We Are in a Book!

We Are in a Book!, is a children's picture book written by Mo Williams.  As an elephant and piggie book, this story is part of Mo Williams larger collections of books targeted towards younger children that introduces them to the topic of dialogue between characters.  The words in this story are very basic an each character's dialogue usually only consists of a few words.  For this reason, elephant and piggie books are great texts to use in Kindergarten classrooms to help students recognize site words and begin early reading skills.  The images within the text are very simple as every page contains a picture of elephant and piggie themselves exchanging dialogue with on another.  The main focus of each picture is in regards to the characters facial expressions and such emotions allow early readers to use context clues from the pictures in order to determine words they may be unsure about. One drawback to this text is that it is rather lengthy as it is 57 pages, however the text reads very smoothly and is an easy read for students.  The length allows students to pick up on repetition throughout the story and in turn recognize words more smoothly by the end.  If you are a teacher working with students who are learning to read, I strongly recommend that you use Mo William's texts to help them extend their knowledge.