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Guess what I get to review today!!!!! A lovely little picture book by a fellow Canadian… who ALSO lives right here in Ontario. Heather Bradley introduces us to Canadian animals as she teaches us collective nouns. I can’t wait to give you a glimpse inside!
The Basic Details
Title: When we all get together
Author: Heather Bradley
Publisher: Friesen Press
Winner: animal non-fiction category – moonbeam children’s book awards
Pages: 44
Intended Audience: children
Style: picture book
Formats: Kindle, Hardcover, paperback
Reviewed for: Jenkins Group Inc.
Received: paperback
About the Author:
Three dogs and several bird feeders round out the household of Heather Bradley as she resides in Lindsay, Ontario. This retired elementary teacher, who also worked with the Ontario Science Centre, loves sharing her passion for nature with children.
About When we all get Together
From a mischief of mice to a loveliness of ladybugs, groups of creatures have beautiful, descriptive names. Join the Canadian wildlife in the maple tree forest. They’re all gathering together one by one—until unwanted pests arrive!
Digging Deeper into When We All Get Together
Groups of animals on a variety of backgrounds fill the pages. I love how the animals are NOT decked out in colourful costumes, but rather appear as they would in the wild. Natural surroundings are included in each image as well.Â
Spend some time learning collective nouns. Can you believe that a group of bears is called a sleuth?!?! What an odd term don’t you think? Makes me think of a bunch of detectives running around trying to solve the local animal problems. 🙂 Can you see the fun children might have?
Wolverines, Moose, Raccoons and more. Can you guess what a group of them could be called? And why would you call them that? Why would a group of chipmunks be called a scurry? (perhaps from how they behave one might think?)
Did you know a group of cats is called a clowder? Well, part of my small clowder was very curious about this book! 🙂 Figured you all ought to meet little Benji!
Add to your shelves?
Learning collective nouns in a fun way. It’s a good thing that! I love that the pages don’t vary where the text is. This makes it very easy to cover up the text and have your children (or students) guess what the animal is and perhaps figure out what a group of them is. It would be so easy to turn Heather Bradley’s book, When we All Get Together, into a group activity, a matching game, or spelling lesson.
But even without the teaching aspect, it’s just an excellent little book about animals. The fact that you learn about the collective nouns for each doesn’t diminish the fun illustrations. And it’s so nice to see different Canadian animals don’t you think?
I love the versatility offered in “When we all Get Together” and I think you will too!
What a beautiful book. My girls always enjoyed books about animals and I enjoyed books about animals that taught them things. This one combines both.
I thought it well done indeed! 🙂
What an adorable book! Thank you so much for sharing about it.
it is a rather nice book. 🙂