Ball

Sullivan, M. (2013). Ball. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

What does your dog do when you are gone all day? This picture books shares with you a possibility. All the dog in this story wants is to find someone to play ball with him. This is a semi wordless picture book. The only word on the page is ball. Teachers can use it to teach author's tone and inflection.  Each way "Ball" is said is different than how it is said before. Using the pictures will help the reader knowhow to say the word. The dog also goes through a number of feelings. Students will have to infer how the dog is feeling based on the pictures and background knowledge. The teaser on the back covers tells you "One word says it all." In this case, it does.