If Everyone Did by Jo Ann Stover was one of my favourite book finds last year. I read it to my grade two class in September and they howled with laughter at the outrageous consequences when everyone breaks the rules.
Rhyming text and hilarious illustrations engage the book's audience and make it fun to read aloud.
If one person walks inside with muddy shoes footprints are left behind, but:
If one person squeezes the cat:
BUT:
The book provides excellent opportunities to make text-to-self connections and is a perfect lead-in for a discussion about personal and community responsibility.
The best part, though, is that Stover ends What If Everybody Did with examples what happens when good choices are made.
After reading the book I had the class draw pictures of one situation where kids at school all do something they shouldn't and the consequences (an example was everyone left their things out on the floor instead of putting them away in their lockers). Then they did a second drawing of something they could do to make the school or our classroom a better place.
Looking back, I think I should have read this book at least 2 or 3 times to my class last year!
I made an Incentive tag to give to students who help others.
If you'd like it you can get it free at my TpT store by clicking here.
For more books that foster responsibility click to visit Emily at The Reading Tutor/OG for Mentor Monday.
This looks like a very cool book!
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