Three Children Literature Books(2)

The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell.
The book was about three little javelinas, which were two brothers and one sister. The first javelina was in a desert storm that he made a house into tumbleweeds. The coyote came along and wanted to come into his house so he can eat him up but the pig wouldn't let him come in so he blew the tumbleweed house down. The second javelina came across a lady who was gathering sticks, which she called them saguaros. The pig asked if he could have some so he can build himself a house and she said yes. Then he goes and makes a house and the first javelina shows up and they both napping. When the coyote comes and wants to eat them he tells the two javelinas to let him in and they say no. So, the coyote then blows the saguaro house down. The third javelina runs into a man who is making adobe bricks and asks if she could have some so she can build herself a house and he says yes. So, she builds herself a house and the two other javelinas found her they went into her house. The coyote shows up trying to play a trick on the pigs so they could let him in but it didn't work. So again the don't want him in so he tries to blow their house down and has no luck. The coyote tries to go down the chimney but the pig's light the stove and the coyote gets burned so he runs into the desert and the javelinas lived happily ever after.
I believe that this book would be a great idea to have in a dramatic area in an early head start setting where they are allowed to act it out. You can have sticks, straws, and bricks to take part in play where they can act it out. You have children be the javelinas and a coyote and just take part on the step by step basis. By acting out on this picture book it allows the children to be part of the play on how the javelinas and coyote felt. This also allows them to use their understanding of the book, communication, knowledge and fine/gross motor skills.
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson.
The book was about Alphabets that are city-based structures of the alphabets A to Z. The book has some of the letters for example the B, where it looks loke an outside apartment stairway where you can see the letter B. Another one would be the letter O, where it shows it off as a bench outside a snowy day. These were just some of the examples letters that they have inside the book.
I believe that this book would be a great idea to have in the writing area. Chidren can see this book and look at the different pictures of how letters are made and they can write out the letter that they see and they can make up their own picture of what a letter can look like in a different setting.
The Wednesday Surprise.
This is a book about a girl named Anna and her Grandma. Anna's dad is getting a surprise birthday and dad has opened all his presents. Toward the end Grandma gives dad who I believe is his mom a surprise where she reads a story or book to him. Every Wednesday Anna and Grandma read book after books, where Anna is teaching Grandma how to read. So when Grandma reads the book, the son (Dad) is surprise that she (Grandma) is reading and he is very surprised.
I think that this could be a reading skill, where a student can take a book home to their Grandma and have the student read to them and for them to jot down what they have experienced on a report and answer questions as far as if the grandma enjoyed the book, or where they were able to read or not.