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The Book Hog 2020 READ

The Book Hog, a 2020 CLEL Bell Award-winning book by Greg Pizzoli, explores a character's journey from loving the physical aspects of books to appreciating the stories within them. The document includes activity ideas to enhance children's emotional understanding and reading skills, such as storytelling, creating a 'book nook', and practicing letter tracing. The CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards recognize books that support early literacy development in children.

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The Book Hog 2020 READ

The Book Hog, a 2020 CLEL Bell Award-winning book by Greg Pizzoli, explores a character's journey from loving the physical aspects of books to appreciating the stories within them. The document includes activity ideas to enhance children's emotional understanding and reading skills, such as storytelling, creating a 'book nook', and practicing letter tracing. The CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards recognize books that support early literacy development in children.

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The Book Hog

The 2020 CLEL Bell Award Book for READ

by Greg Pizzoli
ISBN-13: 978-136803689-4
Disney Hyperion, 2019

The Book Hog thinks he loves everything about books—the way they feel, the
way they look—but when he discovers library storytime, he learns there’s
something else to love about them: the stories inside. Children build on their
everyday experiences with books and gradually become readers, just like the
Book Hog.

Activity Ideas for The Book Hog:

• Ms. Olive reads many different types of books for the Book Hog: some sad, some
happy, and some in-between. Have your child tell you a story about an event they
can remember. How did they feel when it happened? Were they sad, excited,
disappointed, surprised? Discussing emotions helps children learn and understand
their own emotions and of those they read about, which can help them with reading
comprehension.

• During the story, the Book Hog surrounds himself with many different types of books.
Together you can create a special place or a “book nook” where books, magazines,
or your child’s own artwork or stories can be kept at home. Decorate a banner or
sign for the special area that includes your child’s name! Visit the library to check out
books to take home and fill your space. Making a special spot for books shows
children that books are important and can strengthen their interest in reading and
writing.

• The Book Hog practices his reading over and over. Help children practice reading
their own names with some tactile letter art! Use liquid glue and add something like
glitter, sand, or rice. When the glue dries, show children how to trace the bumpy
letters with their fingers. Tracing letters helps children remember their shapes.
Understanding how shapes and letters create words is an important step in learning
to read.

The CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards are given to books that provide excellent support
of early literacy development in young children. For more information
and for other activity sheets, visit [Link] and select the CLEL Bell Awards tab.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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