

Max's Words
Author: Kate Banks
Narrator: Andrew Watts
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/07/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction
Author: Kate Banks
Narrator: Andrew Watts
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/07/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction
Kate Banks (1960–2024) wrote many award-winning books, including And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for best picture book, and Max’s Math won the Mathical Book Prize.
Grades K-3 Max's brothers collect stamps and coins, and they will not share their collections. Max decides to collect words. At first his words are small: at, but, the, but then his collection grows to include the words of his favorite colors, food, and animals. He starts collecting words he doesn't......more
This book would work very well as a read aloud and to use in connection with a vocabulary lesson or writing sentences. (It would work well with a lesson on sharing, too.) Students will enjoy hearing the story read aloud and may even be inspired to create their own word collections. Kulikov's excelle......more
I loved this book. I would use this just as max did. I would have the students cut out words they know from magazines ( words they like, ate, played with, etc). Then I would challenge them to from word they dont know and look them up so it can be words they do know. While finding words they dont kno......more
Max’s Brothers both collect items and Max is feeling a little left out. He decides to collect words, one word leads to another until Max has a story worth telling. This book aids in language development and makes writing stories seem fun. Would be a great book to read to students who are learning to......more
Max’s Words is characterized as a work of non-fiction that falls into the Arts & Leisure category. It is designed particularly for children who are between ages five and eight. This book is about a little boy, named Max, who sees that his brothers have grand collections; Benjamin collects stamps whi......more