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Monday, February 20, 2012

Panda Whispers

Book Title: Panda Whispers


Author & Illustrator: Mary Beth Owens


Publisher: Dutton Children’s Books


Copyright Date: 2007


Genre: Picturebook – Contemporary Realistic Fiction (Concept Book)


Brief Annotation: It’s bedtime in homes, forests, rivers, prairies, and oceans. Parents are putting their little ones to bed. Pandas, llamas, alligators, and otters all send their little ones off to sleep to dream. Under a sleepy, starry sky, what do you think they each whisper to their children?


Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4 – I really like the concept of this book – all these different animals tenderly putting their little ones to sleep and whispering something hopeful to inspire them and their dreams. And all those feelings are enhanced through the illustrations of the animals. The rhyming (and rhythm) of the text also adds to the sleepy time, dreamlike quality of the book. For some reason, I though the book went on a little too long. And I was surprised by some of the things whispered – they didn’t have the depth of feeling that I had hoped (or expected) – but for children, perhaps these are more interesting (and informative).


Readers who will like this book: Children ages 3-6 will most enjoy this story. It is definitely fitting for a bedtime story. It has a quiet quality to hopefully ease little ones into sleep. Children will enjoy seeing the different animal parents and their babies, and hearing what each whispers to their children. Hopefully the person reading the story will then join in and whisper something to the child before sleep!


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: What do you think a panda parent might whisper to their children before they go to sleep? What about a turtle parent to their babies? Why would they whisper something? What would you want your {parent, grandparent, sibling, etc} to whisper to you before you fall asleep?

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