the Greedy Python

This is a fantasy story because this story is not beleivable and defies the laws of this worlds. A snake actually eats an elephant, and bunches of other animals. This would be appropriate for the primary grades. I would use this in my classroom to show what animals eat what animals and to give an

example of being greedy.

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LibraryThing member madelinelbaker

This book is a good example of fantasy because it is impossible for a greedy snake to swallow himself and disappear. The media that Eric Carle is famous for using is collage. He does this by painting paper somewhat randomly, and then cuts the paper to become the snake, elephant, or the sun. This is

a really cool way to show the layering and texture of the different pieces of paper, making it look more 3-D.

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LibraryThing member rvangent

This book is an example of a fairy tale in that it is written in a very simple and direct manner, with repition and a moral to the story following the climax (don't be greedy). It is a humorous and fictional tale of a snake being so greedy that it ends up eating itself.
Media: paint and cutting

shapes out of the painted pape

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LibraryThing member Anna-KateSisson

The greedy snake eats all of the animals in sight. Even when he gets sick and spits them all back up he hasn't learned his lesson. In the end, the snake sees his own tail and eats himself.

LibraryThing member Tinker84

SUMMARY: A greedy python was so hungry that it eats everything in sight and eventually spits out everything it ate because it ate too much.
PERSONAL REACTION: It teaches children that being greedy can literally bite you in the butt.
EXTENSION IDEAS: Can do trace and color pages for The Greedy Python.

LibraryThing member jlelliott

We love this huge board book! We borrowed it from the library and liked it so much that we searched it out online and purchased it. The format is great for babies that want to sit in your lap and turn the pages. The illustrations are lovely, as expected. The story is bizarre and charming. The snake

eats a number of animals then spits them all up after making himself sick by overeating. My daughter loved this book at around 7-8 months but has been less tolerant of books without flaps or textures now at nearly a year old. She still picks it out sometimes to read, and I'm sure she will regain interest in it as she gets older too.

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LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool

In this humorous story about manners, respect, and friendship, a greedy python eats every creature he comes across in the jungle. From a tiny mouse to an enormous elephant, the devoured animals eventually befriend one another in the belly of the snake, where they team up and kick the inside of the

python until he spits them out. Rather than learning his lesson, the python sticks to his greedy ways. When he spots his own tail and mistakes it for food, he swallows himself and...disappears!
This amusing—and cautionary—tale features Eric Carle’s vivid illustrations and rhyming text that’s been adapted into a Level 1 Ready-to-Read, making it ideal for sharing aloud with emerging readers.

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LibraryThing member villemezbrown

A snake eats an increasingly unlikely amount and increasingly unlikely forms of prey. Just weird enough to work.

And in addition to introducing carnivorism and different types of animals to little ones, it can be a counting book if you want.

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