Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Leo the Late Bloomer

Leo the Late Bloomer [Book]
Author: Robert Kraus

Title: Leo the Late Bloomer

Illustrator:
Jose Aruego

Genre: Picture Book

Subgenre: Development and Learning

Theme: Everyone is unique and individuals learn different things at different paces.

Primary and secondary characters: Primary- Leo the Lion, Leo's Mom and Leo's Dad.

Award(s) date of publication: None, 1991

Publishing Company: HarperCollins Publishers

Brief Summary and how I would use this book with students: Leo the Late Bloomer is about a little lion who cannot read, write, draw, eat neatly, or speak. His father is worried about him and asks his mother if she thinks something is wrong with Leo. His mother says no that Leo is just a late bloomer. Finally, one day Leo blooms. He can now read, write, draw, eat neatly and speak. He tells his mom and dad that "He did it!". This book could be used in my class room to talk about how everyone in the class is different. Some students may be good at one thing such as drawing while another student may be good at drawing. I could continue by stating that everyone blooms at a different time and at their own pace and that some students may gain knowledge on some concepts faster than others. This does not make those individuals superior to their fellow classmates it just means that they may have bloomed earlier. This goes along with the idea that students are very diverse and that there are multiple intelligences in a single classroom.

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