Gotcha! Book

I picked "Gotcha!" as my read-aloud book because there was never a dull moment reading through it! The illustrations are entertaining, the characters are exciting, and the dialogue makes for a great read-aloud! The sentences are made up of words such as "SWAT", "buzz," "GOTCHA," "CRACK," "WACK," "WALLOP," and "Grrr." These are great words that are fun to say aloud and they engage the class full of elementary school students. At some points I would even suggest letting the children say the words out loud as they become comfortable with the book. The plot is a very easy one to follow and it is a short and predictable book as well. This makes it a good read aloud because children can just simply be entertained without being confused or overwhelmed. Bears are the main characters in this story. Bertha, the bear, is having a birthday party and a fly lands on her birthday cake. Bertha travels on an adventure to try and capture this pesky fly. Along the way, Bertha meets a camel, crocodile, stork, and tortoise. The fly is still around at the end of the story, which I think will make the children laugh. The fly is still buzzing around on the last page and the expression on the bear's face is silly. All of the animals make for fun animal sounds to read aloud as well. I don't think it would be as entertaining if the main characters were humans!