Blackberry Banquet (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934359709)

Mmm-mm! Forest animals squeak, tweet, slurp, yip and chomp over the sweet, plump fruit of a wild blackberry bush. But what happens when a bear arrives to take part in the feast? Young children will enjoy following the story by making the animal sounds, and the chaos that strikes upon the bear's arrival will surely bring on the laughter. The cumulative, rhyming text makes for a great read-aloud. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 34-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Blackberry Banquet is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

Author: Terry Pierce
ISBN-10: 193435970X
ISBN-13: 9781934359709
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.16h x 8.82w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 515756 / Blackberry Banquet


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 09/01/2008 pg. 156