A Sick Day for Amos McGee | 
“It was a quiet day at the zoo. But Amos McGee had a cold. And so, instead of going to the zoo, he stayed home in bed.“
“It was a quiet day at the zoo. But Amos McGee had a cold. And so, instead of going to the zoo, he stayed home in bed.“
But one day, Amos wakes up feeling ill and can‘t go to work. His animal friends, showing their love and gratitude for all he‘s done for them, decide to visit him instead.
“Though Amos felt tired, he managed a smile.“ and “Hooray! My good friends are here!“
A way I could link this book to my teaching in the classroom is discussing themes like kindness, friendship, and taking care of others which are important values in building a supportive classroom environment.
pickThis book is a picture book that was published in 2010 and won the Caldecott Award. This book tells the story of a kind zookeeper named Amos who always takes care of his animal friends. And one day, when Amos gets sick, the animals return the favor by visiting him and helping him feel better. This genre of book is also known as children's fiction.
pickAmos made animals feel seen. The animals took care of him when he needed it. This is such a cute story
Amos made the animals feel wanted. When he wasn‘t there, they were all sad and confused on why is wasn‘t there.
“Meanwhile at the zoo, the animals waited for their friend.”
“The animals took turns keeping him company, and they made him feel better.” This quote captures the animals' supportive and caring actions as they visit Amos and help him feel better, reflecting the book‘s themes of friendship and reciprocity.
In the classroom this book can be a wonderful way to teach themes of empathy, kindness, and friendship.
pickThis is a book about a zookeeper who always takes time to care for his animal friends at the zoo. Amos tends to the needs of the animals, providing them with comfort and companionship. When Amos falls ill and can't go to work, his animal friends decide to return the favor. They visit him at his home, each bringing something special to cheer him up and make him feel better. This book was published in 2011 and won the Caldecott medal.
“Amos had a lot to do at the zoo, but he always made time to visit his good friends. “
The students could interact with this book by writing or telling how they would help a friend that was sick. Then you can encourage students to use these the next time a friend misses school due to sickness.
pickWeek 1: Caldecott Winner! Such a cute book! help students understand the true meaning of friendship. Although fiction, students would love hearing a story about a man with a golden heart. Published May 25, 2010.
“Amos had a lot to do at the zoo, but he always made time to visit his good friends.”
I love reading this book because it‘s silly and shows true friendship throughout the book. The kids always love it because it‘s unrealistic as far as the animals go but has true friendship.
pickA Sick Day for Amos McGee by Phillip C. Stead was published in 2010 and won The Caldecott Medal in 2011. This was a story about a zoo keeper who always made time to spend individual time with all his animals at the zoo. One day he got sick and couldn‘t make it to work. The next thing he knew the animals arrived at his house to take care of him out of the kindness of their hearts.
I enjoyed reading this story because it is a fun read with lots of meaning behind it. I would share this book with my students because there are lessons to be learned about friendship and kindness in the story.
pickA Sick Day for Amos McGee won the Caldecott Medal in 2011. This story is about a man who has animal friends that he takes care of everyday. The man, Amos, feels sick one day and does not make it to see the animals, so instead the animals come and take care of him. I thought the illustrations of the animals were realistic looking and gave a sense of reality to the story.
pickWe love this one! It feels like a classic - the illustrations are soft and pleasant, and the story completely charming. A feel-good story of friendship between zookeeper, Amos, and the animals. When Amos isn‘t able to go and do his regular activities with his zoo friends, they come to him!
This is a cute book about Amos and his Zoo friends. I would probably use this book to talk about way that we can be kind and support to our friends, classmates, school, etc.
pickA Sick Day for Amos McGee is a 2011 Caldecott award winning book. This is a nice little story about Amos and his friend that he would visit every day at the zoo. One day Amos awakes with the sniffles and sneezes and decides to take a day off. However, he was dearly missed by his friends at the zoo so they had to do something about that.
pickThis book is a great book to read to children who may be sick or if there is a sickness going around. In the book, it is talked about how because he was sick, the zookeeper couldn‘t go in, so I think that is a good message for if kids are sick they need to stay home and rest!
“Amos had a lot to do at the zoo, but he always made time to visit his good friends.“
I would use this in my classroom to share and talk about kindness. It is important to remember that small things can make the biggest impact on someone. I would have each student think about small, kind acts that they may do.
pickA Sick Day for Amos McGee was published in 2010 and received the Caldecott Medal in 2011. In this story, the author conveys the message about when you help others, there may come a time when they help you. The power of friendship is so important.
A Sick Day for Amos McGee is one of the cutest MF books that I've read! This book is about Amos's job at the zoo. When he's out sick one day, all of his animals come to visit him! This book would be great as a RA! It goes along with the UDL 3.2 (highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships) as well as EL 2 (promote cooperation). I think after reading aloud this book would be great to use in small groups! #ucflae3414sp21
pick“A Sick Day for Amos McGee”, F, is a Caldecott Medal Winner and can work well for a Readers‘ Theater. It tells the story of a zookeeper who is really close with the animals he tends for and one day, they come and visit him when he is sick at home. There is a Teacher‘s Guide to this book at https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/material/sick-day-amos-mcgee-teachers-guide. The UDL 3.2 and 3.3 and ESOL 1 and 10, regarding questioning, best apply
pickReview: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, 2010, is a Caldecott Winner and is about a zookeeper who gets sick and can't visit his animal friends at the zoo. It has some great illustrations!
Blurb: I would use this book in my classroom as a read aloud, allowing the children to see the illustrations as well as ask questions about the animals and story.
Quote: “and at sunset, read stories to the owl.“
Amos had lots to do at the zoo, but he always made time to visit his good friends.
pickThis Caldecott winner is one of a uniquie art style. The illistrator clevorly uses color to emphasize parts of he book. Much of the background has nice detail but is in black and white, what is important has color, and the colors each mean something.
pickA Sick Day for Amos McGee is written by Philip C. Stead and illustrated by Erin E. Stead. This book is a Caldecott Medal award winning book. The genre is nonfiction. #ucflae3414f19 The book is about a zookeeper who goes to visit the animals at the zoo every morning at 6 a.m. One day, Amos gets sick and doesn‘t go to work. The animals all wait at the bus stop, get on the bus, and go visit Amos at his house to help him until he went to bed.
“Amos McGee, a friendly zoo keeper, always made time to visit his good friends“
A really sweet book that teaches children kindness, empathy, and compassion. I love these kind of books you can bring into the classroom and have a discussion about what it is to be kind.
pickA sick day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead was the Caldecott award winner in 2011. This is a heart warming and just really sweet story of a cute little old man that usually visits his friends at the zoo everyday and does what they like ,and on a day where Amos is sick all his zoo friends come over and does things he likes. I personally don't like the use of so much white on the page but the specific use of color was interesting
I would use this book in my classroom because it talks about how sad the animals are when Amos gets sick and can‘t come to work. In the classroom we can talk about how sad your classmates get when your sick and can‘t come to school.
“Sit quietly with the penguin (who was very shy),”
I would read this book to early elementary kids. This book is a great story for kids. It has a fun lighthearted story. The zoo animals are so grateful for Amos McGee. The book could be compared to a teacher with her students.
pickThis book won a Caldecott medal. I really enjoyed reading this book because it through a mans day in his life. He would play with the animals at the zoo. He one day got sick which was very sad. Highly recommend this book.
