Picture Book-Intermediate

Title: River Day
Author: Mason, Jane B.
Illustrator: Sorensen, Henri
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Age range: 3-6, Intermediate

Summary: River Day presents a special relationship between a grandpa and his granddaugther. They spend a day out on the river canoeing and hoping to spot a bald eagle. Alex is so excited that she could hardly wait to get down to the river. "Grampa" is what Alex call him and he let her be the scout for rocks and shallow water. Needless to say those weren't the only things she spotted. Alex found rainbow trout as well and as they were canoeing back Alex and her grandfather spotted the bald eagle they were going to see. Alex thought she wasn't going to get to see the bald eagle and then all of the sudden it flew down to the water and caught a fish.

Response: I enjoyed this book because of the special love that you receive from grandparents. There isn't anyone else like it and when you get to spend time with them, its special and something you will remember forever. This book made me feel happy and wish that I got to see my grandparents more often. I still have all of those memories as a child when they took me to special places like this. The books illustrations are great and shows great detail in each of them. I would use this book in my classroom when holidays are close by that relate to love, family, and being close to people. When I was in elementary school, we always had grandparents day and they would come and eat lunch with us. I really enjoyed that and this book could be used near that special occasion.

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