How many words for 'snakes' are there? I made a quick list...adders, asps, pythons, serpents, vipers... these are the generic ones, but when I ask the children I teach, they want to talk about specific kinds of snakes such as cobras, anacondas, boa constrictors, rattlesnakes and taipans. The library does not have books that are only about one type of snake. They are not that easy to find at the level I need and if you can find them, they are very expensive. Luckily we have lots of snake books with indexes so the students will get to be very adept at using this feature.
If we do a snake display at the library I can see that I will need to be ready to be told everything everyone now knows about snakes. I will also need to be mindful not to scare young children who do not want to know about snakes.
Anna and Otis by Maisie Paradise Shearring
Other 'fun' snake stories that allow for interaction with the listeners are:
Snake Brought Cake by Sam Smith and Daron Parton
Can You See Sassoon? by Sam Usher
Boa's Bad Birthday by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley and Eric Carle
Verdi by Janell Cannon
Hide and Snake by Keith Baker
One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bertram and Brian Wenzel
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