The Grouchy Ladybug

Carle, E. (2010). The grouchy ladybug. Washington D.C.: Teaching Strategies.
I chose this book because it is timeless. Children loved it when I was a child and continue to love it today. This book is appropriate for children in grades Pre-K to third grade. There are several topics that all grades could examine when reading this story including friendship and sharing.
This book centers around a ladybug who is selfish and brags about himself/herself a little too much. The ladybug attempts to intimidate everyone in sight, but fails. This bad-tempered ladybug eventually becomes well behaved. The summary overall shows why this would be a great book for teaching sharing and friendship. In the story the ladybug is rude to other ladybugs and other animals. Eventually the ladybug returns to the other ladybug and is forgiven. This part shows the theme of finding in friends in odd places.

Another important aspect of this book are the pictures. The other gradually leads up to larger animals. This would be great to use for comparing and contrasting. Pages in the text are also broken up to represent the whale's flapping tale. Pages are also broken up to represent time as the ladybug attempts to intimidate other people.

Overall this is a great book to share with younger children, especially when exploring social behavior.