Hocus Pocus, Sylvie Desrosiers & Remy Simard

Hocus Pocus is a wordless picture book.  It is a really cute fun book about the thrill of the chase.  There is a magician that has a dog but he also has a rabbit in his magic hat.  The rabbit and the dog do not like each other.  So while the dog and the magician are asleep the rabbit gets out.  The dog wakes up and the dog and rabbit end up going back and forth at each other annoying each other.  The dog ends up being the one that gets in trouble and disciplined, so essentially the rabbit wins.

When I was reading this book it made me automatically think about Tom and Jerry.  So as an activity to go with a lesson on venn diagrams and comparing and contrasting I would read this book with students and have them watch a clip of Tom and Jerry.  Then as a class we would fill out a venn diagram looking at the similarities and differences of Hocus Pocus and Tom and Jerry.  This would be an engaging activity for students.  I will have this book in my classroom library.