Young Hoosier Book Award

Picture Book Evaluation Form Submitted by Ann DiBella, Denise Keogh, Deborah Reynolds

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

AUTHOR: Julia Sarcone-Roach

ILLUSTRATOR: Julia Sarcone-Roach

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopp

COPYRIGHT DATE: 2015

ART MEDIUM: Acrylic and paint

GENRE: Animal Fiction, Adventure

BOOK SUMMARY: A black bear follows the scent of berries and embarks on an adventure that takes him far from his home. In a park, it’s discovered that someone has eaten a sandwich. Who exactly ate the sandwich? Was it really the bear -- or was it someone else?

BOOK TALK: Have you ever heard a story that was just more outrageous than you could believe? Some stories start out reasonably, but then we think, “Now just wait a minute! You are pulling my leg!” This might be one of those stories. A bear wanders out of the woods and into a city park where it’s discovered that a sandwich was eaten. Was it the bear who ate the sandwich? You’ll have to read it to find out!

CHALLENGING WORDS: doze familiar

AUTHOR BIO: Julia Sarcone-Roach went to school at the Rhode Island School of Design. She actually went to a school where the teachers encourage students to draw pictures! Now Julia lives in Brook-lyn, New York, a city that looks a like the new for-est the bear in our book wakes up in! Website: jsarconeroach.com

ILLUSTRATOR BIO: See AUTHOR BIO

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Where did the bear fall asleep? Could you have

fallen asleep there?

2. Why does the bear think he is in a new “forest”?

How is the city like a forest?

3. What playground equipment can the bear use?

What equipment should he avoid?

4. Who actually ate the sandwich? How do we

know this?

Activity Sheet for The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach K.W.3.2 Use words and pictures to develop a main idea and provide some information about a topic. Put a checkmark next to the items you would put on the bear’s sandwich (if the bear had been real!) What do you think he would like? What would you like?

The Bear Me

Works Cited

"Free Image on Pixabay - Ham, Food, Pork, Meal, Meat, Dinner." Free Vector Graphic: Ham,

Food, Pork, Meal, Meat, Dinner. Web. 04 Sept. 2016.

"Free Image on Pixabay - Jelly, Strawberry, Red." Free Vector Graphic: Jelly, Strawberry, Red.

Web. 04 Sept. 2016.

"Free Image on Pixabay - Peanut Butter, Spread, Butter, Food." Free Vector Graphic: Peanut

Butter, Spread, Butter, Food. Web. 04 Sept. 2016.

"Free Image on Pixabay - Swiss Cheese, Swiss, Cheese, Food." Free Vector Graphic: Swiss

Cheese, Swiss, Cheese, Food. Web. 04 Sept. 2016.

"Free Image on Pixabay - White Bread, Bread, Baking." Free Vector Graphic: White Bread,

Bread, Baking. Web. 04 Sept. 2016.

Sarcone-Roach, Julia. The Bear Ate Your Sandwich. Print.