Book Genre: Nonfiction, Picture Book
Publishing Info: Scholastic, 28 pages
Awards or honors received: N/A
Summary: Pinduli is a hyena who has always been told that she is beautiful by her mother. One day she disobeys her mother and goes exploring far from home. While exploring she encounters a pack of dogs and they tease Pinduli about her ears. So Pinduli lets her ear fall flat on her head and she continues to explore. Then she come across a lion who teases her about her straggly coat. She jumps in the watering hole to flatten her fur. A zebra teases her because her stripes are not symmetrical. So Pinduli roles around in white dirt. Now Pinduli doesn’t look anything like herself and she starts out for home. On her ways she sees all of the animals at the watering hole. They see Pinduli and think she is a ghost and they are frightened. Pinduli plays along and finds out that each animal was originally teased by another animal. She tells them they have to go find their tormentors and make peace.
Personal rating and reason for rating: **** This story has a great moral for teaching students not to tease and words are hurtful. The illustrations are beautiful with lots of animals and scenes from Africa.
Reading level: 3.6
Interest level: K-8 (read aloud for younger students)
Possible uses of the text: Character Education - Discuss how word can hurt your or they can make you feel great. Have students write about a time someone said something that hurt their feelings. Then have them think or write about a time they hurt someone’s feelings. Make a poster of phrases to say that make people feel good.
Science - This would be a perfect story if you were teaching a unit on animals. It would be a good introduction to animals in Africa.
Potential Problems or Difficulties: None
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Review what is meant by the term "non-fiction." This story definitely does not qualify!
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