Sunday, March 27, 2011

More, Fewer, Less


More, Fewer, Less by Tana Hoban review from School Library Journal:
Once again Hoban uses her remarkable eye to evoke the meaning of comparative words with her camera. Everyday objects and familiar animals are depicted-spoons, scissors, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and chickens. Although there is no text, the brilliant arrangement of the images suggests many questions with several possible answers. Beyond looking at what there is less and more of, questions of color, size, shape, texture, and distance also present themselves. The rich, full-color, full-page photographs are sharp and immediate. Each one appears within a bright, blue frame, adding to its appeal. A thought-provoking visual experience.
Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA

At first this book did not fair well in my classroom because one of my students with autism was disturbed that it had no words. I then "read" it with my own words and interpretations of "more, fewer, and less" and had one of my paraeducators do the same. Once he could see that you could tell the story again and again and there was no right way to do so, he loved the book. I did however find that my younger students with lower cognitive abilities had difficulty with this concept.

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