Book Report On A Sick Day For Doos Mcgee

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The book, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, by Philip C. Stead is a Caldecott gold medal awarded picture storybook. It is a book about Amos, an elderly man, who works at the City Zoo, but always makes time visit his zoo friends. Amos visit his elephant friend who he plays chess with, then visits the tortoise who he races with, his friend the penguin who he sits quietly with, his friend the rhinoceros who he always lends a handkerchief due to his runny nose, and then his owl friend who he always reads a story to. One day Amos got sick, and did not appear at the Zoo. Since all his animal’s friends worried, they decided to go visit him, and take care of him just like Amos did to them. They book fits well with the criteria given for a picture storybook.

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