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Pamela Chanko

Author of What Do Insects Do?

111+ Works 14,052 Members 69 Reviews

About the Author

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Works by Pamela Chanko

What Do Insects Do? (1998) 902 copies
It's Spring! (2000) 607 copies
Monkeys (1998) 551 copies
A Dolphin Is Not A Fish (1998) 501 copies
Sea Creatures (1998) 472 copies
Baby Animals Learn (1999) 436 copies
Counting Penguins (1948) 413 copies
Snakes and Lizards (1998) 409 copies
Busy Beavers (1998) — Illustrator — 385 copies
The Beak Book (1998) 283 copies
Birds (1998) 257 copies
Markets (1998) 251 copies
Thank You! (1998) 250 copies
School (1999) 247 copies
Mexico (1998) 234 copies
Look at This Tree (1998) 226 copies
Australia (1999) 211 copies
Buildings (Emergent Reader) (1998) 210 copies
Who Beats the Heat? (1998) 203 copies
Orange Juice (1997) 197 copies
Festivals (1999) 179 copies
Babies (1998) 166 copies
The Boat Book (1999) 136 copies
What's in a Park? (1998) 121 copies
Crafts (1998) 113 copies
First Aid (1998) 104 copies
Writing Places (1999) 94 copies
Animal Sculpture (1999) 63 copies
It's Spring 5 copies
Buildings 1 copy
Water 1 copy
Parts of Speech Tales (2009) 1 copy

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Reviews

#1583 in our old book database. Rated: Indifferent

A board book of photographs with adult animals teaching their cute offspring how to walk, swim, fish, and play. Nice.
 
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villemezbrown | May 7, 2023 |
This book would be best for older elementary students because it is more factual and has real pictures instead of drawings. It goes through different sea creatures and states facts about each of them with a picture of them shown. This would be helpful to use in the classroom because it is a way to get students to understand facts about sea creatures while still having there be pictures and catching their attention with this.
 
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alliewilber | 2 other reviews | Apr 2, 2023 |
A little boy is on vacation and is excited to go to Grandma’s house. He tries to decide what to take, but doesn’t know what the weather will be like. As he imagines each possibility, he thinks of something new to pack, ending up with six suitcases . . . and Grandma lives right next door!

Part of the Vocabulary Tales series, this book introduces eight key weather words that are important for young readers to know. The key words are highlighted in the story, then reviewed in a trio of activities that follow the story. Young readers can complete a Meaning Match, Vocabulary Fill-Ins, and Vocabulary Questions, all focused on the various types of weather shown in the story.

Brightly colored illustrations show the boy imagining having fun doing a variety of weather-related activities with his grandmother. The rhyming, easy-to-read text highlights the key words and separates them into a box where a simple definition and a sample sentence are also included.

The target audience for this vocabulary builder story is the young reader, ages five through seven, in the lower primary grades. Designed as a foundation vocabulary builder, this fun tale helps young readers enrich and expand their vocabularies as it introduces and reinforces must-know words. [The must-know weather words in “Going to Grandma’s” are blizzard, breezy, chilly, drizzle, forecast, freeze, humid, and hurricane.]

Highly recommended for young readers.
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jfe16 | Jun 12, 2021 |

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Statistics

Works
111
Also by
1
Members
14,052
Popularity
#1,638
Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
69
ISBNs
284
Languages
2

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