A Sick Day for Amos McGee

By: Philip C. Stead (2010)

This book is about a man named Amos Mcgee that goes to visit animals in the zoo every day before work. He plays games with some of them and others he just chats with. He then wakes up sick one day and all of his animal friends miss him so they decide to go and visit Amos. The arrive at his house and they make him feel better by playing games with him and keeping him company, like good friends do.

I really liked this book because of the funny things that Amos did with the animals. I also liked how each animal had something that they did with Amos that fit with how I imagined their personality.

I think kids would really like this story because of how silly it is and also because it teaches them a good lesson about friendship. This would be a great book to read to show students a fun example of how friends can come in all shapes and sizes, and they are always there to make you feel better.