This book has no words, so it allows children to use their imagination to make the story. However, it might be better to use with older students. ( )

A wonderful story told through pictures. It starts with a lady who wakes up in the morning and decides that she wants to eat pancakes. Through humor it shows how she after reading the recipe she realizes that she does not have all of the ingredients to make pancakes. Instead of going to the store to buy all of her ingredients she gathers the eggs from her chickens and milks her cow. The only item she buys is her maple syrup from a neighbor. The ending is humorous after coming home from buying her maple syrup she find that her dog and cat have eaten the pancake ingredients.

The book, "Pancakes for Breakfast" was very interesting. I would use this books in grades kindergarten, first, and second. The book has no words, so this book would be great for teaching begining sentence ideas. The book is about and old lady who wanted pancakes. She got out of bed, got dressed, and got her kitchen ready to make pancakes. The lady realized she had no eggs, so she had to get all bundled up and go to the barn to get eggs. When she got back in her kitchen she realized she had no milk. So the lady had to get all bundled up again and go milk the cow. When she made it back to her kitchen she used the milk to make the batter and she used the milk to make butter. The when she sat down ready to eat her pancakes she realized he had no syrup, so she got all bundled up and went to town to get some syrup. On her way home she dreamed of how wonderful her pancakes would be, but when she got there her dream was crushed. Her dog had eaten all of her pancakes. The lady was so sad, but then she smelt pancakes and she followed the smell. The smell touch her to her neighbors house where she ate a big pile of warm pancakes. At the end of the story the lady is holding a sign that says if at first you don't succeed try, try again. I really enjoyed this book. I think that it has a wonderful moral and it also gives children the chance to use their imaginations and fill in the words. ( )

Pancakes for Breakfast is great book for children use their 'what comes next?' or predicting skills since it is a wordless book. Each page has a picture that leads directly into the next event. ( )

Pancakes for Breakfast is a picture book for young children. The story takes the reader step by step through the process of making pancakes in the morning including going outside to get the eggs from the chicken, the milk from the cow, and the syrup from a man selling syrup. The book also has some comic relief when she lady finds her cat and dog eating the ingredients as she returns home with the syrup. She smells that her neighbors are making pancakes for breakfast, though, and walks to their house to sit down and eat all of their pancakes! This is a great story to help children begin to understand the process of a step by step event. The pictures are wonderful and provide many opportunities to show imagination and foreshadowing, even for readers at a young age...a great story! Visit Tomie de Paola's website, www.tomie.com for more information and activities related to this book. ( )