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Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?

Author: -Melanie Walsh


Title: Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?
Illustrator: -Melanie Walsh
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Year: -2006

Format: Softcover
Genre: - Concept
Reading Level: - Assisted Reader
Interest Level: - Preschool, Primary, Elementary School
Topics:  Pictures, Animals


Summary: This book is a concept book that helps younger children connect where animals live.  For example, one of the phrases is "Do crocodiles live in shells?" "No, but snails do." It shows silly pictures of a crocodile in a shell but then it explains that crocodiles do not live in shells snails do.  It shows the children what animals live where and which ones don't in a fun way.
Extension Activities:
Set up a game that consists of all the animals in the story and their homes.  Have a matching game that the whole class can play.