Raven

Title: Raven

Genre: Caldecott 

Author: Gerald McDermott 

Major Awards: Caldecott Honor 

Age group: 6 - 10 years old 

Summary: 

One day a raven, a bird flies around a cold and dark city and becomes sad due to the city being so dark.
The bird finds a small ounce of light and a girl near a river. He turns himself into a pine needle that falls
into the river in which the girl drinks. One day, the girl has a baby which turns out to be the raven. A
random, light filled box appears in a room and when the boy opens it he discovers that it is the sun and
turns back into a raven. Now the city is filled with light and the raven soars around happier than ever. 

I would not like to use this book in my classroom. With that being said I would have it available in my
classroom library for my students to read if they want to. I don't feel as if this book has any educational
purposes or connections but it is a sweet story that I feel some students would love. 

I feel as if this book would be good for students in first through fifth grade, It has easy to read words and
sentences that would make it easy for younger students to read. In addition, it also has beautiful pictures
that are really eye catching which I feel my students would really enjoy. 

As I said above, I would not use this book for educational purposes in my classroom. Although, I would
have it available for my students to read in our classroom library. I would especially direct my students to
look and inspect the pictures in the story.