Over in Australia
Amazing Animals Down Under
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- 5,99 €
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- 5,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
Learning becomes fun with this book about the animals that are unique to Australia. In Over in Australia: Amazing Animals Down Under, amazing artwork will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate environment, ecology, and the world around us!
The perfect Australia children's book, Marianne Berkes makes animal habitats for kids exciting with Over in Australia, which doubles as a fun, interactive, counting book for kids!
Most of the animals in Australia are unique, meaning they live ONLY in Australia. From kangaroos to koalas, they are a fascinating bunch. Once again, Marianne Berkes makes learning fun. Kids will hop, slurp, and munch as they imitate and count the animals. Like Over in the Arctic, the cut-paper illustrations will inspire many an art project. Plus Marianne provides tons of ideas for activities and curriculum extensions about Australia, literature, writing, and animals. Teachers and parents, as well as kids, are the winners.
Parents, teachers, gift givers, and many others will find:
•captivating illustrations of paper cut animals which will inspire many an art project!
•backmatter that includes further information about Australia and the animals that live there
•Music and song lyrics to "Over in Australia" sung to the tune "Over in the Meadow".
•a book for young readers learning to count!
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Why shouldn't the meadow in the nursery rhyme "Over in the Meadow" be in Australia? Berkes recasts the song to introduce readers to counting, Australian animals, and the names of their young ("Over in Australia/ Looking like a kangaroo/ Lived a smaller wallaby/ And her little joeys two"). Dubin's lively collages feature textured papers, with pencil and crayon providing extra detail for the animals. Add musical notation for the song as well as detailed information about the 10 featured animals (plus 10 more hidden throughout the spreads), and it's a remarkably layered and entertaining trip to the land of Oz. Ages 3 8.
