If Animals Kissed Goodnight
About This Book
If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford and illustrated by David Walker is about a little girl who has a talk with her mom at bedtime. The little girl wonders how animal families would say goodnight. She wondered how bears, wolves, elephants, sloths, and other animals kissed the children goodnight.
Genre
If Animals Kissed Goodnight is a poetry picture book. The simple but vivid colorful illustrations by David Walker bring life the story.
Importance
If Animals Kissed Goodnight is a perfect book to get young children to use their imaginations. The rhymes in the book will captivate children and make reading enjoyable.
Discussion Questions
- How do you think animals would say goodnight to their children?
- How do you and your family say goodnight at bedtime?
- How long do you think sloths would take to kiss?
Activities for The Children
- Have the children draw their favorite animal out of the book.
- Have the children write how they believe each animal in the book would say goodnight.
Whitford Paul, A. (2014). If Animals Kissed Good Night. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR).
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- Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet
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