Paige Jaeger

Second in the IF WE'RE GONE series
This gently rhyming book tells us of some animals who need rescuing from extinction by poachers or destruction of habitat. Have you been to their last refuges? That would be zoos. Some of the endangered are Sea Otters, Pygmy Hippo, European Lynx, Cheetah, Desert Addax, and the Red Panda as shown on the cover. You will also find a glossary, a few fascinating factoids, and some footprints to identify. A wonderful book!
The illustrations by Carol Hill Quirk are like detailed watercolors, with muted colors, and delightful.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or your local public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Star Bright Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
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“Who Will Roar If I Go” introduces 13 different animals from around the world, that are in danger of extinction. This book also describes what the specific causes for their endangerment is. The book is written in a rhyming verse format, which tends to attract children to the "story". Some of the animals presented will be familiar, some might not.

Many children are big animal lovers and are eager to learn about the animals in our world. It is unfortunate that we are still talking about this problem after all these years. The beautiful, watercolour illustrations were wonderful. They were realistic and showed the habitat of the animal they were describing. They stole the show for me. There were some resources included at the back of the book for further reading and research. I read this book to my 5 year old grandson and he really enjoyed the illustrations, but does not quite understand the idea of endangerment of what we can do to help. I think this book would be good to use with students to introduce them to endangered species and to open a discussion about what they can do to help. I would recommend this book to children in the primary grades, especially those in grade 2 and 3. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book to read. The rating, opinions and ideas are my own.… (plus d'informations)

Paige Jaeger's Who Will Roar If I Go is a beautiful children's book about conservation and endangered species, told from the animals’ points of view. I read this with my cubs, and we all enjoyed it. I loved that not only were well known, and 'lovable’ animals like lions and tigers included, but so were lesser known or not particularly cuddly critters like snow leopards, quetzal birds, and the Chinese giant salamander. With rhyming poetry, and gorgeous watercolour illustrations, this is a must have for any children's’ library. It would make a great teaching tool in classrooms as well. My only qualm is that sometimes the poetry felt off, either a bit cheesy, or longer than felt necessary, and I found myself tweaking the stanzas to flow better to my ear.

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Realize that the Common Core is a set of standards which this book relates to. But it does MUCH more. Whether your school uses Common Core or not, the principles presented in this book are ones that will assist you to transform your school library into an active, creative, collaborative think tank. And it makes a strong point about how the school library can lead the challenge rather than follow. The illustrations are excellent, and the bibliography has strong evidence to support what you are doing. This is the type of book that allows us to think outside the box. Highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)