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Scoot!
While their neighbors in the pond . . .
leap! lurch! scamper! and splash!
six silent turtles sit still as stones.
Will the turtles ever move?
Read this book and find out.
What are you waiting for?
Scoot!
leap! lurch! scamper! and splash!
six silent turtles sit still as stones.
Will the turtles ever move?
Read this book and find out.
What are you waiting for?
Scoot!
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
February 26th 2008
by Greenwillow Books
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Scoot tells the story of a small pond filled with life, and six turtles that remain still. It's not until the wind picks up that the six turtles are forced to move away. Fallwell use of collages brings a unique texture to the story that gives the animals a lifelike quality. Readers may be surprised that when they touch the textured pieces that it still feels smooth. The author uses repetition to tell the story of the turtles, focusing on the life and liveliness of the other animals, but always r...more
Sep 16, 2012
Samantha Van
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Title: Scoot
Author: Cathryn Falwell
Artistic Media Used: Collage
A Brief Summary: This book is about 6 little turtles on a log. These turtles are quiet and motionless. All the animals are moving around these turtles. The waves pick up and then the turtles finally move. They move quickly away from the waves.
Analysis of Art
Texture: The reader can tell that the pictures are made out of paper. Especially the trees and landscaping, you almost wish you could touch it.
Color: The story is very colorful...more
Author: Cathryn Falwell
Artistic Media Used: Collage
A Brief Summary: This book is about 6 little turtles on a log. These turtles are quiet and motionless. All the animals are moving around these turtles. The waves pick up and then the turtles finally move. They move quickly away from the waves.
Analysis of Art
Texture: The reader can tell that the pictures are made out of paper. Especially the trees and landscaping, you almost wish you could touch it.
Color: The story is very colorful...more
I like this book, it talks about animal behavior in simple sentences. Noun and verb. Beetles creep. The turtles sit silent as stones. The variety of verbs in this text will lend itself to lessons about action words. Each page has a variety of animals students can find and count the animals. The animals appear through out the text so it could lend itself to an addition lesson. grades K - 2nd.
Paper art illustrations about a summer pond. Great for vocabulary. Not a story, though there is a simple repetitive phrase that ties it together and offers a conclusion.
"Wriggle! Waggle! Scuttle! Skim! On every reed and stone and limb! But the six silent turtles sit still as stones."
Toddler through early elementary.
"Wriggle! Waggle! Scuttle! Skim! On every reed and stone and limb! But the six silent turtles sit still as stones."
Toddler through early elementary.
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nice pond rhymes about all the life and movement of a pond. while the "green frogs leap. beatles creep. finches purch. herons lurch." etc, the "six green turtles sit still as stones" -- we meet a variety of pond animals...and the turtles remain silent and still until a gust of wind takes their log down the stream. The illustrations are in colorful paper collages.
nice pond rhymes about all the life and movement of a pond. while the "green frogs leap. beatles creep. finches purch. herons lurch." etc, the "six green turtles sit still as stones" -- we meet a variety of pond animals...and the turtles remain silent and still until a gust of wind takes their log down the stream. The illustrations are in colorful paper collages.
Beautiful collage artwork. It's definitely aimed at younger readers and pre-readers. It would be good for helping to learn vocabulary and alliteration. I think if I had read it on its own and not at the same time as a few other picturebooks that I enjoyed more, it would have been more memorable for me. As it was, it completely slipped my mind until I came onto Goodreads to review my latest stack of books.
Dec 26, 2008
Kate Hastings
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Toddlers Preschool Kindergarten Preliteracy skills
Shelves:
picturebooks,
summerstorytimes
Beautiful illustrations compliment rhyming and alliterative text. Six silent turtles sit still as stones while other animals dance around them. Wonderful for nature centers/ nature storytimes. Identification and facts about the animals on the last page.
Gorgeous artwork, and fun text it's based on. Love the "notes" at the end, which may serve as an entry point for older readers who may enjoy the artwork--it tells them how to create their own--as well as talking more about the animals she's illustrated.
I adored the wonderful collage artwork that incorporates actual pieces of nature (a found piece of wasp nest used in the wasp nest)into the design. The rhythmic story would be wonderful for storytime and I loved the author's notes in the back.
This is just not a Molly book. I try to like books like this but I struggle. I did like the rhyme of it but animals in nature doing there thing just does not excite me and I rarely find a person to give it to. Ages 3+
This is a beautifully illustrated repetitive, rhyming book. It has wonderful adjectives and descriptive words. It also gives many examples of animals/birds/bugs/etc. that live near bonds. WOULD BE A GREAT READ ALOUD.
another mock caldecott title. Busy drawings and uninteresting text, I didn't care for it much. A bunch of turtles stay still at a pond, while all the other creatures scurry around them. Whatever.
Glorious cut-paper, textured, colorful pictures, excellent vocabulary in an (unforced) rhyming text of animals in and around a pond on a summer's day in Maine. Wonderful use of perspective.
Apr 15, 2013
Kim Miller
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
animals,
concept-book,
contemporary-fiction,
informational,
own-it,
picture-book,
poetry,
science-fiction
The powerful words in this book really make the pictures come alive. I like the last two pages where it talking about the animal named in the book. This could be a good book for a new reader.
bold and colorful illustrations great for story time
Six silent turtles sit still as stones on a log, as energetic movement by the other animals in the pond happens all around them.
Six silent turtles sit still as stones on a log, as energetic movement by the other animals in the pond happens all around them.
Althought the illustrations are a bit busy and complicated the story introduces animals, reptiles and insects that live near a pond with short rhyming explicative text.
Cute poem, excellent art. I love that the author includes science and art notes at the end. We're going to do some art projects using her methods.
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This book would be good for the preschool and Kindergarten classes. I liked the sounds all the animals but the turtles were silent till the ending.
Great book to read for rhyming and fun sound words! This book can be read well with a lot of fun action words and sounds. Pre-K through 1st grade.
Pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a picture book about pond life. Some fun word choices, and nice illustrations.
Great alliterative text. Falwell contents art, with nature and story. Parts of the illustrations are done with natural materials.
Another great story that teaches about nature with great illustrations and a multitude of verb vocabulary.
Lots of animal movement and great textured collage illustrations. Very fun.
Great use of literary devices and great illustrations!
turtles, squirrels, ponds
Captures the animal action down by a pond. This is a good choice for a vocabulary based early literacy storytime.
Active verbs!
Cathryn Falwell playfully describes the actions of various animals bustling in Frog Song Pond. While the other animals are active, six turtles rest silently on a log until a strong wind sends them scurrying away.
Nice selection for young children interested in wild life. The lyrical rhyme of the book makes it an enjoyable read aloud. Also the back pages provide several learning extensions.
Nice selection for young children interested in wild life. The lyrical rhyme of the book makes it an enjoyable read aloud. Also the back pages provide several learning extensions.
Great for descriptor words and vocab for my preschoolers
The book introduces animals, reptiles and insects that live near a pond with rhyming. Book provides science vocabulary building.
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