If you are looking for a fun, interactive book with great rhythm, give Roly Poly Pangolin by Anna Dewdney a whirl.You might already be familiar with Dewdney's Llama Llama series of books. Just like those, Roly Poly Pangolin is a beautifully illustrated rhyming book featuring less familiar animals -- pangolins.
I've never seen a picture book that features a pangolin. Pangolins are a kind of scaled anteater that lives in Asia and Africa. The baby pangolin in this story is a bit of a scaredy-cat. When he gets really nervous he rolls himself right up into a tight ball to hide.
At storytime, everyone helped tell the story by shouting out the repeating rhyme: "Roly poly very small, doesn't like new things at all!"
We also rolled ourselves into small balls just like baby pangolin does.
We also rolled ourselves into small balls just like baby pangolin does.
Getting kids involved with telling the story by acting out parts or helping to say a rhyme that repeats in the story really engages them and helps hold their attention. And who can resist a baby pangolin!
~ miss_april
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