A Pinky is a Baby Mouse: And Other Baby Animal Names

This is a book about baby animals and what they are called. This book rhymes and flows from one page to the other telling the reader what a specific baby animal is called and then asking the reader to guess one before turning the page. This book also has a little surprise stumper that the end.

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really enjoyed this book because of the rhyming with the words, and because I love animals. I also loved the ending of the book. It was "sad but true".

I would use this book in the classroom if I were giving a lesson about animals and their offspring. I could ask children to match pictures of baby animals with their parent. I could also have a discussion about how animals mostly resemble their parents and then ask the children to name some animals that don't necessarily look like their parent.

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Personal Response:

I like the way this book is present in simple, rhyming text. It makes it easy to understand and enjoyable to read aloud. I also like the question/answer format that allows for interaction.

Curricular Connections:

I would have my students (6th grade) work in groups to extend this

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book using other baby animals and share with kindergarten and 1st grade students at my school.

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