Teachers will like the book for the meaningful apology lesson, but the ending might feel inappropriate to them. The wow factor from the students leads me to think this book will get the gold sticker of approval. The magic really starts when Paxton transforms the house. It's not please! Did you think this book would be about saying please? ![]() I mean really - do our students need another book that teaches to be polite? So then we look at the back of the book and there is the magic word, Alakazoomba. Our school loves Mac Barnett and Elise Parsley - so we will probably like this book too. First I show them the cover and we talk about the title and how we know the author and illustrator (I can use information about an author or illustrator to select a book). It is also serving to talk about our book selection skills. I am reading this one aloud to my students as it's one of the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book nominees. *Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award Nominee 2018 *Iowa Goldfinch Book Award Nominee 2019-2020 *Missouri Show Me Book Award Nominee 2018-2019 *Draw attention to the writer’s or illustrator’s craft How can we, as the readers, tell that Paxton has wished or used his magic word without even reading? Also, as we read, pay attention to how the illustrator shows the characters’ emotions, and makes the characters’ facial expressions add even more understanding to the text. Look how the illustrator shows what Paxton’s wishes are. Let’s take a quick look at some of the illustrations without reading the words. ![]() Instead of “abracadabra”, though, his magic word is “alakazoomba”. Heymeyer, finds a magic word to make what he wants to happen. What is a “magic word”? Do any of you know any “magic words” to make things happen? In this story, the main character, Paxton C. The book we are going to read today is The Magic Word by Mac Barnett.
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