I have enjoyed using this book with multiple groups this spring! There is a lot to love:
a) The chipmunk appears in every spread.
b) The book is cumulative. However, because that is too many words for my youngest patrons, I just read the first line on every page.
c) I say the color and the creature on each page that we are looking for.
d) We talk about what the "surprise" will become at the end of the book.
e) There are four green creatures: hummingbird, inchworm, praying mantis and grasshopper.
f) for the inchworm I make a sound that replicates it moving along slowly
g) for the ants we sing a verse of "the ants go marching"
h) We talk about perspective on the final page. Up until that point we have had a close perspective but on the last page we are seeing what the scene is like from far away and above: the viewpoint of the surprise yellow butterfly!
