Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke

 

Title: Julia's House for Lost Creatures

Genre: Fantasy and Scifi

Author/Illustrator: Ben Hatke 

Major awards: N/A

Age group: K-3rd

Summary: 

This book is all about Julia, the owner of, Julia's House for Lost Creatures. Julia invites creatures to her home. Many arrive, from patchy cats, to a dragon! The house is a bit out of control with so many guests. Julia finds a way to manage the house by creating structure and homing a handy-man (robot).

Why would I use this book in the classroom: 

As a future educator, I'd use this book in my classroom to teach students to take charge! Julia displays leadership by managing her house. I think it's good to teach students how to be leaders. 

Appropriate grade level:

I think an appropriate grade level for this book is K-3rd. It's an easy read. Students will enjoy the fun monster characters and sounds used in the book.

Ideas for unit of study to include the book in and how you might use the book in the classroom:

• Language Arts/Science: I would use this book to teach a language arts lesson on the beginning, middle, and end of a story.