Author: Juanita Havill
Illustrator: Anne O'Brien
Awards: none
Grade level: K-2nd
This book is about a young girl named Jamaica who goes to play at a park before dinner and discovers a stuffed toy dog and a red hat while playing. She is very excited about the toy dog, but the hat doesn't fit her so she decides to turn it into the park lost and found. When she gets home, her mom questions where she got the dog and even though she praises her for returning the hat, she states that she should have returned the dog as well. Jamaica feels guilty, and the next day she goes to the park to return the dog. As she's leaving from the lost and found she meets a little girl named Kristen who wants to play but is looking for her lost dog. It ends up being the dog that Jamaica found, and they become friends and continue to play at the park.
This book is great for teaching a lesson and I will definitely have it in my class. An appropriate grade level is K-2nd because the book has simple vocabulary that the students can read. I would use this book to teach students about morals and what doing the right thing can do for us.
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