About this item
Highlights
- Do you ever wonder what could happen if we all hid away?
- 3-6 Years
- 10.2" x 8.3" Hardcover
- 24 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Animals
Description
Book Synopsis
Do you ever wonder what could happen if we all hid away? If we stayed in, we just might see ... the animals come out!
A delightful series of poems describes the many animals that emerge from the woods, the hills and the skies when we are not around. Peek out your window and watch the deer grazing under the streetlights, the rabbits hopping through our vegetable gardens, and the ducks quack quack quacking along the sidewalks.
The Animals Come Out was inspired by the wildlife seen in quieted urban areas during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that young readers may well remember. But this book also encourages readers to be aware that, in fact, we share the outdoors with these animals all the time, and to consider the impact that we have upon them.
Key Text Features
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
Review Quotes
Bisaillon's pictures, created with a variety of media then combined through digital collage, are full of colour and whimsy.
-- "CM: Canadian Review of Materials"The closing reminder about observing the animals is valuable as today's communities spread ever further into previously undeveloped environments.
-- "School Library Journal"A delightful collection of poetry.
-- "Winnipeg Free Press"This book encourages us all to be more still and observant in the ways of animals and to appreciate the nature all around us.
-- "Children's Literature Comprehensive Database"