Picture Book Month Day 4: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring I STINK!
Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 2002
Summary:
The garbage truck speaks in this picture book, telling the reader of his nighttime adventures moving trash in the city.
Mentor Text Writing Skills:
* Specificity of language
* Alliteration
* Voice
* Point of View
* Onomatopoeia
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2 Comments
Stacy Couch
So weird…my nephew wanted me to write a PB about trash. (Don’t ask.)
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
I think you should write that book! 🙂