Written and illustrated by Eric Carle
Scholastic Inc. New York, 2000
24 Pages
Non-Fiction/ informational
There are not many people who have gone through school that have not read an Eric Carle book or at least seen one. I chose this book because I love Carle's book but had never seen this one. This book takes you through a ton of different animals along with their babies. The question throughout is "Does a swan, fox, bear giraffe, etc., have a mother too"? The question is answered with "yes, it does just like me and you". At the end of the story is a short index type page with all the different animals that were mentioned in the story and a short definition about each.
Eric Carle has a unique way of illustrating his stories. He uses collages made from pieces of tissue paper that he has painted. His tissue papers are painted with lot of different shades of a particular color rather than one color alone. He makes everything on the page stand out using all kinds of colors. He uses warm colors for animals such as the fox, the giraffe, and the lion, while he uses cooler colors for animals such as the swan, penguins, and the dolphin. The text is on one page and the illustration fills the other page.
This book could be used in science when teaching students about different kinds of animals as well as their babies. It can also be used to teach children what the names of different groups of animals are such as a herd or pack. Children could make a Venn Diagram with one circle titled "Herd" the other titled "Pack" and the middle circle titled "Other". It tells what each parent and baby animal is called in a particular species. This group is more appropriate for the K-1st grades.
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