Customer Reviews

Here is the African Savanna

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This is a wonderful example of a circular story with excellent repeated lines and incredible pictures. It shows the connections of the various animals and plants of the Savanna.

A must for teachers and parents!

In the style of "The House That Jack Built", this book employs delightful repetitions and stunning illustrations to give children a picture of the animals who inhabit the African savanna. I read this book on a regular basis to children of all ages (and lots of adults), and they all enjoy it. In fact, I have worn out my initial copy, and have had to order another!

"Here is the African Savanna" is an engaging picture book that is also educational. The cumulative style along the lines of This is the House that Jack Built makes this a perfect book for reading aloud to young children ( ages 4-8) or for motivating beginning and intermediate readers. My daughter, who is five-and-a-half was able to read the text about the wildlife in the African savanna with some help from me. She loved the vivid colors of the illustrations, especially the bold depiction of the various wildlife such as the zebras, lions, giraffes, baboons, impalas, tick birds, hippos, and elephants portrayed in their natural surroundings.

This is an informative and educational book, great for introducing young children to creatures of the African savanna. There is also a useful glossary at the back of the book which provides more details on the various inhabitants of the savanna. A wonderful resource for school and home libraries.

As other reviewers have noted, the story progresses to show the the relationship of the animals and the environment. Great. The illustrations are nice and flow nicely with the story. Our son really likes the book, BUT... The author, editor and publisher all need to review Stunk and White (or any other style manual) to distinguish when to use "that" and when to use "which."

Our toddler *loves* this book. It didn't take him long to understand the cumulative pattern the book was using, and it didn't take much longer before he was able to finish sentences and later narrate pages to us. Fun for him, fun for us. Nice (I like the way the Kirkus review calls it "handsome") artwork too.