Tops & Bottoms

Title: Tops & Bottoms

Author: Janet Stevens

Illustrator: Janet Stevens

Readability: Grade level Equivalent: 3.8, Lexile Measure: 580L

Theme: Conflict Resolution, Families and Social Structures, Understanding Self and Others

Awards: Caldecott Honor Book

Genre:Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Published: 1995

Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company

ISBN: 0-15-292851-0

Characters: Bear, Hare, and Mrs. Hare

Summary: This is the story of a clever Hare and his family.  They did not have much, so they decided to ask the Bear to go in business with them growing crops.  The Hare fooled the Bear each time it was time to Harvest, and the Bear never go the "cream of the crop."

Classroom:  This would be a great book to use to teach Kindergartner's or Pre-K students about top and bottom.  This could also be used to introduce students to the different varieties of vegetables that can be grown in a garden.