The Lorax by Dr Seuss (1971)
The Lorax is a fantastic story that is extremely suitable
for kids of all ages. It is not only
written with Dr Seuss’ characteristics rhymes but with an underlying moral
message. This could be a great way to
introduce environmental awareness with children. The story begins with The Lorax’s favourite
Truffalo Trees being cut down. The Lorax
then tries to fight against those who are destroying them but his fight is all
in vain. The area becomes baron as the
Lorax sends all the environment away and the factory that was processing the
trees shuts down. The story is written
in an extremely interesting manner and it is brilliant at drawing emotions when
explaining the destruction that is occurring to the environment. Could not only be an interesting read for
students but could be used to begin a unit on environmental awareness.
Cat and Fish (2003) by Joan Grant and illustrated by Neil
Curtis
This is a picture book with some very impressive black and
white illustrations. The text is very
simple and due to this would b suitable for very young readers. The book has a really nice story of
friendship and about being mindful of differences. Cat and Fish meet right at the beginning
where they immediately become friends.
They then walk around on land doing all of the things that cat loved
before going to the sea to do what fish loved.
In the end they decide to live on the beach so that they can remain
friends but still do the things they love.
This is a good story in teaching kids about differences and explaining
that differences are not bad. The
illustrations used throughout are very detailed and allow the reader to create
a really nice visual image of the story.
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