(Part 2) Best children mammal books according to redditors

Super rare to be a bat given the location and time of year (bats should be hibernating) but get the vaccine. It's four shots in the arm or butt (not the stomach any more). No worse than tetanus really. Give her a treat or gift after each round of shots (it'll take a month) and get the book A Place for Bats so she can learn more about them (it's probably the best kids book about bats I've seen besides StellaLuna). Treat it like getting a super power, where the power is rabies immunity.

Also call the local Audubon society and tell them what happened. If it's an owl, it's probably defending its best and will attack other people.

Evolution books for kids (PDF)

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True was written by Richard Dawkins (not Daemons?!?) and reads like a textbook. The artwork on its beautiful dust jacket is not duplicated on the actual cover, which is a huge letdown for a children's book that is sure to have its jacket destroyed. It's definitely for older kids.

Back on point, at age 2, you're at least 2 years away from teaching reasoning to any substantial degree. Try Morris the Moose. It's a very simple comedy of errors as a moose, a deer and a horse each think the other animals are the same species as him or herself ("You have four legs and horns like me!" and so on). Only a frustrated atheist cow knows the animals are all different, but the cow is swiftly ignored. Morris realizes his mistake upon gathering additional evidence -- in the form of seeing his reflection, and the reflections of the other animals, in a pool of water.

I think the first step is figuring out WHY they keep getting out of bed - are they scared, lonely, having bad dreams, not tired enough to sleep, just wanting to stay up and play? All of those problems will have different solutions. The goal should be solving the underlying issue, and helping them feel comfortable in their own beds at night, rather than just forcing them to stay in bed - particularly if it's an emotional issue such as anxiety or loneliness.

Going to paste in some ideas I posted a while ago in another thread, might also be worth checking out some of the many other posts on this topic such as this one, this one, and this one; also this happy update!

> If he's experiencing separation anxiety (i.e. repeatedly coming out of his room or crying out for you), talk about what might help him feel more comfortable staying in his bed. You could think about getting a special nightlight that he helps pick out, a dreamcatcher, glow-in-the-dark stars for his ceiling, etc. You might invent a special "secret handshake" for bedtime, a "magic spell" of your protection around his bed, give his favorite stuffed animal "magic powers", etc - get creative! :) Teach him how to take deep belly breaths or tighten muscle groups one at a time (toes, then legs, then stomach, etc up to his face) to help him relax. This site has some great ideas for kids relaxation exercises, and there are several books such as Starbright and Imaginations which have relaxation stories you can read aloud (and this book features familiar fairytales retold as relaxation stories). There are also recordings of such stories you can download for him to listen to as he falls asleep, like Still Quiet Place, Indigo Dreams, and Bedtime Meditations for Kids. Listening to calming music can be good too.
>
>The nice thing about introducing self-soothing tools like these is that instead of "lay quietly in your bed" you can tell him to "lay quietly and listen to the music" or "lay quietly and watch the glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling" -- something positive for him to focus on instead of worries. You can also talk about what fun things he'd like to do in his dreams, and help him imagine those happy thoughts; even agree to "meet up" and play together in your dreams so he won't feel like he's going to be alone all night. Again, this gives him something to focus on instead of thinking about trying to fall asleep. The book Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep is great for this too.
>
>I should also add that if he's gotten used to having a parent with him to fall asleep, you may have to wean him from that support gradually. Maybe sit by his bed reading quietly to yourself until he falls asleep; the next night, move your chair a bit further away. You can give him brief verbal reassurance that you're there, but remind him that it's time to lay quietly and listen to his music/watch his stars/think about playing in a treehouse in his dreams/whatever. Over time, you can move your chair further and further away until you're in the hallway, and then if necessary, offer to come check on him periodically until he falls asleep. Transitional objects can be helpful during this process as well; you might also check out a book like The Kissing Hand or The Invisible String for more ideas to help him feel your presence even when you're not physically in his room.

