Hush! A Thai Lullaby

Title: Hush! A Thai Lullaby

Author: Minfong Ho

Illustrator: Holly Meade

Publisher: Orchard Books, New York, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 

http://www.orchardbooks.co.uk/

Publication Date: 1996

Genre: Poetry, Rhyming Story, Bedtime Story

Audience: PreK-2

Awards: Caldecott Medal Book 1997

Overview: A mother tells a Lullaby to her sleeping child, and asks several noisy animals (mosquito, lizard, cat, mouse, frog, pig, duck, monkey, buffalo, elephant) around her to be quiet so her child can sleep peacefully. A rhyming story with beautiful illustrations. 

Activity: I think it would be fun/creative to give each student a small line from the story that they can illustrate on a piece of paper. Then the illustrations can be combined to create their own version of the book. For example, one of the lines in the story is "Lizard, Lizard don't come peeping, Can't you see that Baby's Sleeping?". A student could use inspiration from the book's illustrations and draw their own picture. Another activity could be a rhyming activity. When reading aloud the story, ask the students to pick out the rhyming words. 

Reviewer's Name: Rachel Bartee