Over in the Grasslands New Edition by Wilson, Anna published by Macmillan Children's Books

by Anna Wilson

This vividly illustrated counting book places the traditional rhyme in an African setting. Animals and their babies munch, swim, and sleep as young readers count their way from one to ten on a safari-like adventure. Featuring a final one through ten counting page, Over in the Grasslands is a delightful way to help beginners learn their numbers and discover the wildlife of the African plain.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Counting, Africa, Storytime, Nature

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Anna Wilson lives in Bradford on Avon with her husband, two children, two cats, some chickens, some ducks, a tortoise and a dog. She is the author of The Puppy Plan, Pup Idol, Puppy Power, Puppy Party, The Kitten Hunt, Kitten Wars,Kitten Catastrophe, Monkey Business, Monkey Madness, I'm a Chicken, Get Me Out of Here!, the Pooch Parlour series, The Great Kitten Cake Off and The Mortifying Life of Skye Green series - all for Macmillan Children's Books " " " "She has also written Summer's Shadow for older readers.

Reviews

[Hannah Bainbridge]

A book suitable for year 1. Pictures, Rhyme and counting all incorporated into this tale.
Personally, not my favourite, however good for cross curricula and consolidating knowledge of numbers one to ten!

[Karol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful and bright.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ascending counting animals book where each page has one more baby animal with the mother than the page before. All animals are safari animals. Preschool and up

[Aneesa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great rhyme scheme

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade: 1st-2nd Topic: Habitat, Animal diversity

For the listening station.
Draw a picture about something that happened in the story.
Write a sentence about your favorite/least favorite part of the story and why.
Comprehension questions for class discussion: How many animals were _____ ?

Which animals had tails? Which animals walked on all four legs? What sort of things do they need to survive?

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

We recently found this book and my daughter already has it memorized! We have caught her singing it to herself many times. It's sung to the tune Over in the Meadow and I have to admit, I love singing the gentle lyrics too. The illustrations are very vibrant. The book slowly counts up to ten as you meet a variety of animal moms and their babies. This would be a great book to sing/read before bedtime because it goes throughout the day and ends with a group of monkeys going to sleep.

[Amy Lafleur Meyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable little book that introduces little ones to animals in the African grasslands. Sung to the tune of the folk song "Over in the Meadow," we meet lions playing, warthogs oinking, and many other animals of the grasslands. If you look closely, you can count the animals in each picture and see as we count ultimately to ten animals at the end. The illustrations of the animals are bright and colorful. What a fun read/sing aloud to share with little ones.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interest level: K-2
Reading level: 1-3

Over In the Grasslands is a new take on the Over In the Meadow nursery rhyme. I really enjoyed this story, and thought it would be a great picture book to use with a counting concept or animal/safari concept. Cute story that will have your students singing along.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

By coincidence we borrowed the "Over in the Meadow" story at the same time as we borrowed this one. They are, of course, very similar stories, with this one having a more wild flavor. It was interesting for the girls to talk about the differences in the two stories.

[Kari · Rating 2 out of 5]

I do not like how the illustrator featured, for example, 8 frogs on the left hand page with the text, and then more frogs on the right hand side...makes it very confusing for a young child to count along.

[Ebookwormy1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This engaging book teaches preschoolers about counting, animals, and verb tense, all in a cheerful, palatable form. It is a read and re-read library book in our house that I wouldn't mind upgrading to ownership at the right price!

[Katie Plumley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Repetitive structure makes this book easy to memorize. Students can follow along and count the number of creatures. Because it is easy to learn, this can aid students in building a strong number sense to ten. This book would be appropriate for studnets Pre-K through 1st.

[Sandy Brehl · Rating 3 out of 5]

A savannah twist on Down in the Meadow.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over in the grasslands
by Anna Wilson
a cute book about counting for early elementary, using African animals, rhyme and repetition, you can use the same tune to sing it as over in the meadow