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The Parrot Tico Tango
by
Anna Witte
Parrot Tico Tango is a mischievous parrot who always wants what others have, so he can't resist stealing the delicious looking fruit of his rainforest friends. But Tico Tango learns his lesson when greed finally gets the better of him and he takes on more than he can carry. His companions forgive him - but only on the condition that he dance the tango for them!
Paperback, 24 pages
Published
January 1st 2004
by Barefoot Books
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Parrot Tico Tango is a naughty bird! He has his own mango, but as he soars through the jungle, he steals fruit from other animals. There is the sloth’s lemon, the monkey’s fig, the snake’s cherry, the frog’s grapes and more. Eventually, it gets to be too much to carry and he crashes. Now Tico Tango is left with nothing, not even his own mango. But the others offered him a slice of mango in exchange for him dancing the tango. And dance he did!
This is a colorful book that merrily teaches colors an...more
This is a colorful book that merrily teaches colors an...more
This book is about a parrot that steals fruit from his animal friends. The colourful illustrations make a great starting point for art! I have, in my year 1 class, made giant papier-mâché fruits to put on a display, and we also made a giant parrot and collaged it with colorful tissue paper. The story uses rhythm throughout, a great way to introduce rhyming for ks1. Also, using the book, I focused a great deal on adjectives and describing words. This is in the book and it gives the teacher space...more
Sep 30, 2012
Kim Palacios
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"El Loro Tico Tango" is a cute story full of great illustrations and many opportunities to entertain and engage your toddler. A variety of vocabulary-expanding terminology is used to describe el loro snatching up the fruit from his forest friends, and the fruits (and animals) mentioned take a refreshing diversion from the typical safari animals and apple/pear/plum fruits seen in most toddler books that feature animals and fruits. "El Loro Tico Tango" is full of mangos, papayas, dates, grapes, an...more
PB 11: The Parrot Tico Tango by Anna Witte
Illustrations are very colorful and attractive. A great book to teach colors and adjectives. It has a variety of animals that are found in the rainforest, which children may not be familiar with.
Illustrations are very colorful and attractive. A great book to teach colors and adjectives. It has a variety of animals that are found in the rainforest, which children may not be familiar with.
An entertaining and colorful tale of a parrot that steals everyone else's fruit before learning his lesson and teaching the other animals to tango as retribution. Not particularly original, but fun none-the-less.
Love the spanish version I picked up in Costa Rico (El Loro Tico Tango). I'm not sure how the rhyme translates in English, but amazing in Spanish. Pictures beautiful!
greedy parrot - rhyming
This is one of the most wonderful books I've read this semester. I made a whole unit based on this book! We talked about adjectives, synonyms, character maps, themes and evidence, prediction, the form of poetry with students writing their own adjective poems at the end. :)
Jun 25, 2008
Kip
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I love the rhythm of the rhyme in this book -- it really rolls off your tongue, even when you are reading it for the eleventy billionth bedtime. The art is also nice.
Mar 19, 2013
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Jessica
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