Alice the Fairy

Alice the Fairy
Written and illustrated by David Shannon
The Blue Sky Press, 2004
30 pages
Picture Book

  
            When you were a kid did you ever think you were a fairy?  Well Alice did!  She uses her magic wand to change frogs into princes and even disappear!  To Alice being a fairy is very useful, even though some of her spells don't always come out the way she wants them too.  Have a fun and exciting journey using your imagination with Alice in Alice the Fairy.

            This is David Shannon's ninth book he has written by himself.  He wrote this book for his daughter, Emma and his wife.  Shannon uses paint media to make the illustrations in this book.  I love how this book is a double spread and the print used in this book is big and easily read.  In this story, Shannon made it to where Alice is the one telling the story from her point of view.  So children can easily relate to it.

            I would read this book to my children in my classroom and then have them use their imaginations and write their own stories if they were fairies.  Next, I would have my students draw pictures to go along with their stories.  Lastly, I would have each of my students tell their own stories to the whole class.  Then I would have them sit at their tables and allow them to talk about their stories with their classmates.  I would also let them pick their favorite page and we would display them on a wall in the hallway.