Move!

This informational text picture book talks about the different ways that animals move. It was a very creative story that went over the different movements of animals like jumping, slithering, waddling, etc. It relates the movements that one animal does to another animal who does the same movement. It asks the audience at the end how do you move, which makes automatically makes the reader think of all the different movement words that were just talked about in the book. Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have a very unique writing and illustrating styles. The pictures of the animals are realistic but still have that cartoonish effect to them. In the back of the picture book, there is an information page that includes every animal written about. It gives information about where the animals are from and interesting facts about them.

This picture book would be perfect in younger elementary grades. Students can learn a lot without it being overwhelming to them. Something that I really liked about the book was there were a few animals that I had not heard of before. I thought this was a good idea because then it provokes children to want to find out more about them. I also liked how the verb or movement that was the main idea for the page was large and the center of focus. The sentences were not traditionally written and continued onto the next page. This could show students another way to be creative when writing their own stories. Using this book with younger elementary students, I would want them to get active with this book. During a read aloud, as I was reading, I would give the students time to figure out a motion that goes along with the movement verb that it used. Then I would reread the picture book having the students do the movement along with it. I think is a very fun piece of literature that is also informational.

Move!

Author: Steve Jenkins

Illustrator: Robin Page

Year Published: 2006