Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme by Marianne Berkes, Illustrated by Jeanette Canyon (Board Book)

Product Description

With Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme you and your little one can sing, clap, and count your way among enchanting rainforest animals to the rhythm of the whimsical favorite, "Over in the Meadow." This rainforest is teeming with monkeys that hoot, ocelots that pounce, parrots that squawk, and boas that squeeze! It won't take much to have your child joyfully hooting and squawking too. And the illustrations - all done in polymer clay - are truly remarkable, vividly conveying the abundant energy of a rainforest.

Book Excerpt
Over in the Jungle
Where the trees green the sun,
Lived a mother marmoset
And her marmoset one.

"Swing," said the mother.
"I swing," said the one.
So they swung and they hung
Where the trees greet the sun.

Curriculum Components / Learning Features
Rainforest Habitat
Animal Families
Counting
Clay Art

Previews / Reviews

"Over in the Jungle is an excellent book that taught my children a few new animals of the rainforest that they were not already familiar with. Cayden loves to count and counting was incorporated into each page which was definitely a hit with him. They both loved doing the different animal body motions that went along with the story. The "hide and seek" game at the end was a lot of fun for Cayden as he tried to find all 10 howler monkeys, all 9 sloths, etc. The illustrations in the book are very bright and eye-catching and are very useful in helping the children learn about the different animals. Over the Jungle by Marianne Berkes is a wonderful book that my children will want to read again and again!" ~ Kids Reader Views (August 2008)

About the Author / Illustrator

Marianne Berkes has spent much of her life with young children as a teacher, children's theater director and children's librarian. She knows how much children enjoy brilliantly illustrated, interactive picture books with predictable text about real animals. Recently retired to write full time and visit schools, libraries and literary conferences, she is the author of seven published picture books for children.

The highly acclaimed Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme was published in March 2007, and was awarded both the 2008 International Reading Association's Teacher's Choice Award and the 2008 Publishers Marketing Association's Benjamin Franklin Gold Award. Her fourth book with Dawn, Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun was published in March 2008 and Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow was a Fall 2008 release. Marianne is also the author of Marsh Morning, about bird songs in the marsh, and Marsh Music, about the night songs of frogs in the marsh. Marsh Morning won a Florida Reading Association Award in 2004.

Jeanette Canyon received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design. Inspired by the philosophy and schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, she has enjoyed a distinguished career as an artist and arts educator of young children for over a decade. She now spends her time creating art for children's books, visiting schools, and sharing her creative spirit with others.

Jeanette's third book with Dawn Publications, the highly acclaimed Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme was published in 2007 and has received both the 2008 International Reading Association's Teacher's Choice Award and the 2008 Publishers Marketing Association's Benjamin Franklin Gold Award.

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