What Am I? By Linda Granfield, illustrated by Jennifer Herbert is a children’s non-fiction book. It is aimed at the grade level between kindergarten and grade 2. The genre this book covers is humor. The subject it covers is riddles and a guessing game aimed at youngsters to help them become familiar with objects seen in everyday life. The format is in large, clear black text; and, clear, colorful and bright illustrations which support the content of the story book. Each page begins with “What am I?” and it then proceeds to be followed by short sentences describing the clues of the object, and finally it states “Can you Guess?” only to be followed by a list of five possible choices. Each of the five possible choices is illustrated on the depicting page. After turning the page, the correct answer is revealed along with a brief description of the object and an illustration. This book presents simple and everyday life objects a young child may encounter, such as: bicycle, backpack, doughnut and so forth. Young children will enjoy this book because it involves a lot of participation; and children enjoy the thrill of riddles and surprises. The importance of this book is to develop analytical and observational skills in children. I recommend this book for young children as it is a great book which gets the children to use their skills and get them participating. ( )

The young boy character asks puzzling questions of the listeners, to pick which object he is describing based on the clue he gives. The illustrations are a great tool for guessing his object. It's simple and colorful, but would be hard to use in a classroom because kids would have to get close to the book to look at all the "guessing items". The clues are nice and easy though. ( )

May be good for younger storytimes. Riddles are super easy, with multiple choice. You can go with or without the multiple choice options. ( )

This book is a guessing book for small children that engage their minds in a guessing game of which object the page is describing with clues.
I thought this book was great for getting the children to put their “thinking caps” on. The children can actively engage in this book like it is a game with clues. The illustrations provide the clue options and right as you turn the page, the mystery is solved. This book holds children’s attention spans as they are eager to find out if their guess is right!
I would definitely use this in my classroom and would probably try to get the children to help me make some sort of game using the book as our inspiration. ( )