Otis And The Puppy

Otis And The Puppy

Otis is a puppy is a cute story about a tractor and a puppy. Otis is a tractor on farm. He is friends with all the farm animals. The farmer brings home a pale with something in it. The farm animals and otis are curious to see what is making a noise from the pale. Then popped up a puppies head. Everyone gets attached to the puppy. The puppy plays hide and seek with them all. One day the farmer made a dog house and put it outside of the barn. The dog did not like to be outside by himself, so Otis went outside and staid with him to make him feel comfortable. One day they were all playing hide and seek and the puppy went way to far out and got lost. Otis kept looking and tried to find him. He found him and they had to find there way home. They finally found there way home. 

Otis and the puppy is cute book and a great book for ages Pk- 2nd grade.

Activity 
1. I want the kids to get into a group and talk about the time that they have had with friends and they can remember how they helped a friend out.
2. I want the kids to draw a picture of there friend and them self and then be able to explain it to the class.

Response Questions
1. Does Otis ever give up on looking for his friend?
2. Do you think Otis is a great friend and why?

Author

Loren Long is a best seller and a great author. He has made so many best selling books including Of thee I sing by Barack Obama. He lives in Cincinnati Ohio. He lives there with his family and has a studio and has visitors all the time.

Resources 

http://www.otisthetractor.com/books.html

Long, L. (2013). Otis and the puppy. New York: Philomel Books.