TITLE: A Sick Day for Amos McGee
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: Philip C. Stead is the author and the illustrator is Erin Stead.
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book.
THEME: friendship, working hard, rewards for being good
AWARDS: 2011 Caldecott Medal
CHARACTERS: Amos McGee, the elephant, tortoise, and other zoo animals. PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: Roaring Book Press, 2010
SUMMARY: Amos McGee loves his job and works very hard. He is a zookeeper, and he loves the animals. He takes the perfect care of the animals at all time. One day, Amos wakes up with cold-like symptoms and needs someone to take care of him! While sick, the animals that he takes care of come to take care of him. This is a heartwarming story. This story would be great to use in a younger classroom to teach social ideas such as "the golden rule" and other moral, appropriate lessons.
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