SuitabookEmily's pictures
Terri Dougherty
- Reading
- Read together and pause at Emily's early pictures to invite the child to describe what they notice. Then continue to see whether the book shows what she changes.
- Themes
- Learning through a different approach: Emily wants to draw trees and houses but initially makes pictures unlike what she intends; she then tries something different. The outline establishes a change in approach, but not whether the story presents it as successful, instructive or emotionally significant.
- Worth knowing
- The outline presents a gap between the pictures Emily wants to draw and what she manages at first. It does not say how she reacts, so the emotional weight is unclear.