The Shy Scarecrow

by Mary Packard

A shy scarecrow is too scared of the hungry crows to do his job, but the farmer helps him gain the courage that he needs.

Genres: Autumn

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Erin]

The Shy Scarecrow would much rather stay inside than have to scare away crows. At first he is more afraid of the birds than they are of him! When the farmer finds his hat of tin cans and puts it on his head, the Shy Scarecrow prevails and scares away all the crows.

This simple rhyming book is good for toddler or preschool storytimes.

[Cailin Patterson]

Gray loves the crows and how much they like him love corn
he was scared of scarecrows for a little but this book made him like them!

[Diressa Belcher]

Rags is a shy scarecrow. He is afraid of the army of crows that surround him during his visits outside. Rags begs the crows to go away but they won't budge. The farmer senses Rags' and gives him a shiny new hat! The hat worked! The crows thought Rags was a monster! They did not bother him any longer! Rags was happy.

"The Shy Scarecrows," is a cute story about over coming fear. The book provides an excellent gateway from summer to fall. Every in our class may not celebrate Halloween. This book will allow them to experience the harvest without pressure to go trick-or-treating.

The book will make a great literacy lesson. Teachers could do a unit on adjectives. Students may sequence the lesson. In addition they may describe setting, characters, and mood. The students may also write an opinion piece. This book may be used as a gateway to adjectives. Teachers could instruct students to draw a scarecrow. They should instruct them to use ten adjectives to describe their creation. In addition students could use the rhyming element to compose a poem about the story.

The most important element of this book is rhyming. Students could building a rhyming scarecrow. This is easy to accomplish. Teacher could draw a basic outline of a scarecrow. Students must put the scarecrow together by placing the rhyming words in the correct position. This could be done in small groups or whole group.

[Oana Cerchezan]

This book would be great to use to introduce rhyming. After reading the story we could write a rhyming story together to work on phonics. They could come up with the words that rhyme and I would put their story or poem somewhere in the class to be seen.

[Ashley Couey]

Such a cute book! Childern will love this one because it teaches them how something can be different than what it really is. The scarecrow wasnt scary at all until the owner added a hat to him, then he was doing his job of scaring away the crows.

[Janelle Williams]

Eled 340 Picture Book. This was a fun book to read aloud about the Shy Scarecrow.