Author and Illustrator: Margaret Peot
Series: I Like to Read
Paperback: 24 pages
Publisher: Holiday House (August 10, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823434206
ISBN-13: 978-0823434206
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.1 inches
About the Book
Try, try again is the lesson Crow teaches beginning readers in this picture book reader. Crow was all alone. But like all crows, he was very clever. Using autumn leaves for wings, sticks for the body and a crab apple for the head, Crow made a friend! But winter winds blew in, destroying his creation. Undaunted, Crow fashioned another bird friend out of snow but could not prevent it from melting in the warm spring sun. Alone again, Crow heard the caw, caw, caw of a real, live bird. Together they built a nest and by summer, Crow had a family. This warm, satisfying story, celebrates perseverance and ingenuity.
About the Author:
Margaret is an artist, writer and costume painter. She is looking
forward to the publication of two new books in 2015, Stencil Craft:
Techniques for Fashion, Art and Home (June 26, 2015, F&W) and an
early reader picture book, Crow Made a Friend (July 1, 2015. Holiday
House).Margaret's book Inkblot: Drip, Splat and Squish Your Way to
Creativity (Boyds Mills 2011) was awarded a Eureka! Silver Medal for
non-fiction children's books. She is also the author of The Successful
Artist's Career Guide (F&W 2012), Alternative Art Journals (F&W
2012), and Make Your Mark (Chronicle Books, 2004), voted one of Library
Journal's best how-to books of 2004. An avid believer that art making can be for everyone, Margaret has presented art workshops with cancer survivors, elders, children, parent and teen groups, writers, nurses and caregivers, at The Creative Center at University Settlement's Creative Aging conferences, and their Artist-in-Residence Training program, with EngAGE Utah, at Gilda's Club, The Huntsman Cancer Institute, Operation Exodus in NYC, and at Miami University at Scripps and Opening Minds Through Art.
My Review
From the day we received Crow Made a Friend by Margaret Peot in the mail, the book has captivated my preschooler. Had the author chosen to make the crow black, as they are in real life, this book never would have received the love and attention from my child. The rainbow crow, bright and vibrant, dances off the page and compliments the simplistic words, making it a great read for any emergent reader.I have read this book to my little girl enough times, at her request, so that she has the book memorized. She also was inspired enough to ask if we could go out into the woods to make her own friend for crow. (Check out that activity at the end of this post.)
As a parent, what I like about the book is how the story is simple enough to be a learn to read book without sacrificing the story line. I enjoy reading this book with my child as much as she enjoys listening and looking at the pages. The journey of the crow from a friendly, lonely creature to one with a family is heartwarming.
A special thanks to TLC Book Tours for inviting me to participate in this book review and blog tour.
Links for more info about CROW MADE A FRIEND
Crow paper doll craft | Author’s Website | Activity Sheets
Our Crow Made a Friend Activity
Inspired by reading Crow Made a Friend on a daily basis for a couple of weeks, my Little J wanted to made her own friend for Crow. We took a nature walk, enjoying the fall weather in the trails behind our house.
It is hard to tell from the picture, but Little J also brought her doll Lola in a stroller.
However, once she found these awesome, large leaves, she left the doll stroller for me to push.
She ran through the trails with her new leaf wings.
What they girls discovered after Miss M and I caught back up with Little J is that the leaf had a hitchhiker.
We went in the woods to make a friend for crow, and we made a friend with snail. (Don't worry, we left the snail in the woods.)
Back at the house, the girls assembled and then reassembled the leaves, sticks, and seeds they brought back from the woods. I sat and folded laundry, and I left them to be creative.
Here is their final creation:
A friend for crow.
Connect with Margaret
Website | TheInkBlotBook.com |
Pinterest (Crow) | Pinterest (Birding)
Make sure to check out all of Margaret Peot’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:
Monday, November 2nd: West Metro Mommy Reads
Tuesday, November 3rd: Books, Babies, and Bows
Wednesday, November 4th: Kid Lit Reviews
Thursday, November 5th: Randomly Reading
Monday, November 9th: Sara’s Organized Chaos
Tuesday, November 10th: Frog on a Blog – author guest post
Wednesday, November 11th: Here Wee Read
Friday, November 13th: Picture Books Help Kids Soar
Monday, November 16th: Under My Apple Tree
Tuesday, November 17th: TinkerLab
Wednesday, November 18th: Birdhouse Books
Thursday, November 19th: Sweet Southern Home
You can win your own copy of the book! Enter my Rafflecopter thanks to TLC Book Tours!
FTC Required Disclosures:
*I received a review copy from the author free of charge. All opinions expressed in this review represent my honest opinions about the book. **This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. If you purchase the books through these links, I receive a small portion of the payment, which I use to support this blog. Thanks for your support!
What an adorable friend they created for Crow! Great job girls. :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the review! I like it very much! I wanted to ask you about the age of children to read it. Are the words easy enough for the preschoolers to read themselves?
ReplyDeleteHi there! Thanks for the comment. Yes, I do think this would be a book that children who are just learning to read would be able to read themselves. It is listed as a reading level D. However, I also feel that the illustrations tell the story without having to read the words.
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