Title: A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Author: Philip C. Stead

Illustrator: Erin E. Stead

Copyright date: 2010

Publisher: Roaring Book Press

Summary: A Sick Day for Amos McGee is a story about a dilligent zookeeper who is great friends with many of the animals at the zoo. One day, Amos is not able to go in to work, and he cannot visit with his friends at the zoo. The animals decide to pay Amos a visit and take care of him while he is sick. 

Media for illustration: Pencil drawings on colored wooden blocks

Perfect student: This book is perfect for students who like animals or have recently visited a zoo.

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. This standard is for first grade, but I believe there are similar standards in other elementary grades as well and probably even higher grades. This standard works well with this book because the illustrations are award-winning.