Jakki Wood’s Animal Hullabaloo: A wildlife noisy book

The book does not foster the development of the processes except if you wanted to use observation by observing each animal throughout the book to identify what types of noises they make.

• Author: Jakki Wood
• Illustrator: Jakki Wood
• Year Published: 1995
• ISBN: 0-689-80301-X

Science Topics

• Life Science

Minimum Suggested Grade Level

• Prekindergarten

Maximum Suggested Grade Level

• Kindergarten

Summary

This book contains more than eighty animals raising their voices in an animated uproar in this sight and sound spectacular

Evaluation

• Appropriateness: Low
• Authority: Low
• Accuracy: Low
• Liteary Artistry: Medium
• Appearance: Low

Questions

Does the book foster development of processes?

The book does not foster the development of the processes except if you wanted to use observation by observing each animal throughout the book to identify what types of noises they make.

Does the book provide an opportunity for children to ask and answer their own questions?

This book does not provide an opportunity for children to ask and answer their own questions because there is no information given to explain why animals make the noises that they do.

Does the book encourage children to think for themselves?

This book does not encourage children to think for themselves because there is not enough information in the book for the students to be able to do that. This book does not include open-ended questions for students to think for themselves.

Is the science topic addressed in ways that are appropriate to the lesson?

Even if the lesson was based on animal noises, this book would not be appropriate for any grade level because there is no information given as to why animal noises happen. We are only given illustrations of the noise that they would make.

Is the content based on sound scientific principles? Is it accurate?

This content is not based on scientific principles because there is no way for students to have an inquiry based experience and there is no way for the students to ask themselves questions or explore further.

Does the book distinguish between fact and fiction?

The book does not distinguish between fact and fiction because there is no factual information in the book. The noises that the animals make in the book are not relevant to every culture because each culture has a different language. The only fictional part of the book are the illustrations of the animals because they are not idea representations.

Are the illustrations clear and accurate?

The illustrations are clear in that they drawings are detailed but they are not accurate in terms of real-life representations of the size of the animals or the sound that the animals make. They do not accomplish the purpose of why animals make the noises that they do.

Is the book written at the level of your students?

This book would only be appropriate for pre-k or kindergarten because there is little to no text and no information explaining about the animals and their noises. If I chose second grade, then no, this book would not be at the level of my students.

Is there a multicultural component? Is it free from stereotyping?

There is no multicultural component because the noises of the animals are all in English and this is not a cultural book because other languages would not have the same words written for each animal’s noise. This book is not free from stereotyping in terms of the cultural language of the noises the animals make.

Is the book free from gender bias?

This book is free from gender bias because there are no humans represented in the book so the book could be directed towards boys or girls. Even the animals are not considered male or female.

Does the book show the close association between science and other disciplines?

This book does not show close association between science and other disciplines. This book hardly represents science itself.

Does the book present a positive attitude toward science and technology?

This book shows no positive attitude toward science and technology because no science is taking place in this book except for identifying the sounds that animals make in their day to day basis.