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Backyard Wildlife
Beavers
Beavers gnaw on tree trunks until trees break in half and fall down! Then these busy builders pile wood, mud, and rocks in water to make dams and lodges. Young readers will enjoy learning how beavers use their teeth, paddle through water, and build safe homes.
- GenresScience
24 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2011
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May 28, 2023
Renton Highlands Easy Nonfiction E599.37
A solid does-what-it-says-on-the-tin book. It would work either as a picture for preschoolers or for early readers to read to themselves; it's got solid information presented with good photos in an appealing way.
A solid does-what-it-says-on-the-tin book. It would work either as a picture for preschoolers or for early readers to read to themselves; it's got solid information presented with good photos in an appealing way.
August 24, 2021
A preschool and up nonfiction guide to beavers including body parts and habitats.
March 9, 2015
Who knew beavers could be so interesting?! My listeners loved hearing about how beavers use mud and sticks to build their dams (this was actually already known, of course), but how cool to learn that beavers are such great swimmers not only because of their paddle tails, but also because of their webbed feet! The zoom in on the giant teeth is kind of both neat and scary. We all know about the dams beavers build, but this book even teaches how they build their houses--called lodges.
The back of the book even has a glossary which is helpful for reviewing the key words from the book.
These are very fun and informative books that could be used for teaching research techniques or even book reports. It would be a very accessible book for early readers to read and then discuss.
The back of the book even has a glossary which is helpful for reviewing the key words from the book.
These are very fun and informative books that could be used for teaching research techniques or even book reports. It would be a very accessible book for early readers to read and then discuss.
July 18, 2013
Green, E. K. (2011). Beavers [Ebook]. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether Media.
Audience: Primary
Genre: Non-fiction
Fiction Twin Text: The Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland
Explain how the fiction twin text extends/enhances the non-fiction selection: According to the review in Goodreads, the story "teaches youngsters how to take care with others, as well as the world around us." I believe this to be a great lesson to provide to students wherever it can be found. Through Books In Print, I was able to find three professional reviews (most notably by School Library Journal). As in the selected non-fiction book, this fiction book takes the reader in the habitat of beavers albeit in a more comical fashion.
Audience: Primary
Genre: Non-fiction
Fiction Twin Text: The Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland
Explain how the fiction twin text extends/enhances the non-fiction selection: According to the review in Goodreads, the story "teaches youngsters how to take care with others, as well as the world around us." I believe this to be a great lesson to provide to students wherever it can be found. Through Books In Print, I was able to find three professional reviews (most notably by School Library Journal). As in the selected non-fiction book, this fiction book takes the reader in the habitat of beavers albeit in a more comical fashion.
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