Friday, January 11, 2008

Snakes

The Singing Snake by Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes. Hyperion Books for Children, New York. 1993.

  • Australian aboriginal folktale with artwork in the style of aboriginal paintings
  • Explanation of origin of didgeridoo and phrase "snake in the grass"

Verdi by Janell Cannon

  • Picture book story of a python who resists changing from a daredevil to a laze-about-in-the-tree sort of snake.
  • Kids were excited to listen to music by Verdi after reading this

Sea Snakes by D. M. Souza

  • Non-fiction about true sea snakes with photographs
  • includes some info about land snakes who hunt in the water and sea kraits

Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told by Lamar Underwood

  • Excerpt from the non-fiction book The Long Walk tells about surviving in the Gobi by eating snakes--read aloud
  • Also includes Rikki Tikki Tavi by Kipling

Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco

  • includes dream called "the Snake and the Rosary" about 5 pages long. Read aloud

Make a snake circle book--we used it to record life cycle

Snake Tales Naturalist MacBeth Derham's story about catching and getting bitten by a snake at age 10. Read aloud.

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble

  • Silly "domino effect" story. The kids loved it

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