Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow

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by Marianne Berkes, Jill Dubin (Illustrator)

Learning becomes fun with a book about the Arctic ecosystem! In Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow , amazing artwork will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate ecology, environment, and the world around us! The perfect book series about animal habitats for kids, Over in the Arctic teaches early learners about animals living in the arctic, which doubles as a fun, interactive, counting book for kids! Teachers and parents, here is another favorite from Marianne, who has a special talent. The kids think it's entertainment while teachers and parents think it's a great lesson about the Arctic! This book combines singing, counting, and full-body action with terrific cut-paper illustrations that kids will want to imitate. Over in the Arctic , the snow goose "honks" and the wolf "howls." Children too will joyfully honk and howl while they count the baby animals and sing to the tune of "Over in the Meadow." And they'll hunt for hidden animals on each page. A big plus for educators are several pages of extension ideas for curriculum and art projects as well as resources on the web and elsewhere. Parents, teachers, gift givers, and many others will find: captivating illustrations of paper cut animals which will inspire many an art project! backmatter that includes further information about the Arctic ecosystem and the animals that live there Music and song lyrics to "Over in the Arctic" sung to the tune of "Over in the Meadow". A book for young readers learning to count, with an interactive, hidden pictures element included!

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Counting, Storytime, Nature, Music

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

Reviews

[Nicoleta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJUEb...

[Terry]

This is a great book when you want to read and your child wants to move around. Young readers are definitely going to want to "follow the leader" and do what the book describes. The author does an exceptional job of blending counting (1 to 10), baby animal names, and habitat into a fun rhyme. The information in the back is excellent.

Tips from the illustrator are handy if you are reading with an older child and/or focusing on the artwork. Highly recommended for toddlers and preschool-aged children.

[ErinTheLibrarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Arctic animals. Counting book. Each page features a verb. Example: "Over in the Arctic, gliding up toward heaven, lived a mother snowy owl and her little owlets seven. "Swoop", said the mother. "We swoom," said the seven. So they swooped as they flew, gliding up toward heaven."

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My four-year-old son picked this book out from the library this week.

We love Marianne Berkes at our house. Especially Marianne Berkes' "Over in..." books. We have almost all of them. But not the newest one, "Over in the River", or this one. You might think, though, that the "Ocean", the "Jungle", the "Forest" and "Australia" would be enough. Apparently not.

Like all of the "Over in..." books, this one can be sung to the tune of "Over in the Meadow", so it is pretty easy to fall into the rhythm of the book. As with all the other "Over in..." books, I learned a little from reading it -- if nothing else, the proper names for animal babies.

Like three other "Over in..." books, this one was illustrated by Jill Dubin. Dubin's style really seems to be a very good match for Berkes' writing.

So, we'll be buying over very own copy of this book before long.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my least favorite of the Over in the Meadow derivatives created by Marianne Berkes. Sometimes the text tries too hard to stick to the "meadow" theme, and some of the rhyme choices are a stretch. The illustrations, while interesting in their own right, don't achieve the level of mastery and fascination that Jeanette Canyon had in her collaborations with the same author. On the plus side, the book presents a surprisingly through overview of arctic animals and includes enrichment materials at the end that are worthy of consideration.

[Peyton Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book simply goes through ten different animals that live in the arctic and what they like to do.
This book is so super cute! I think it would be a great and fun way to introduce students to different animals in different places.
I would read this book aloud and perhaps maybe the whole series and have each student have a specific country and do some research on the different animals and we can make a class book about all the different countries' animals.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the tradition of Over in the Meadow this fun book uses arctic animals. A great group read aloud, get your kiddos imitating the animals for even more fun! The illustrations are not my favorite, but they are not distracting, either. As an added bonus, there's several pages at the end with facts about the animals portrayed and about the "hidden" animals (each page has one). A definite keeper.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book to share new vocabulary such as artic, tundra, etc. Fun to sing and in addition the book is a counting book, which the children loved guessing what number came next. A bit of an I spy book with additional creatures hiding in the illustrations, great for a one on one read. Of course very repetitive text.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

this entry in the series features arctic animals and parents counting from one to ten with each child or children mimicking the parents sound or action. Featured animals are polar bear, arctic hare, walrus, arctic fox, white whale, seal, snowy owl, snow goose, wolverine, and a wolf. length is preschool and up.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great cold weather version of "Over in the Meadow"! This would be great for a cold weather storytime.
this book also has some great information about the Arctic in the back and some extension activities from the author and illustrator.

[Dayna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute counting book with illustrations all created using layers of cut paper. It was fun to go back and find all the hidden characters. Written in rhyme.

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was actually a reread for us, as my kids love this series. There’s a lot of detail in the pictures, my kids enjoy the “find the hidden animal” feature, and the back matter has a lot of good details on both sets of animals. The note from the illustrator with tips for making collages was a nice touch, too.

[E & E’s Mama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Using the tune of the classic “Over in the Meadow”, this version is all about arctic animals. Creative illustrations from torn paper makes it very unique. Over in the Ocean is a similar spin-off to the classic, and we love that one too

* library book; read at 2 years old

[Library Lady Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciate the introduction of animals that I'm not going to experience often. Lots of extra information provided at the end of the book.

[Varin]

Arctic Storytime - flannel board numbers for 1-10. Participants enjoyed the rhyming text and loved adding the numbers to the flannel board.

[AJ Easterday · Rating 3 out of 5]

The quality of the writing in this book is great and would be worth 4 stars, but the graphic design isn't so great and it makes the text hard to read.

[Lindsay Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because not only was it helping kids with counting and numbers as well as reading, but the book also gave facts about all the animals that were in it. So I feel that this book helps children that read it in more ways than one.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute counting book with delightful pictures of arctic animals. I read this for my storytime group and the kids enjoyed doing the actions along with the baby animals. I also like how in the back of the book Berkes gives additional information on each animal as well as tips for using the book.

[Tina B]

"arctic animals, counting, told to song ""over in the meadow,"" fact pages in back"

[Karyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The rhythm does not flow the way the original Down in the Meadow rhyme does. Beautiful pictures and extra fun with hidden animals.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of our new favorite books! Teaches children numbers 1-10 in a catchy, rhyming fashion. Beautiful illustrations, too.

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun book-to-sing with lots of extras--you learn the names of the baby artic animals, you find hidden animals on each page, there is a little write-up in the back about each animal. GREAT!

[Missy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My four-year-old never lost interest, and went back to make sure he found all the hidden bonus animals. I appreciated that the rhymes weren't too forced and klunky. Informative!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3 yo. daughter loves this series of books, and she's particularly a fan of the "find the hidden animal" feature.

[Amy Lohse · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3 year-old read this several times with me. Nice rhymes and illustrations. She liked searching the pictures for animals and learning their names.

[Ecl Storytellers]

A version of 'Over in the Meadow'

[Courtney Baird]

This is a very educational style book. Throughout the book you are introduced to many animals that live in the artic! Each new animals has a baby added to their page so children are also working on their numbers as they read. At the end of the book there is a discription given about each animal. It gives details on how they live and what each animal does for food and shelter.