1. Tone Attitude towards the subject

2. Mood The feeling created in the reader Think of a favorite movie or book and a scene that creates a mood

3. Style Author’s individuality

4. Audience The intended reader/Appropriate Content

5. Read “Abandoned Farmhouse” What is the Tone? Mood? What about the author’s style? Who is the intended audience?

6. Activity Think of your bedroom. What does it say? Write a stanza (like one from “Abandoned Farmhouse”) about your room. What has just happened there? What does your room “say” to a stranger who is seeing it for the first time?

7. Children’s books that didn’t make it You Are Different and That's Bad The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables Dad's New Wife Robert Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can- Do-It Book The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking

8. Children’s books that didn’t make it Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence All Cats Go to Hell The Little Sissy Who Snitched Some Kittens Can Fly That's it, I'm Putting You Up for Adoption Grandpa Gets a Casket

9. Children’s books that didn’t make it The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia Strangers Have the Best Candy Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way You Were an Accident Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will "Pop! Goes The Hamster!"...And Other Great Microwave Games

10. Children’s books that didn’t make it The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan Your Nightmares Are Real Where Would You Like to Be Buried? Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends? Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things Daddy Drinks Because You Cry