Ages 3-7: One Day on our Blue Planet: In The Rainforest

Description

A curious black spider monkey gets distracted and loses track of his mother. To find her, the lost monkey searches through the creatures of the canopy, the river, and the forest floor. Author/illustrator Ella Bailey’s One Day on our Blue Planet…in the Rainforest is a visual journey through the diversity of the rainforest. Instead of naming each organism on the page, Bailey’s beautiful illustrated guide (at the front and back of the book) asks the reader to revisit each page and identify the animals the young black spider monkey spots on his search.

Activity

Get a pair of binoculars and look up into the trees. What different species do you see there? Make a list of creatures and their features. Bailey describes some behaviors of black spider monkeys—go ahead and add some information about the behaviors of the creatures on your list. Having trouble? Use a sheet and a light to go mothing or create a protected pitfall trap to observe some insect diversity.