Lindsay Barrett GeorgeReseñas

Two different mice that live inside or outside. How they are different and how their homes are different.

located in Animal Fiction bin

This is a cute book about two siblings walking in the woods and discovering plants and animals. Reading this book would be great before going on a nature walk to see what kids discover. The book does include a picture of a bird with a dead bird with some blood on it. While it is not very graphic, it is something to be mindful of while reading. I think this book is at a primary reading level.

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This book is about a brother and sister who take a walk through the woods. On each page it describes where they are and what is around them. For example on one page it says how they are next to an orange wood lily in a sunny clearing. The stalk next to the flower does not have a flower on it and they ask who’s been here? Then on the next page it says a deer. I like this book because it gives the reader a chance to think about what animal has been to the place they’re standing. I would use this book to teach students about making predictions and inferences. They can make an inference based on the information given and what they know and then guess what animal has been there.

Recommended for Storytime by Lauren B.

Maggie's ball rolls down the hill into town and is lost! She finds a lot of other small round yellow objects but not her ball. A little girl reading on a bench finds it and asks Maggie to play - so Maggie finds not just her ball, but a new friend.

cammy and william don't see any wildlife as they walk through the woods, yet there are signs everywhere that animals have been around.
6 books

two children go out in the snow and using the clues from the environment, figure out what animals have been through the woods
1 book

discusses different animals that live around a pond, what they eat, and, how they survive.
6 book

loved this as a kid!

I really enjoyed this book for multiple reasons. First, the plot encourages readers to love and learn about nature. Each page presents a new creature and a fact about them. For example, the children find milkweed in the tree and ask, "Who's been here?" The author then presents the monarch butterfly to the readers on the next page. Second, the language is repetitive and descriptive in order to enhance the story. For example, on one page the children describe what they have seen and the next the author gives the reader the name of the animal. This allows for readers to make predictions, and be more inclined to follow along in the story. Third, the illustrates are capturing. For example, the image of the orioles nest have the children pointing up to the small, sagging nest. The children and their dog are in each picture. This allows for readers to really see the details about the animals and make predictions. The main idea of this story is learning different creatures in the woods.

I really liked the book That Pup because the illustrations really drew me into the storyline. The illustrations describe perfectly what is stated in the written text. I really like how the author and illustrator did a great job incorporating numbers and sequencing into the book. By having the puppy dog find the ten acorns scattered across the nearby area, the author incorporates counting from one to ten while reading the book. I really like how there is a definite sequencing to the book. For example, the story shows the puppy looking in the yard, under the leaves, under the wheelbarrow, in a pumpkin patch, in a toy car, in a sunflower field, in a pond, and in an apple tree. After puppy goes through the sequence of events one time, the puppy reviews the same sequence, this time with the squirrel, to put the acorns back in the same sequence that they were found. I like how the writing is divided among the pages because it only tells as much information as provided in the pictures. I like this because I was able to predict what was going to happen before I actually read or saw a picture about it. I thought this book was very engaging and really kept me engaged. The big message of this book is all about teamwork and helping others when they make a mistake. The puppy made a mistake by digging up all of the squirrel’s acorns. Once the squirrel informed the puppy the he was saving them for when winter time came along, the puppy realized his mistake and together the squirrel and puppy put back the acorns where they belonged.

Traveling around the world will provide you with an abundance of education. Miss Lewis is on a nine-month expedition hoping to see animals that were studied in her science class. She sends her students letters throughout her journey, detailing the animals she has seen. Not only does she describe the animals, but she also teaches the children about the climates and the cultures of the places she has visited. Miss Lewis became the student, learning as much as she could on her journey, but once a teacher, always a teacher.

Recommended by Linda Dyndiuk

The left-hand page shows inside mouse, the right-hand page shows outside mouse in close-ups of their journeys toward the window where they finally see each other and say "hello!" Not strong on plot, but there's lots of detail in the pictures, and the final pages are zoomed out to show the whole scene.½

This was a very easy read. It shows how two different mice live in different places, but have the same obstacles. This can show kids how no matter how different someone is, they are still the similar in different ways.

A teacher travels around the world taking pictures of different animals from different countries. She brings back her pictures to show her class about what she's seen and learn.

A guessing game about who has left tracks and other clues in the forests' snow.

Ages: 4-5

Pierce College Library

Review:
This book is great for children because they can do these things too. I remember when I was younger I would go to my community beach and look around and go "exploring" to find cool and interesting things just like Cammy and William. You learn all about animals and their environment and in the back of the book there are bigger descriptions of each animal.

Summary:
This children's book, "Around the Pond: Who's been Here?" by Lindsay Barrett George is about a brother and sister, Cammy and William going blueberry picking in the woods with their dog Sam. While they are looking for blueberries they see footprints of animals and try to figure out what animal made those footprints or markings. They come across wood ducks, raccoons, sunfish, beavers, painted terrapins, garter snakes, blue herons, and river otters.

Review: Book about two girls and their adventure in the snow trying to find out what animal was there.

Ages: 4-8

Source: Pierce ECE library

Review: Book about two girls and their adventure in the snow trying to find out what animal was there. They discover lots of different clues of animals by what they left being, foot prints, feathers and things of the like.

Ages: 4-8

Source: Pierce ECE library

A guessing book where children see trails left by animals before them and discover who has been there.
Ages 3-4
Source: pierce college library

Summary: Christina and Jeremy are sent into the garden to gather vegetables for their mother. While they investigate the many things they find that don’t appear to belong in the garden such as nibbled greens, slimy streaks on the leaves, and holes in the ground; they try to figure out who might have been in the garden to make such marks. Surprisingly enough the animals that had been in the garden are not always what you would expect.

Personal Reaction: The illustrations in this book were incredible and the most impressive was the hair on both the characters and the animals. I was also surprised by the animals that the author chose to use to identify who had been in the garden. Many of the animals were not what I would have expected and would increase the children’s exposure to a variety of animals while also expanding their vocabulary to include a wider variety of animals found in the garden. My favorite part about this book is the way it left the question hanging allowing the students the opportunity to actually guess who had been in the garden. This was a fun book to read to the class.

Classroom extension:
1. This book could be used to introduce garden habitats.
2. This book could be an introduction to life in the garden and children could add to the story drawing pictures of what they found in the garden and identifying and drawing the animal that left the mark.

The story is very simple - a variety of animals are playing the "telephone game". I found the illustrations most interesting, where George used actual objects from nature and painted the animals. I think students could get lots of creative ideas for their own works of art from this book. It could also easily be tied into a science lesson or scavenger hunt.

Summary:
Cammy and William go walking through the woods on a cold winter day. They find several clues in the snow of different animals that have been there.

Personal Reaction:
This book makes you recollect which particular animals would be in a certain scenario. It was a great review of georgraphy for me.

Classroom extension Ideas:
I. Art
pretend to be a family of birds and use loose items to build a comfortable nest.
II. Georgraphy
Make a chart of birds and describe similarities and differences.

This book shows the behavior of two differnt mouse's in two environments are relatively the same. The illustrations are light and clear and could tell the story without the text. The text has a poetic twist to it. I would use this book in science, when talking about the same type of animals in different elements.

Irresistibly adorable!