Animal Snackers - By Betsy Lewin

Animal Snackers, written and illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Henry Holt and Company 1980) is a concept book about what animals eat. It is a good book for pre-school to grade 3 and the readability lexile is ages 4-8.

Each page of this book is about a different animal and what that animal eats. The text rhymes and is fun to read. The page on Koalas says: "Koalas decorate the trees, munching eucalyptus leaves. This isn't just their favorite treat - It is the only things they eat." It is a good book because it is fun and teaches the children about different animals.

The watercolor paintings by Betsy Lewin are pleasing and add the visuals to the story so that the children can know what these animals look like.

Mini-lesson:
A lesson on rhymes could follow a book like this. We could look at the the rhyming words in the story and think of some other words that rhyme with those words. We could even think of our own rhyming poem about an animal of our choice.