Best of luck, let us know how it goes!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hedgehugs-Steve-Wilson/dp/1627794131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498024791&sr=8-1&keywords=Hedgehugs

I just altered the cover of a children's book called "The Blue Whale" by Jenni Desmond. Original HERE.

I have three available on amazon:

Bread for the Pharaoh This is the first one I published, and doesn't quite hew to the "ordinary people against ordinary problems" formula. But it's still a cracking good ancient Egypt story. :)

Pebblehoof This one fits the mold a lot better. A nobody immigrant family pitted against mid-19th century railroad robber-barons.

Blackpelt Talking animal adventure about a beaver on the run from a fur trapper. Definitely in the mold of the wider world gives zero shits about whether the beaver lives or dies.

These are all middle-grade novels, but I've had a surprising number of adults tell me that they too got sucked into the stories.

I think this book was written about them!

For those interested, this is the book!

Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story

I actually was able to find someone in Utah, but you can order one on Amazon.

Here are all the local Amazon links I could find:


amazon.co.uk

amazon.ca

amazon.com.au

amazon.in

amazon.com.mx

amazon.de

amazon.it

amazon.es

amazon.com.br

amazon.nl

amazon.co.jp

amazon.fr

Beep bloop. I'm a bot to convert Amazon ebook links to local Amazon sites.
I currently look here: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca, amazon.com.au, amazon.in, amazon.com.mx, amazon.de, amazon.it, amazon.es, amazon.com.br, amazon.nl, amazon.co.jp, amazon.fr, if you would like your local version of Amazon adding please contact my creator.

1. Everywhere Babies is excellent for birth through 18 or 24 months. It's a celebration of babies being loved (in rhyme), and so is loved by parents, and also toddlers.
   
   
2. Big Red Barn is a nice bedtime story as the animals go to sleep.
   
   
3. Then graduate to Going to Sleep on the Farm which has the same idea, but in much richer visual detail.
   
   
4. How Will We Get to the Beach is also nice. A mother is heading to the beach with her baby and several objects (umbrella, beach ball, etc.). On each page, Mom discovers her (ever-changing) mode of transportation won't do because it would mean leaving one of her things behind. For babies, it's a story. For toddlers, it's a memory game as you try to remember what's missing when Mom tries to get on the kayak, skateboard, hot air balloon, etc. There's also a tiny ladybug hidden on each page that older toddlers like to find.
   
   
5. Goodnight Gorilla is the first book that caused my daughter to laugh, due to the many voices given to the animals saying goodnight and the surprised sound I voice for the wife who realizes zoo animals are in her bedroom.
   
   
6. Morris the Moose has awesome humor for an older age child (3? 4? 5?) that is still quite good for adults, too.

Mouse soup? I had that one as a kid, it came in the mail with Morris the Moose.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006G31EM8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.amazon.com/Morris-Goes-School-Read-Level-ebook/dp/B006C3WO1M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1491358678&sr=8-2&keywords=morris+the+moose

You know Nat Geo publishes children's books about animals, right?

This is the book, by the way.

Not so much.

Am I small? https://www.amazon.co.uk/small-Jega-jagnayo-Childrens-English-Korean/dp/151465234X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536520540&sr=8-1&keywords=korean+childrens+books

Does your student have any French? Definitely better resources there. Most of the stuff I was able to find was Ewe for English speakers rather than the other way around, but still probably has some value:

Gbe-English Dictionary

Dual Ewe-English childrens book

There's a series of theatrical videos performed in Ewe on YouTube that have English subtitles, though some of them have some adult themes. Here's one that seemed okay.

Seems like this Quora post has a lot of good recommendations for the best books to learn English from a general background.

I'll ask some folks if they have any other ideas. Hope that helps.

Eric Carle! wrote a sloth book.

/preschoolteacher

Has your friend got the book "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle?

Mr. Prickles