A boy finds a salamander in the woods and imagines the many things he can do to turn his room into a perfect salamander home. Together, Anne Mazer ...
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Feb 11, 2009
Chandra
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This book is about a boy who brings home a salamander and describes to his mother how he will change his room accommodate the salamander's needs. Fabulous and vivid matching illustrations show the room's transformation into a wonderful natural habitat. This is such a great book to show how different creatures have different needs and will definitely make kids think. It also encourages an active imagination. Highly recommended!
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Mar 20, 2009
Kathryn
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What a great concept! I love how the story grows with the little boy's imagination, how the mother carefully weaves "reality" into the boy's perceptions of taking care of a captured salamander--the story and beautiful illustrations do a great job showing nature, habitats and the food chain while also illustrating a boy's sense of wonder, imagination and real desire to care for his dear little salamander.
I also like that it's left up to the audience whether they want to co More...
I also like that it's left up to the audience whether they want to co More...
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Feb 13, 2009
Abigail
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In this deceptively simple picture-book, young Brian finds an orange salamander in the woods, and brings him home. Brian's mother wonders how the salamander will live in his room, and a lovely dialogue develops, as Brian describes the many changes he will make, in order to create a habitable environment for his new friend...
The Salamander Room is an excellent little title, ideal for teaching children about the habitat needs of other species, and would probably also function very well More...
The Salamander Room is an excellent little title, ideal for teaching children about the habitat needs of other species, and would probably also function very well More...
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Oct 11, 2011
Traci
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The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer tells the story of Brian, a young boy who finds a salamander in the woods. He imagines all the things he would do for his salamander if he were to take him home. His mother asks all the questions, such as, "They will be hungry. How will you feed them?" Brian responds, "I will bring insects to live in my room. And every day I will catch some and feed the salamanders." The story continues like this, and you can just imagine Brian's room b
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Feb 13, 2011
Lisa
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Ha! My adult mind had me befuddled. I was expecting a different ending, and perhaps I’d have preferred a different ending. Yet, this book is practically perfect in every way.
A young boy finds a salamander in the wild and wants to keep him. He has answers to every question posed to him by his mother about how he will create the perfect environment for the salamander, and for himself too. The story does a good job of showing the interconnectedness of various animal and plant life in an More...
A young boy finds a salamander in the wild and wants to keep him. He has answers to every question posed to him by his mother about how he will create the perfect environment for the salamander, and for himself too. The story does a good job of showing the interconnectedness of various animal and plant life in an More...
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Oct 28, 2009
Elizabeth
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Brian finds a salamander in the woods and brings it home. When his mother asks how he will give the creature what it needs, he envisions transforming his bedroom, step by step, into a salamander paradise. The illustrations in this short picture book immerse the reader and make her long for a salamander room herself. Mazer's writing hints of poetry without becoming overly flowery: "The rain will come through the open roof, and the sun, too. And vines will creep up the walls of my room, and f
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Oct 11, 2011
Sarah
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The Salamander Room is a story about a little boy named Brian who decides that he wants to keep a salamander in his room. The salamander moves into the boy’s bedroom with a frog, crickets, some leaves and moss and ends up taking over his whole room. Brian eventually ends up sleeping outside with his salamander. Brian’s mother skillful asks him classic “mom” questions which he always has an answer for. The pictures and writing in this book are magnificent and nothing is overdone.
Oct 10, 2010
Jodi
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The illustrations were beautiful. It started out with single paged bordered drawings. AS teh details of his imagination grew, so did the illustrations. They were partial full bleed and then full bleeds. The story of his room changing into another place is something that all children will enjoy because they can connect. Brian, the main character, was so caught up in his own additions to the story as to how this dream of his is so doable.
Sep 24, 2011
Rose
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This book was about a boy who finds a salamander and brings it home with him. Throughout the whole story he is explaining to hios mother what he will do to make his room a good environment for the salamander to live in. This would be a good book to read to the children if ou are going to introduce a class pet into the room. It could also be read just to talk about how animals need to live in their natural environments.
Sep 26, 2011
Becca
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A little boy wants to bring a salamander he found in his backyard home, however doesn't have a great envrionment for it to live. The more he discribes what he is going to add to his room to make the creature comfortable, the more his room becomes the salamander's natural environment. It is a wonderful story to help children learn about animals and the importance of perserving their homes.
