Text to Text Connections

In his novel Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli mentions some children's picture books, which we read in class:

• Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber
• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
• The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton

We talked about why Spinelli chose these particular stories to appear in Maniac Magee.  In small groups, we made text to text connections and presented to the class.