# 5 If You Give A Dog A Donut

Title: If you Give A Dog A Donut

Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Publishing Company: Bazer & Bray
Copyright Date: 2011
# of Pages: 31 

Genre/category: Picture Book

          I chose this book because as a child, I loved books by this author. When I was looking for books to use, I discovered this book that I had never read before. The book is simply about a boy who gives a dog a donut. The donut then leads the dog to want apple juice. As the book continues, each thing the boy gives the dog leads to something else. The book makes a complete circle and at the end of the book the boy ends up giving the dog some apple juice which leads to him wanting a donut.

            It was really hard for me to tell what the author used to create these pictures.  Some of it looks like a computer was used to generate the pictures, while others look like she used color pencils. The images are really colorful and creative.

            The book is appropriate for elementary school children such as first, second, or third grade.  A good way to use this book is when you talking about sequence and the ordering of events. The students can list the things the dog wanted or did in the order by the way they happened in the book. Another  way to use this book in the classroom is to teach students to be creative. Many times things we do often lead to other things. Another classroom use would be to help them understand that sometimes we many want many things, just like the dog; however, we many not always be able to have everything we want. This book does not have any awards; however the author has received some.