Om Sarah The Magnificent
Sarah the Magnificent is a children's bedtime story of a young girl and boy who conquer a fear of the dark through "imaginary" shadow monsters. This story emboldens readers to discover bravery and inner strength, assisting younger children in gaining confidence to overcome their own fear of the dark.
Sarah the Magnificent is told in free verse with rhyming couplets to give it a unique cadence and uses a rich, descriptive vocabulary. It is a complex yet accessible text that can be used in homes and classrooms to teach various reading comprehension strategies, such as inferencing, visualizing, and contextual decoding of unfamiliar vocabulary. Young writers and teachers can use this story as a mentor text for descriptive language. The bold illustrations in the book bring the story to life and make it even more engaging for young readers. Sarah the Magnificent is set in a young boy's bedroom, where unsettling shadow monsters are ready to cause a scare. Sarah comes along and helps the boy confront the shadows throughout his house, boosting his confidence by showing that real bravery comes from within. When the boy finds himself alone again at the end, he remembers the lesson Sarah taught him, letting his inner light shine to banish the monsters on his own.
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