Author: - Beatrice Schenk De Regnier
Title: - May I Bring A Friend?
Illustrator: - Beni Montressor
Publisher: - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Year: - 1964
Format: - Hardcover
Genre: - Picture Story Book
Reading Level: - Assisted, Emergent
Interest Level: - Pre-K, Elementary
Topics: - Friends, zoo animals, rhyming, rhythm, Caldecott Medal
Summary: - This is a silly rhyming book about a boy who brings a bunch of animal friends on visits he makes to the King and Queen. Each day brings a new invitation for the boy, and a new request for the boy to bring a friend. The reader and the Royals don't find out who the friend is until they arrive at the palace. The illustrations are incredibly detailed. Each illustration has a unique use of color or black and white with the majority of contrast made through the use of lines and shading.
Extension Activity: - Students will draw the animal or creature that they would choose to bring with to visit the King and Queen. Then, students will write a paragraph about what will happen during their visit.
-Students will illustrate their story with the same type of line-and-color technique that the illustrator of the book used.
