Kitten's First Full Moon

Henkes, K. (Year 2005). Kittens's first full moon.. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.



Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes was a great picture book for primary children.  This book is a black and white book containing detailed illustrations that provide context clues to help tell the story as you read.  The context clues make the book very understandable to early readers. 

The plot of the story is that the kitten believes the moon is a bowl of milk and she tries many ways to drink the milk.  The climax of the story occurred when she climbed a tree and saw the bowl of milk in a pond. She thought she finally made it to the big bowl of milk, but instead she got wet and sad. 

From reading this book I thought of questions and lesson ideas to use in my kindergarten class.  While reading this book questions need to be asked of what the students predict will happen next along with what they think the title has to do with the book.  A science lesson can be developed when covering the phases of the moon.  The focus for this book would be "full moon." 

My students will love this book!