Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
Jadav Payeng was just a boy when he mourned for the snakes and other animals that were swept onto small dry island in the middle of the river during the monsoon season. The sandbars were bare, so when the waters receded, the snakes dried in the hot northeastern Indian sun. Though he didn’t know it,
My four-year-old son and I are reading about the Amazon rainforest as a theme right now. Our fiction favorite this time around was The Umbrella by Jan Brett. Carlos, who lives in Costa Rican rainforest, walks to the nearby rainforest to spy on the animals. He places his umbrella on the ground and climbs a
My four-year-old son and I are reading about rainforests this week. Looking Closely in the Rain Forest by Frank Serafini (Kids Can Press, 2010) changes things up a little bit compared to the other picture books we’ve read. Using his photographs of the rainforest flora and fauna, Mr. Serafini has created an “I Spy” picture
The Rainforest Grew All Around by Susan K. Mitchell and illustrated by Connie McLennan (Arbordale, 2007) is a rhythmic story much like “the house that Jack built.” Each line builds on the previous one, and we quickly see how a rainforest throbs with life, from the tiny seed in the ground to the cat, snake,
Rain Forests by Nancy Smiler Levinson, illustrated by Diane Dawn Hearn (Holiday House, 2008), is an early reader just perfect for my young son (age 4). There were tropical animals illustrated and labeled on each page, and the book covered rainforests around the world. Yet, there was not too much text on each page, and
Since my daughter is quite little (7 months) but happens to sit in on our reading times, I was delighted to see a picture book that is somewhat related to rainforests at her level. Our current learn-at-home subject for my four-year-old is rainforests, especially the Amazon. Good Morning, Toucan (Dwell Studios, Blue Apple Books 2011)
This week my four-year-old son and I are reading about rainforests. Nature’s Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests by Gail Gibbons is a few steps above my son’s read-aloud level with the level of detail, but I really liked it. In Gail Gibbons’s trademark way, it had detailed text and illustrations to cover even more details
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