Literary Analysis Emergent Picture Books

Bibliographic Information: Martin, B., & Carle, E. (1997). Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
New York: H. Holt.
Plot: What do you see?
Setting: N/A
Theme: To teach reading with rhyming and to teach colors.
Characterization: Brown bear, red bird, yellow duck, blue horse, green frog, purple cat, white dog, black
sheep, goldfish, teacher and students.
Style: Childrens emergent pattern book. Flows in a rhythmic fashion.
Point of View: View of the students
Reflections: It is a good rhyme book for kindergarten- 1st grade students. It is good for color recognition
and placement.

Literary Analysis

Bibliographic Information: Baker, K. (2012). 1-2-3 peas. New York: Beach Lane Books.
Plot: Counting up with the peas doing something. Example: 1 pea searching look, look, look
Setting: N/A
Theme: To teach young learners how to count to 1-10 and then 10-100 counting by 10s with rhythm.
Characterization: The peas are all actively doing something in the story.

Style: This is an emergent picture book with rhythm and repetition. It uses number to incorporate math.
Uses the ing ending sounds all throughout the story.
Point of View: Third person voice. Tells what the peas are doing. 10 peas are
Reflections: Very good tool for PreK- 1st grade students. Could hit many good points with this book
besides just counting (-ing verb, rhythm, pattern, vocab). Would use for read aloud or even a book talk to
get students interested to try to read to themselves.