adapted by Julie Tibbott
George, the ever-curious monkey, is going about with a camera taking pictures of animals. His friend Bill helps him look for a fawn to photograph, and George learns how to find and identify animal tracks. He finds some tracks that puzzle him, tries to guess what they are from, and decides it was a dinosaur. George is frightened at the idea of a dinosaur walking around, but he follows the tracks and finds out who really made them; quite a surprise! In addition to having a fun story that teaches some things about wildlife and basics of logical thinking (making a guess and testing a theory), the book also has a few pages in the back that give kids activities to match animals to their tracks, and how to make a casting of tracks you find yourself. I might just try that with my older daughter; we often find deer tracks in the nature park nearby, and once I thought I saw the footprints of a raccoon.
Rating: 3/5 ........ 24 pages, 2011
We just recently picked up a few Curious George books at Kohls and I wonder if they're the new style or old. Hoping old! Though I never read these growing up. I think it sounds fun to match the tracks! Bet your daughter would love that.
ReplyDeleteThe old ones are quite a bit longer than the new and have more text, not so simplified. I think your kid will like them regardless. I hope to write about the older books soon.
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