Bibliography- Krosoczka , Jarrett. Lunch Lady and the Camp Shakedown, Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 2010. ISBN 9780357860959
Plot Summary- Three elementary students attend a summer camp in an area that has a reputation of a swamp monster that appears at night. The lunch lady and her assistant from the elementary school are working at the camp. The lunch lady prepares food items to use to attack the monster, the kids help by using squirt guns to squirt food at the monster.
Analysis- This graphic novel by Krosoczka with two-color art is fun, silly, and really lends a hand for the reader to use their imagination even beyond the book. This book is great for grades 3-5 with a superhero theme that comes from a all too familiar territory the cafeteria.
Excerpt (s)
"Younger kids with an appreciation for silliness will love it"- Children's Literature
" A delightfully fun escapist read." Kirkus
" A tough, capable herine plenty of silliness and slapstick" Publishers
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Junie B. First Grader Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park ISBN- 9780355822230
Have students create their own fiction, fantasy, and young adult literature.
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