Author: Loren Long
Illustrator: Loren Long
Genre: Children’s Book
Subgenre: fiction
Theme: friendship
Primary Characters: Otis and baby calf
Secondary Characters: yellow tractor and farmer
Awards: None
Date of Publication: 2009
Publishing Company: The Penguin Group
Summary of the book: This is a story about a tractor named Otis that becomes friends with a little calf. They become inseparable, they do everything together. One day the farmer needs a new tractor and they put a yellow tractor in place of Otis. The baby calf is very sad, and misses Otis and realizes how much he needs his friend.
How can the book be used with students in the classroom: I would use this book to show the class how we can depend on our friends and explain they we can also meet new friends. Great story to read for the first day of class.
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