Walk on the Wild Side (Life in the Wild)

This is way better than one of those action movies with cliffhanger scenes! If the Newberry Awards had a category for best action plot and illustrations, this book would win hands down. Even better, you're all the way to the end to find out what happens. Only problem is that your child within or your real life child will ask you to read it again. I warned you!

Great book series to read to your children.

Great little story!! Delivery was on schedule!

All of these books are fun and well written. My niece and nephew love them!

Great book to teach how to work together.

Good book to read to my five year old son. Great children's story about friendship and being there for each other in times of need.

Kids love this series!

Title: Walk on the Wild SideAuthor: Nicholas OldlandPublisher: Kids Can PressYear: 2015Pages: 36[Disclaimer: I was provided an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for my fair and unbiased review. I am not required to publish a positive review, just an honest one. So...here you go.]Walk on the Wild Side is a whimsical tale about a beaver, a bear, and a moose who decide one day to go on an adventure. We are introduced very early to what would eventually be the main 'conflict' in the book: the three animals loved adventure, but they are competitive--and this competitive streak sometimes gets in the way of their having a good, fun time.This story moves quickly from the decision to go on an adventure to the adventure to the conflict to the resolution. I like that the parts of the story are easily discernible and that the characters always seem to be smiling. I also enjoyed the easy text and that the amount of words on each page were limited to a few. This helped keep the story moving. I read the story to my students and they were engaged the whole way through the story. When we talked about it at the end, they were able to clearly define what happened in the story, recall elements of the story, and recall the characters in the story. It was also fun to have the students make predictions during the reading.When we were finished with the story, I asked if the students liked it and to a student they said, "Yes!"I am a sucker for the artwork in a kids book. The artwork in this book is strange and quirky, but it works and I love it. The color palate is limited to greens, greys, browns, blacks, and blues. The only other color was a small smattering of red that colored a bird that appeared on nearly every page--as if 'he' was watching the story unfold. I think the artwork is creative, fun, and in a positive sense, silly.In my classroom, this book was used to talk to the kids about being competitive. Some of my students always have to be first or 'boss' or make everything a matter of winning or being first. We talked about how it is important to work together, play together, and to simply have fun being with one another. This book was a great help. In other applications, this will be a good story for helping students make predictions and, perhaps, sequencing or ordering events in a story.A book has to be pretty bad for me to rate it lower than a five, and this book was not even close. It's a five star book that students will enjoy very much. This is a fun story that children will enjoy from front to back. I love this book because it was a fun and enjoyable read. I will be adding this to my personal library in my classroom. Highly recommended.5/5 Stars

Another lovely book. Can’t wait for the Christmas one!

We have all the other stories with bear, moose & beaver, so we are already fans of these quirky little books and their funny characters. I have identical twins and they are uber competitive. This book is the perfect little story to get us talking about being too competitive and shows what can happen when you slow down and work together.

My son loves this story so much, that I get to read it several times a day. Great illustrations as well ! Get the Hardcover for durability.

Love these books at our house!

Really sweet book and life lesson included. Bought for my 2 year old granddaughter and she enjoyed it.

Muy recomendable

Great story book

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