Mammals

Mammalabilia

Written by and Illustrated by: Douglas Florian

HMH Books for Young Readers, 2004

48 pages

Poetry

This book is full of whimsical poems about different mammals. He uses concrete poems to make silly rhymes playing off of each mammals name and physical characteristics. 

The illustrations are large whimsical paintings that show a childlike quality. 

According to a note in the book the illustrations were made on “primed brown paper bags” 

which make them even more interesting to the readers.

I would use this for science in second grade. It is a funny way to introduce different animals to the children. I would have them draw a picture of the animal they liked best from the book. Then have them write a paragraph about what they learned or know about the animal.