Author and Illustrator: Bill Martin Jr, Eric CarleGenre:Poetry
Awards:American Bookseller Pick of the Lists; Redbook Children's Picture Book Award; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
Grade Level: Prekindergarten- 1st grade
This book is simple poetry about zoo animals and their sounds. It begins with a polar bear hearing a roaring lion, the lion hearing a hippopotamus, the hippopotamus hearing a flamingo, the flamingo hearing a boa constrictor, the boa constrictor hearing an elephant, the elephant hearing a leopard, the leopard hearing a peacock, the peacock hearing a walrus, the walrus hearing a zookeeper, and the zookeeper hearing children.
This book introduces poetry with simplicity; it is not overwhelming. It is repetitive and easy to read. I would have this book in my classroom. This book could be used as a class read aloud and independent reading. I would use this book as a way to introduce different types of animals or in a lesson plan about zoo animals.
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