and down low, on things and under things, but Penny just can't be found!
Rodney Loses It! is shortlisted in the CBCA's Book Week 2018 in the Early Childhood category. When I first looked at the cover of Rodney Loses It I wasn't too keen on it. Based on the cover I initially thought it was going to be another one of those books about a bad-tempered animal but admittedly I was wrong.
- Rodney "loses it" - as in he has a temper meltdown
- Rodney "loses" it - as in he has lost something
The other clever aspect of this book is the illustrations. I won't give it away but will say that when you're reading this with your child or class - take note of the illustrations. Observation is a key element in this story and could really involve your class in interacting with the book while it is being read.
A lot of text-self connections could be discussed after reading this book. Another aspect would be to look at what Rodney could do to prevent the disappearance of his favourite pen happening again - perhaps this could be a STEM task?
Overall, this was a delightful book that pleasantly surprised me.
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