Inside a Barn in the Country

Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli is a sequential book about different animals in a barn in the country waking up and then waking up other animals in the barn. It starts off by a cat scaring a mouse which makes the mouse squeak and wake up a horse which wakes up a cow, etc. Eventually all the animals in the barn are awake and running loose outside. They wake the farmer up who tells them that it is not morning yet and they need to go back to bed. They go back to bed and the book ends by the cat scaring an owl.
    I think this would be a great book for pre-k to 2nd grade. The repetion in the book will make it a great book for a read aloud. Students will be able to participate in the reading because it is repetitive. I really like how it tells the animal and then gives the sound that each animal makes. This is a great way for young children to learn animal sounds. The pictures in this book are fun and very animated. Males and females will enjoy reading this book.
    I would have this book in my classroom library and I would also use it as a read aloud. Young children who are still learning to read will be able to look at the pictures and tell their own version of the story. For students who can read will enjoying reading this book on their own. This book can be used to increase student motivation for reading. I would also use this book as an introduction for a unit on writing out own class book using this sequential type of writing. Young students will enjoy creating a book using the same type of repetition that is represented in Inside a Barn in the Country.