A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead

 

Title: A Sick Day for Amos McGee 

Genre: Fiction 

Author: Philip C. Stead  

Illustrator: Erin E. Stead 

Major Awards: Caldecott Medal 

Age group: 2 to 6 years old 

 

Summary: 

This picture book written by Philip Stead is about Amos McGee, a zookeeper who every day before his shift at the zoo makes time to visit his friends, the elephant, the penguin, the tortoise, the rhinoceros, and the owl. One day, Amos wakes up sick and his friends from the zoo go visit him at his house to make him feel a little better.  

Evaluation: 

Appropriate grade levels would be 1^st to 2^nd grade. 

I loved the illustrations in this book because it matched the tone of the book very well. The tone of the book was very calm and smooth, and the choice of the color palette made it feel that way. 

This could be a very cute and cozy read aloud to show students about friendships. If I was teaching an art class, I could instruct my students to draw a picture of something that happened in a story we might have read and let them choose a color palette that could set the mood of the story. For example, if we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, we could use very colorful colors because the colors used in the book were very vibrant and colorful.