Aurora Samuels

Ah-Choo! is a book definitely written to target a younger audience. The story is about a little boy named Stanley who has a birthday party at his house. His two friends got him flowers and another plant. Stanley got himself a cat. By the end of the party Stanley can not stop sneezing. When he calls his doctor she says it might be something new in your home causing the sneezing. He immediately got rid of the two plants but, the sneezing doesn't stop. He then returned the cat, even though he was extremely upset. However, the sneezing didn't stop. Then his friend came back because she forgot her sweater at the party. As soon as she leaves with the sweater the sneezing stops! Stanley ran to get his cat back. He now only every sneezes when he's sick. The author wrote the book using a lot of words beginning with the letter 's'. This is a good way to demonstrate onamonapia. Also, she used 's-blends' which shows words beginning with the letter 's' followed by different letters such as 'sm' 'sw' 'sn' etc. Children can also relate to this book because of all the different allegories they may have.… (més)

I like this book because the descriptive and repetitive language. In the book the words "Stanley sniffled, Then he snuffled, Then he sneezed. And he could not stop!" were repeated over and over to help reiterate the fact that something Stanley, the main character, was given for his birthday was making him sick. The characters in the book were believable to me because I feel like this could have happened to someone is real life, it becomes relatable to some readers. The illustrations I felt enhanced the story because when you look at the pictures you can start to figure out what is really making Stanley sneeze before he even discovers it himself. After reading Ah-choo! I found that the big idea was to teach readers how to cancel out things to find the root to an even bigger problem. Stanley used a cancel out method to cancel out things such as a plant or his cat to see if either of those things were causing him to be sick. Using this method helped him to solve the "mystery" or problem.… (més)