Dunk Skunk

by Michael Rex

Animals are amazing athletes, and, wouldn't you know it, their names hint at the sports they love to play. Kids will cheer along with Quarterback Yak and Receiver Beaver, Bat Cat and Glove Dove, and Kick Chick and Goal Mole.
This companion book to the hit ,I>Truck Duck is full of energetic animals and sly details that are sure to entertain sports fans of all ages. Praise for Truck

Genres: Picture Books, Sports, Animals, Childrens, Storytime

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[YoKevinO · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for a sports storytime. There is no narrative; it's entirely based on rhyming sports stuff with animal names. "Coach Roach" is easily the best one, with a roach holding a clipboard. I like to diagram the play - "Listen here everybody, tonight when the lights go out, you all are gonna go on the outside, you all take the inside, we'll meet, and, eat the garbage! 1, 2, 3, TEAM!". Love me some Dunk Skunk.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for storytime with babies. It's short, rhymes, and the pictures are bright and bold. This story features animal athletes. The "Freestyle Crocodile" is my favorite. I read each animal with some pizazz to make it more interesting.

[Zach · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually had the chance to read this book to my one and a half year old cousin. He loved all the different animals and sports the animals were playing. The book "Dunk Skunk" by Michael Rex would be a great read for students from K-4. The students would love all the animas that are playing sports in the story. This book basically goes through multiple different sports and rhymes them with the name of animals. As a kid and now as an adult I enjoyed this children's book.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of my 3's picked this at the library and it's been high on the request list all week. A very simple book, but the rhymes are hilarious and it's an easy jumping off point for kids who are into sports. This is a great one to extend into "reading" pictures - it's pretty easy to learn the words, and once they do they can read the pictures and tell YOU what the words say.

[Asho · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is simple but cute. Each page features an image of an animal participating in a sport and a rhyme that describes what is happening ("dunk skunk", "referee kiwi"--my favorite, etc.). It would be great for a unit on rhyming. My four-year-old has asked to check this out from the library more than once because he thinks the pictures are funny.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute little rhyming book matching animals with sports that rhyme with them.

Good for teaching sounding out words and how changing the first letter of a word can change the meaning of the word (i.e. cat and bat).

Fun illustrations.

[Lacey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh it was okay. Just a book of animals playing sports with certain names like Dunk Skunk and the such. Not much there story wise. Didn't keep my daughter's attention until I made up more to the "story" if you can call it a story.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a book about rhyming words using animals and sports. I like that it encompasses a wide variety of sports, but some of the animals chosen are not common animals to a young child (like kiwi and yak). And if you're wanting a book about basketball, this isn't it.

[Jamie]

Very simple book. Only two words per page.

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brightly illustrated with rhyming short text, toddler will enjoy this sports book with basic concepts..."bat cat"..."cheer deer" and so on.

[JoEllen Mccarthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun read aloud for Word play!

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Puns galore!

[Brandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This simple picture book shows various rhyming athletic animals.

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book that rhymes. Great illustrations. Short and easy read. Help students get familiar with sports!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun, if simple book. My Kindergarten son read most of it by himself. The Receiver Beaver gave him a little bit of trouble, but I think that would trouble anyone.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick + Libby currently loves rhyming words=winner

[Kelly Carey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book for teaching rhyming to young children.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun sports book for kids. Bright illustrations with minimal text.

[Krystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as Truck Duck, but still fun.