EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
When a Beaver moves into the valley, he builds a dam which creates a pond and becomes a healthy environment for lots of other wildlife. Otter moves in, too. He uses the resources too, he fishes in the pond and invites other otters. Even in the winter, Otter and his friends are very active, sliding down the Dam and making a lot of noise. They also made trouble, all the playing on the Dam broke it, and as often as the beaver would fix it, the otters would break it again, and they weren't helping with the repairs.
In nature (just like in real life) everything doesn't go smoothly, and we still need to get along with our neighbors even though we do thing differently. The beavers turning a stream into a pond and all the different animals benefitting from it was great. I loved the illustrations. Includes an appendix with information about both otters and beavers, more details on the environment, plus literacy connections, social emotional learning ideas, STEAM activities and a short science lesson. This is more than a story about neighbors.
Lisa Librarian
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