Little Beaver and the Echo

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His investigations lead him to a duck, an otter, and a turtle but they all tell him that they are not responsible for the other voice. Well, it just so happens that the pond we were visiting had beavers on it: I knew that because when I was little I used to get in my boat at dusk and go out and watch them building their dams at the mouth of the pond. Shortlisted for the Children's Book Award, this is the much-loved story of Little Beaver, who lives all alone by the edge of a pond. Along the way, he's joined by a duck, an otter and a turtle, who each claim, ``I do need a friend, but it wasn't me who was crying. Shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award, this is the much-loved story of Little Beaver, who lives all alone by the edge of a pond.

He wanted to meet the person and he found friends on the way, but when he got to the other end of the pond he spoke to a wise beaver and realised that the person across the pond was his voice echoing. Along the way, he's joined by a duck, an otter and a turtle, who each claim, "I do need a friend, but it wasn't me who was crying. I feel that this book would be best read aloud; allowing the children to listen and study the images without having to focus on anything else.So Little Beaver got straight into his boat, and set off to find whoever it was, who was crying and lonely, just like Little Beaver felt. On his adventure he finds a duck, an otter and a tortoise, they weren’t the ones crying back to Little Beaver but they needed friends so they accompany Little beaver on his quest to find this person; until they fine Wise Beaver. Ideal for reading aloud at the beginning of the school year of during camp sessions, when there's a little bit of Little Beaver in every kid. Another picture book I have reviewed, which is illustrated by her, is “Snow Bears” by Martin Waddell.

When the sky was young and the world just a dream, when the stars were still learning their names, a spider named Nobb came floating through the Air, at the end of a long, soft thread. Part of the Little Beaver books by Amy McDonald, this story proves pop psychology wrong again: that someone who sounds like an echo.

Now you have read many great books over the years, and in your hands is your final Raising Readers book. At the end of their journey the creatures meet a wise old beaver, who explains the mystery voice to them: ``No matter where you are, the Echo is always across the pond from you. Little Beaver lives by the edge of a big pond and one day he cries loudly only to hear a similar cry come from the other side of the pond. Talk to your child about who is their friend at nursery, what do they like to do with their friends?