Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet

by Kimberly Hutmacher, Sherry Rogers

Overview

Go along on the exciting dream journey from morning to night, using hands and feet just like squirrels, monkeys, rats, spiders, frogs, penguins, elephants, lions, kangaroos, pandas, and eagles. Travel to the lush jungle, the African savannah, Australian outback, and to the frozen Antarctic. Finally, as the sun sets, snuggle beneath the covers and snooze, with recollections of animals at play, inspired by the imaginative illustrations of Sherry Rogers. After all, even the wild things need some time to rest after a day of fast-footed play! The “For Creative Minds” education section features a “Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet” matching activity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607180531
Publisher:	Arbordale Publishing
Publication date:	02/10/2009
Series:	Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD730L (what's this?)
File size:	15 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Kimberly Hutmacher (Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet) has written numerous pieces of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children’s magazines and anthologies. She has also written three eBooks for the educational website “A to Z Kid’s Stuff” and served as poetry editor for Wee Ones Magazine for two years. Kimberly has homeschooled her three children for several years and they have a huge love and curiosity for science. A few years ago, when gathering material for a science lesson on how animals use their appendages, Kimberly had a difficult time finding material geared toward preschool and early elementary students. The seed was planted, and she set out to write her own book that would present the materials in a lively and engaging way for younger audiences. The result was her first picture book, Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet, to be published by Sylvan Dell Publishing in Spring 2009. Kimberly lives in Illinois.

Sherry Rogers spent twelve years as a corporate graphic designer and artist before “leaving it all behind” for the freelance world of illustrating children’s books. Through illustrating The First Fire, Sherry remembers her own ancestor, Na Ni, a Cherokee woman from the mountains of North Carolina. Some of Sherry’s other Sylvan Dell titles include The Penguin Lady, Ten for Me, Hey Diddle Diddle, Newton and Me, Moose and Magpie, Paws, Claws, Hands & Feet, and The Deductive Detective; as well as her award-winning titles: Sort It Out!, Kersplatypus,Burro’s Tortillas, and If You Were a Parrot. Sherry lives in Northern California with her family and their pets.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-K

This rhymed fantasy follows two siblings on a dream voyage to various biomes, where they note spiders spinning, penguins splashing, a kangaroo hopping, and a lion pawing. The author's active words hit the mark for vocabulary enhancement, e.g., "Leaping, lunging,/lily pad plunging...." However, the use of the book's title as the refrain may be confusing to young audiences since it's never made clear whether to look for a paw, claw, hand, or foot on a particular page, and some creatures have none of these appendages. Unfortunately, the artist missed a couple of opportunities for higher energy by not depicting the text. Instead of a monkey "curling, clinging,/tree branch swinging...," the animal is shown sitting on a tree branch, eating muffins from a box. Neither an informative concept book nor an engaging fantasy, this is one that can be skipped.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA

School Library Journal

"I think this one would be SO fun for story hour - you get to move along with the animals in the story - tons of fun and different actions to do with them AND then it ends with everyone sleeping after their long day! This will be a good time!! -In the Pages Magazine

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