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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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10/19/14

The Animals Who Changed Their Colors

TITLE:  The Animals Who Changed Their Colors
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:  Pascale Allamand , English version by Elizabeth Watson Taylor
PUBLISHER:  William Morrow& Co      PUBLICATION DATE:  1979
GENRE:  Fiction Picture Book                           READING LEVEL:  Eight Year Old
BRIEF OVERVIEW:  A polar bear, whale, tortoise, and crocodiles want to have the same beautiful colors as the parrot.  Each of these animals discover that it made no sense to change their colors.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  While working in groups of four to six, students will write the physical traits of an assigned animal, that help to protect it in its environment and what may happen without these traits.  For language arts, students will follow up with a creative writing  about their own individuality.  
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:  (Kimberly Hansen,  Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: ( animals, science, writing, environment )