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Orchard Books (2015), Edition: 1, 40 pages
Description
"Discover hundreds of animals, great and small. Lion and lizard, whale and wombat. Learn one wild fact about each animal. (Did you know that gorillas yawn when they are nervous?) Look carefully, because for each letter of the alphabet, one animal is pictured eight times. Why 8? Come inside and find out."--
User reviews
LibraryThing member SmuckersLewis
This book includes a lot of animals, but is not particularly engaging or remarkable. If you're looking to increase vocabulary and your kid is really into animals, it's a great book.
LibraryThing member CMcNeely
I very much enjoyed the layout and idea behind this book. It was not what I expected, but could be very useful for very young children, as it features the alphabet, teaches about animals, and asks its readers to count! I enjoyed the simplicity, but also that there are more than just cats, dogs, and
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horses featured. I especially liked the addendum, which gives a little bit of information on each animal featured in the book. Show Less
LibraryThing member S_Trevor
This book has letters, numbers, AND animals. Lit.
This book is a puzzle book in a way, with the object being identifying the animal on each page that appears each time, for each letter. This is a book I'd like to sit down with a small group and do together.
This book is a puzzle book in a way, with the object being identifying the animal on each page that appears each time, for each letter. This is a book I'd like to sit down with a small group and do together.
LibraryThing member AlbertPascal
Animal names begin with different letters. This book collects animals and arranges them according to the first letter of their name. So, for example, alligators and aardvarks come before bears and badgers.
This is a fun book in how it introduces the reader to a wide range of vocabulary (animal
I might not use this one during story time because there are so many great books to read from our school's library and so little time for story time each day. That said, I would use this one-on-one with my own kids at bedtime reading. I think it's a book where a mom or dad can point to a drawing and the child can name the animal. And the animal names are located at the bottom of each page, so the child can have a reference. That would be fun. A parent could also say "How many lions do you see?" and the child could count the drawings of the lions. This works because sometimes the animals are drawn multiple times on the page.
This is a fun book in how it introduces the reader to a wide range of vocabulary (animal
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names). The pages are beautifully illustrated with the animals of each word listed. However, there's no story, so there's no plot, action or resolution. It is basically just an alphabetical list of animals, illustrated.I might not use this one during story time because there are so many great books to read from our school's library and so little time for story time each day. That said, I would use this one-on-one with my own kids at bedtime reading. I think it's a book where a mom or dad can point to a drawing and the child can name the animal. And the animal names are located at the bottom of each page, so the child can have a reference. That would be fun. A parent could also say "How many lions do you see?" and the child could count the drawings of the lions. This works because sometimes the animals are drawn multiple times on the page.
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Awards
Mathical Book Prize (Winner — 2016)
CCBC Choices (2016)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Picture Books — 2015)
Teacher Favorites Award (2016)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0545470838 / 9780545470834