Mary Ann McCabe Riehle

I would use this book for younger grades, such as k-1, to teach rhyming and rhythm as a read aloud. I would use this book specifically because it also goes over the alphabet and it has relevant information that the children of that age might not have been exposed to about Kentucky, so it would expose them to an informational text, too. I would also use this book with older kids, 4th grade, because there is extra information on each page that an older student could read to gather information on a report about a state when they are learning the states and capitals of them in social studies, so it would be directly relevant.… (more)