No David

Title: David Shannon

Illustrator: David Shannon

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Grade: Pre-kindergarten-second

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: Blue Sky Press (September, 1 2002)

Language: English

"David Gets in Trouble" is a story about a little boy named David who always gets in trouble. David Shannon first learned to write the words "David" and "No" so he wanted to write a book that was based on his first writing words and experiences he went through as a child. Through out the story David is doing many different things and every time he does something he always has something quick to say back like "I didn't do it" "It was an accident" "My dog at my homework". Every way he could get out of trouble David thought of it. This book is one that I believe a lot of children can connect to. Its a great story to read to children who are always blaming things on other children. The Little boy David is a character I know a lot of children can connect too, and can see themselves as that child. Reading through the story you feel like you are right there with David every time he gets in trouble you just want to be there to tell David to tell the truth. David Shannon did a wonderful job making the short little sentence on each page match the cute pictures. This book is filled with may life lessons that each child should read about and can relate too. The literacy elements in the story are allusion and allegory. The allusion are in the pictures you can see what David is doing and not even have to read the words to know what he is going to say. The Allegory is found though out the whole book. This story is one that helps us better understand what it means to tell the truth, and at the end of the day no matter what you do your momma is still going to love you! 

A mini-lesson I would do with this story is to work on the letter I and how is it written and used in a sentence. The whole story goes along with David always saying "I didn't do it" "I was hungry" so I would use this story to help me each the use of the letter I.