My Great Grandpa 

Author: Martin Waddel 

Illustrator: Dom Mansell

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Grade Level: K-2

This little girl's great grandpa is her best friend. He is weak and slow but he tells her a lot of things that she doesn't know. When they go out they have fun and don't care what anyone else says about them. They like to adventure around and grandpa tries to remember who lives in what house but often can't remember. He reminisces about his wife and her grandma and lets her know what she was like. They share a special bond. 

This book can be used as a tool for learning how to rhyme. It can be used in a guided reading where it is specifically guided towards learning how to rhyme words. It can also be used as an example of what the kids can write about in their own poem. 

The illustrations are colorful and fun they cover the whole pages of the book and where the words are it is a lighter scheme of colors. The pictures look a little bit more cartoonish but they are mostly realistic depictions. The faces of the characters really portray exactly the mood that they're in.