B Is for Beaver : An Oregon Alphabet (Alphabet Series)

This book is a wonderful resource for teachers who are teaching about the state of Oregon. This makes it so this book is a great example of an informational text. The illustrations in the book are very well crafted and help the story immensely. The book is also great that it almost has two separate

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texts, one that is more primary and one that is more advanced and detailed.

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Genre: Informational
Age Appropriateness: Primary/Intermediate/Middle School
Review: This is a good example of an informational book because each letter of the alphabet is illustrated by objects that are associated with the State of Oregon and accompanied with more information. The information was

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accurate and non-bias. It is a great way for individuals to become more familiar with Oregon.
Media: This is a good example of pencils media. The pictures and artwork are drawn with pencils of different colors and types, which allows different textures and shades. There is a wide range of lines and shading to enhance the pictures.

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An alphabet book with short descriptions for each letter having to do something with Oregon. Also includes more detailed descriptions.

This is an informative alphabet book with thorough historical and geographical lessons on Oregon. Great to use with state history, has some advanced language, also has poetry.

The illustrations are simple, yet beautiful. It is a great book to have in the elementary classroom. It is more than alphabet book, each letter has something from the Oregon coast. For example, A is for Astoria, then it tells about Astoria. I would use this in a classroom for fun and also for

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teaching about Oregon.

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Genre: informational and poetry

This is a good informational book because it had lots of interesting information about Oregon in kid-friendly terms. There was simple poems to help the kids remember the basics and then more detailed information in the margins to expand their knowledge.

Age

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Appropriate: intermediate

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This is an excellent example of an INFORMATIONAL book because it delivers accurate and up-to-date information in a fun way. The reader has the option of reading through the poetry portions or reading the paragraphs of Oregon history to get a more in-depth understanding of Oregon and its history.

Age

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Appropriateness: primary to intermediate
Media: colored pencil or paint? (It is hard for me to tell)

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age app: primary-secondary

genre: informational

review: This is a great book and a great example of the informational genre. The information is engaging and supported by beautiful illustrations. There is information from Astoria to the Nez Perce tribe who lived in the Wallowa Valey.

I like this book for the same reason I also enjoyed O is for Oregon. I think that children would find this book fun because they might reconize local sites they might have visited. It also gives families a good idea of places in the state to go. This book provides a more indepth look at the thing

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being represented by the letter than O is for Oregon does. For example, Z is for Zoo shows a picture of the elephant that painted pictures at the zoo and tells a little story about that. It tells a similar story for each of the items represented by the letter.

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This is an ABC book that tells a sweet story of things in Oregon; IE: G for Gorge, R for Roses, A for Astoria, and so on. It is an entertaining story on it's on telling a brief 2 or 3 sentences about each letters topic, but then also gives a very detailed description and history of those items.

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This would be a great book for children of all ages. With older children you could tell them the story and then have everyone write a report on the topic of one of the letters.

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This is a great example of an informational book because it has all the letters of the alphabet but all of the information is about the history of Oregon. It includes history about Astoria to the Willamette Valley and even information about the zoo. It has little poem like passages and then on the

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sides it has more in depth information about each letter.

Age: Primary and Intermediate

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Primary, Intermediate, and Middle
Genre: Informational- This is informational because it gives a lot of different facts about Oregon. This book was really interesting since I know little about Oregon and it's history.
I thought the facts of this book were realistic and true. One of the main reasons

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I think this is because Beth recommended it and loaned it out to me. :)

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Summary: This is a book that goes through the alphabet and also gives details about the state of Oregon with each letter.

Genre: This is an informational book because not only is it teaching the alphabet, but it also relays information of a state in the USA!

This is an informational book about the state of Oregon. It covers many important and unique aspects that Oregon has to offer. It was fun from A to Z!

Great alphabet book for studying local social sciences, specifically landmarks and history.

This book is an alphabet book based on all of the different places in Oregon. This is a good resource for research on Oregon, and also a good resource to teach students about geographical capitalization and when to capitalize the names of places. Grade: 2-4