Saxophone Sam and his snazzy jazz band Book

Personal Reaction: I really enjoyed this book. I automatically thought about incorporating it in a music lesson during a school day. The illustrations are very lively and bright, and very fun to follow.

Purpose: This book is great for a read aloud with students ages 4-8. It has many different music references, whether they are instruments or singing, that would be great to incorporate with music class. Or if there is a fun project that can be done with the different instruments. A lot of the phrases rhyme throughout the story. That is an aspect that will keep the students engaged and bring a fun aspect to the read aloud. The book has great use of figurative language, more specifically, similes. For example, "Like the fizz in soda pop". These give the story more life and energy. Therefore, the book could be a good way to have students identify what is a simile, and other types of figurative language.