Author: Allan Ahlberg
Title: The Gaskitts
Illustrator: Katherine McEwen
Genre: Chapter book
Subgenre: Dedication
Theme: Hard work pays off
Primary and Secondary characters: The children- primary, the parents and animals- secondary
Awards, date of publication: 2003
Publishing company: Candlewick Press
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This story tells of two children, Gus and Gloria. One day the classroom hamster goes missing. The next day their cat goes missing. They then start to notice a strange man walking around town with a baby carrage. They then follow him to see that he is going out of town with the carrage. They then see that their animals are in the carrage. They eventually team up with their classmates and chase the bad men and save the town animals. This introduces team work and dedication to the students
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