Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton reviewed by Lauren Whitehurst

In "Your Personal Penguin," a penguin wants to be best friends with a hippo. The penguin tells the hippo all the reasons why he wants to be friends. He wants to walk right by the hippo's side, travel with him, and many other things. This book could be used in the classroom to teach the qualities wanted in a friend and what the students would want to give to their friends. It also can be used for rhyme. What's even better about this book? There's a song that goes with it that you can download from www.workman.com/boynton by Davy Jones of The Monkees. Songs are a great way to grab the interest of students and they work very well as teaching aids. This is a very cute book for younger students.

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