The Armadillo fom Amarillo by Lynne Cherry.Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World by James Sturm.This website gives some good photos and some interesting facts. All the species of armadillos can be found in the Americas. Now this armadillo does not look particularly like the ones we have in other books, so all the more reason I need to find a photograph. Merging broad visual suspense with wry wit, celebrated picture book creator Jon Klassen gives us a wholly original comedy for the ages." Here comes The Rock from the Sky, a hilarious meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there’s something off somewhere, but you just can’t put your finger on it. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. "Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. Here's the publisher's blurb for The Rock From the Sky Firstly I noticed that a new Jon Klassen book is about to hit the shelves next year and it has an armadillo in it. This is not a major issue because we have neither of these animals in Australia and it is much more important that they know about animals such as echidnas, bandicoots and bilbies etc that live here, but as we are talking about 'curious creatures' and we have books that feature them I thought I would do a little bit of research. I have been contemplating talking to my students about armadillos because at the moment many of them think aardvarks and armadillos are interchangeable. Children love to be in 'on the secret' when you read books like this where the big black rabbit is in fact a shadow. This time a rabbit is trying to escape from the 'big black rabbit'. The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers.This too is a chase, but this time a fox is chasing the rabbit. One Runaway Rabbit by David Metzenthen and Mairead Murphy.Mum is wrapped in towel! Kindergarten love this story. This is the story of a mother and daughter who chase their escaped rabbit through the streets of town. The Great Rabbit Chase by Freya Blackwood.This is a true story about a rabbit that went to Antarctica with the Scott expedition! Tom Crean's Rabbit by Meredith Hooper and Bert Kitchen.This is just the way rabbits came to be in Australia! Jackson, a rabbit wants to see the world so he stows away on a ship hoping to have adventures. All Because of Jackson by Dick King Smith.It is also a good introduction to Fibonacci and his number sequence! This beautiful book follows a pair of rabbits through the year as they cope with their ever expanding brood. With plenty of things that they love to do!' ' The habits of rabbits are many, not few, ![]() The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits by Douglas Florian and Sonia Sanchez.
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