31 in 31 Day 26: Ninja!

31 in 31 picOne of my favorite movies when I was a kid was
The Three Ninjas.
I did karate as a kid,
and had three siblings,
and imagined that someday we would get attacked
and we’d know JUST what to do to save the day.
NO ONE is getting attacked in this book though; don’t worry 🙂

Ninja!
Ninja!

 

Title: Ninja!
Published by:
Henry Holt and Company, 2014
Written by:
Arree Chung
Illustrated by: Arree Chung
Word Count: 134
Pages:40

In one word: Ninja-rrific!
In one sentence:
A young ninja sneaks through the house, using all this ninja techniques to not get caught…or does he?
Favorite pages:

Love the color and all the action on this spread!
Love the color and all the action on this spread!
Going in for the steal! I really love his sister in this spread. She knows what's going on!
Going in for the steal! I really love his sister in this spread. She knows what’s going on!
I LOVE this page. Picture book spread at its finest! Great use of space. LOVE that we just see the arm, and everything is so dark, after so much color.
I LOVE this page. Picture book spread at its finest! Great use of space. LOVE that we just see the arm, and everything is so dark, after so much color. 

Likes:
I love the art in this book.
The layouts are almost like comic book pages,
and they are so easy to follow.

The voice is awesome as well. It’s like you’re watching the ninja but also being the ninja at the exact same time!

I love the speech bubbles too.

This book is action packed, which works because it’s about an active little ninja.

Great read aloud too! Who doesn’t love Ninjas?

Great verbs…keeping things active!

Learns:
Again, format rules!

Kids LOVE to pretend they’re someone or something else! This story is proof of that!

What did you read today?

Hooray for the weekend, even though it was a busy one.
Back to the grind tomorrow!

See you then!
KE

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