Big Chickie, Little Chickie: A Book of Opposites (board book)
by Janee Trasler (Author/Illustrator)
Booktalk: The BIG Picture
As the Chickies say cheese, young readers learn their opposites.
#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details
The book begins:
Picture time, Chickies.
Clickety-click.Brush your feathers.
Make it quick!
The first line sets up the entire book:
Picture time, Chickies.
The first line shows readers who the main characters are. It also tells readers what the main characters will do in the book. All this in just three words!
Janee is one of my former students!
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