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Can You Judge A Book by its Cover?



Students analyze pairs of different covers for the same children’s book for messages about techniques, purpose and target audience.

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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

Upper Elementary

Media Type(s)

Illustration, Literature, Print Advertisement

Author(s)

Sox Sperry, Sharon Fox

View Standards

Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading: Literature (RL)