Title: Peter’s Chair
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Summary: In this book, Peter realizes his little baby sister is going to get all of his things. His parents are painting his chair and other possessions pink, and he’s upset. He actually runs away with his dog! But after a while, he comes home and realizes that his little sister is here to stay. He decides to stay too, and helps his parents get things ready for his new sister, Susie.
Review: This book is a great example of narrative writing, it allows children to connect to a stoy that is fictional but can happen at any given time. Ezra Jack Keats does a well job in showing narrative writing and realistic fiction throughout the story. What a great book!
Content Area Connection:
- Art: Art is shown throughout the story by the families art involvment in the little sister’s possesions, it involves painting and creating of objects and toys. Children can learn how art can be incorparted in any story, and how it realtes to moft of the major events of Peter’s Chair!