One Morning in Maine

Title: One Morning in Maine

Author: Robert McCloskey

Publisher: The Viking Press - New York

Publication Date: 1952

Genre: Picture Book

Audience: All

Awards: Caldecott Honor

Overview: This is the story of a little girl named Sal who lives in Maine with her family and her little sister Jane. She wakes up one morning to find that her tooth is very loose. This is an exciting day for her because she gets to go on a trip to Buck's Harbor with her father and Jane. This story explains their exciting day in the Harbor and how Sal goes about loosing her very first tooth.

Activity: This book could be used for all ages. If it is used with younger students in PreK-1st grade, a teacher could use this to talk about loosing teeth while introducing to them some new vocabulary that they may not have seen before. For older grades it could be used as a supplement to a science or geography lesson. The book has a lot of references to the ecosystem in Maine and Buck's Harbor. The teacher could talk about the different types of animals can be found

Reviewer's Name: Kalli Parrish