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The Kooky Kinkajou

The Nocturnals

by Tracey Hecht
Josie Yee
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"This gentle adventure supports newly independent readers" —Booklist

In this adventure-filled Nocturnals Level 3 Early Reader, Bismark the wacky sugar glider is bored! He complains to his friends, Dawn the serious fox and Tobin the sweet pangolin. So when Karina the kinkajou comes along, she shows the Nocturnals how to use their imaginations to cure boredom!

Includes Bonus Nocturnals Fun Facts and Glossary of New Words
Life Skills include Imagination and Accepting New Ideas.
FUN-FILLED BEGINNING READERS FOR AGES 6–8!
Download complimentary printable activities at NocturnalsWorld.com: Sight Word Games, Makerspace Crafts, Bingo, Common Core Language Arts Educator Guide, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities, and More!

Read All 8 of the Nocturnals Grow & Read Adventures, including Level 3 Early Reader The Weeping Wombat. These Beginning Readers introduce Life Skills such as Empathy and Expressing Feelings and Emotions.
They all feature Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, a pint-sized sugar glider.

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"This gentle adventure supports newly independent readers" —Booklist

In this adventure-filled Nocturnals Level 3 Early Reader, Bismark the wacky sugar glider is bored! He complains to his friends, Dawn the serious fox and Tobin the sweet pangolin. So when Karina the kinkajou comes along, she shows the Nocturnals how to use their imaginations to cure boredom!

Includes Bonus Nocturnals Fun Facts and Glossary of New Words
Life Skills include Imagination and Accepting New Ideas.
FUN-FILLED BEGINNING READERS FOR AGES 6–8!
Download complimentary printable activities at NocturnalsWorld.com: Sight Word Games, Makerspace Crafts, Bingo, Common Core Language Arts Educator Guide, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities, and More!

Read All 8 of the Nocturnals Grow & Read Adventures, including Level 3 Early Reader The Weeping Wombat. These Beginning Readers introduce Life Skills such as Empathy and Expressing Feelings and Emotions.
They all feature Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, a pint-sized sugar glider.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Grow & Read Early Reader, Level 3

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 1, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781944020439

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 500
    • Text Difficulty: 1-2

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      June 15, 2019
      Bismark again finds himself on the outside as a new nocturnal animal introduces herself to his group. The sugar glider is bored. Dawn, a red fox, says he just needs to use his imagination. As if on cue, Karina the kinkajou arrives. Bismark doesn't appreciate her vibrant imagination. He calls both her and her "sparkle sprites" (aka fireflies) "kooky," later saying she is "full of ballyhoo" and telling her, "I think you are cuckoo." This comes after the trio of friends has followed Karina over a stone-path "river," under a weeping-willow "waterfall," and past a tree-trunk "rainbow" on the way to a "sparkle sprite spectacular." Tobin the pangolin gleefully joins in with the imaginative fun, Bismark remains skeptical, and Dawn, a sage look on her face, seems to take the role of adult. After Bismark's furious outburst, Karina hugs him, explains "We're just finding fun things to do!" and then "flies" across a "canyon." Tobin and Dawn follow, and Bismark has to choose between being "a little kooky, too," or being bored alone. Yee's animation-inspired illustrations do little to extend the tale other than overportraying Bismark's bad attitude and anger. Backmatter includes factual information about each of the nocturnal animals and a glossary of "kooky words." Unfortunately, there is no mention of mental health, bullying, or the hurtful nature of the words Bismark uses. Imagination can surely overcome boredom, but the unkindness in this book isn't imaginary. (Early reader. 6-8)

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Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:500
  • Text Difficulty:1-2

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