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Turtle's Penguin Day (2008)

by Valeri Gorbachev(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0375843744 (ISBN13: 9780375843747)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: Turtle's Penguin DayStory and IIlustrations By Valeri GorbachevGrade Levels: App. 1-3DRA/Lexile Measure/GLE: n/aReviewed By Aaron CarterTurtle's Penguin Day is about a turtle who wants to become a penguin after his feather read him a book about the creatures, and then subsequently dreamed about them. The next morning Little Turtle dresses and moves to mimic a penguin, which continues into the school day. His fellow students likewise want to become penguins, so the teacher makes it "penguin day." That evening Father Turtle reads a story about monkeys to Little Turtle and, as you can guess, he dreams about monkeys. Because of the book's storyline, it would a great choice for use when teaching predictions, or for teaching fluency, as there's extensive commentary to practice p... morerosody. Most sentences are simple in structure, though there are some compound ones, too.
review 2: Ok, the premise of a turtle wanting to be a penguin was a little hard to conceptualize, but once I got there I was thrilled by how enthusiastic he was about penguins specifically and learning in general. This little turtle has an inquisitive nature and his curiosity and that of his classmates (all different kinds of animals) was really refreshing. I was worried they'd make fun of him when he dressed up as a penguin and started imitating them, but everyone joined in! He goes on to study monkeys next. Amusing (still a little weird), and awesome! less

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