Power point of leads

1. Look closely at the
following example leads.
If you had the actual
book in your hands, think
and decide if you would
like to continue reading
the piece based on the
leads.
Good Leads?

2. Therewere five of them.
And they were waiting…
These are the first 2 sentences in Kevin Henkes’ book “Waiting,” published in 2015.
It won the Caldecott Honor and the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor medals.

3. These are the 1st two sentences in Matt de la Pena’s “Last Stop on
Market Street” which won the Caldecott Honor and the Newbery Medal
in 2016.
CJ pushed through the
church doors, skipped
down the steps. The outside air smelled like freedom,
but it also smelled like rain,
which freckled CJ’s shirt
and dripped down his nose.

4. We have our own way of
living down here in New
Orleans, and our own way of
talking, too. And that’s what
we like to say when we want
to tell a friend hello.
So,
This is the beginning of the book “Trombone Shorty” written by
Trombone Shorty Andrews which won the Caldecott Honor in 2016.

5. Browse through some of your
favorite titles in children’s
literature. Check out the leads—
did they grab you?