Mystery Mystery (Amreena Khan)

The series book I chose is King and Kayla the Case of the Missing Dog Treat. I like how this book is organized as solving a mystery. I believe children would like this book because of the character King (the dog) and also because of the concept itself of solving a mystery, this creates an excitement for children. I really like how King has his own voice and he tries very hard to make Kayla understand what he is thinking but she never does. The book was fun to read and the mystery is simple enough that children could figure it out with a little help, this is also something that I like because if there was a mystery in which children could not guess right it wouldn’t be as fun. The artwork in the book is simple and directly related to the situation, there is also a lot of expressions on king’s face showing what he thinks, this may also help children take in the dog’s perspective. The characters of the book are King the Dog, Kayla the owner, Jillian who is Kayla’s friend and Thor who is Jillian’s puppy for who the dog treats were made. Overall it is a great book for children and this series has three other books which are all mysteries and I will definitely keep in my collection to share with my children.An activity that I would do with my children is that I will create a mystery game having them think like detectives by observing the difference in the classroom with the time of three days and every day they record their findings.

From the Millers textbook Reading in the Wild, I love how she made reading included in many ways. Such as having friends who are readers, reading online in different ways and simply carrying a book with you wherever you go. I agree with her idea of not having children read continuously. The idea of breaking the time in intervals is great. It can help change a person’s reading habits by keeping the interest in reading instead of being bored of it and thinking of it as a task to complete. Reading continuously may also be too much to take in all the information or follow with the story. I will use the technique in my classroom by having other activities in between so that reading time could be split, it would be interesting to see how their excitement for reading is still obtainable.