Oct 12, 2010
Christy
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This reminds me of the "Where the wild things are", the room turning into the place the boy needs it to be. I liked the artwork that is showcased on the pages. I found the story of the character who had the answer for all that was asked to be very imaginative. Most kids have this ability, but do not always use it. I would most definatly use this in my classroom.
Sep 26, 2011
Melissa
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This book was about a boy who finds a salamander and keeps it as a pet in his own room. The more he tried to create the salamanders natural habitat, the more it started fitting with the salamanders needs. I like this book because this is what teachers try to do, create a classroom environment to fit the students needs, to make the environment more kid friendly.
Jan 15, 2012
Jennifer
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I LOVED this book! The mother walks through with the child as to what a salamander needs to survive. It also goes through how other animals are involved and their part in helping the salamander environment. A great example of the living environments of salamanders, why they need to live outdoors instead of a cage, and how the animals effect each other.
May 28, 2009
This is one of those super important childhood books... We did a huge unit on it in 1st grade, I think, that involved a lot of learning about salamanders and a large art project. I don't know why I thought of it today, but I did read it, so I thought I'd add it to my books. It is a lovely story, and I especially remember the amazing illustrations.
Aug 01, 2009
Mommyfeez
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Here's another beautifully illustrated childrens book. I love the story as well- don't want to give it away- but it has been checked out from the library so many times, I'm suprised they don't just house it at our place. It is one of my 2 year olds favorites. She likes to find the critters on each page, so it can be an educational excercise too.
Aug 10, 2009
Cami
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This simple conversation book between mother and son about how this boy would take care of a salamander he brings to his room was unexpectedly enchanting for my 7 yr old.
Lush illustrations allow you to see right into this boy's head which is lead by imagination and not barred by the gently questioning of his mother's practicality.
Lush illustrations allow you to see right into this boy's head which is lead by imagination and not barred by the gently questioning of his mother's practicality.
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Oct 02, 2011
Ashley
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This book is about a boy who has a pet salamander. He tried to change his room so that his pet could be more comfortable. His room ends up being more of an natural environment for the salamander and not the boy. This book would show a class that you need to be yourself and not someone else.
Jan 19, 2011
Sarah
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The Salamander Room is a great tool to use in the classroom when teaching students about the enviornment. This book also helps students learn more about Salamanders, which are an unusual, but interesting, animal that students would be interested to learn more about.
Oct 02, 2011
Andria
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Very detailed illustrations that complete the book. Boy wants to keep a salamander in his room. To give the salamander everything it needs his own bedroom turns into a jungle. Good for teaching about habitat or just about finding where you fit in.
Dec 06, 2010
Lisa
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Amazing illustrations. Teaches to 'leave things where they need to be' while highlighting creatures needs within the food chain and environment. Can relate to imagination and dreaming as well.
Aug 15, 2011
Heather
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The illustrations crawl out of the page so sweetly. The love for salamanders is strong in this household, so it really is one of the most perfect books we've read as a family.
Sep 22, 2011
This could be used when aiding in teaching science because it shows the habitat for salamanders. you could talk about nature, imagination, pets, our friendships as well.
Apr 14, 2011
Rima
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Story about a little boy who finds a salamander in the woods. He takes it home and his room starts to magically change to suit the salamander's needs.
Apr 12, 2011
Angela
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I loved the story and the illustrations. I thought it was great how the pictures developed with the boy's imagination. Will use this in my classroom
Dec 10, 2009
D'Anne
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This book has really great illustrations and basically teaches children that they should leave wild animals in the wild and/or go live in the wild themselves.
Apr 23, 2010
Merry
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An adorable book for children about a young boy who has a salamander living in his room - one of my son's favorites, but equally good for girls.
Mar 02, 2009
Julie
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Excellent! A story that shows how we can teach by asking questions (wondering) with children to help them draw their own conclusions.
Sep 02, 2011
Elizabeth
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Read this to Kai about 50 thousand times. We both loved it. He really,really wanted a room with live leaves on the ceiling and...sky.
Nov 09, 2011
Alisha
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Good book for visualtization. Allow class to think of own pictures and sketch them out. Appropriate for all grade levels.
Oct 20, 2011
Abbi
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This would be a good book to use when talking about environment or eco-systems. It is a good book for children who love animals.
