Shark vs. Train
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010
Summary: Shark and train match up against one another to see who would win in a variety of scenarios, from swimming to hot balloon riding, video games to hide-n-seek. Hilarious side comments are made in the voice balloons in the pictures.
Lesson: I read this book to expose my lower grades (and teachers) to the 2x2 list (recommended reads for PreK-2nd). If I had found the book sooner, I would have used it for the "live vs not live" units in kindergarten and 1st. After I read this book, the three copies never touched a bookshelf for the rest of the school year. And the students loved the signed poster by author Chris Barton I put on the wall.
Level: Kinder-3rd (although even my 5th graders loved this book)
