Author: Denise FlemingTitle: - In the Small, Small Pond
Illustrator: Denise Fleming
Publisher: - Henry Holt and Co
Year: - 1993
Genre: - Caldecott Book
Reading Level: - First or Second Grade
Interest Level: - Assisted Reading
Topics: Adjectives, Frogs, Pictures, Ponds
Summary: This is a very descriptive book. It really helps children connect adjectives to their meanings. The book is about a little boy who tries to catch a frog. He misses and then the frog goes around the pond and finds everything that is happening in the pond. He sees tons of animals such as birds, fish, bugs, geese, crayfish, raccoons, beavers, tadpoles, and turtles. This is a frogs-eye look at all the exciting things going on in this small, small pond.
Extension Activities: The kids can make a paper plate frog. Fold a paper plate in half. Then paint the outside green and the inside black. Cut a red tongue from construction paper. Draw feet and legs on the green construction paper and cut them out. Glue on large googley eyes on the frog. Glue the legs and feet to the bottom of the folded paper plate. Glue the tongue to the inside. The children will have a frog that they can also use as a puppet.
