It’s Moving Day introduces young children to woodland animals and their habitat.
Children, ages 4 to 7, will have their eyes glued to It’s Moving Day by Pamela Hickman (Kids Can Press, ISBN 978-1-55453-074-8). Illustrated with all sorts of energetic woodland animals, It’s Moving Day clearly gets kids excited about life inside, and outside, a little dirt burrow.
The Story
It’s springtime. A woodchuck climbs out of a burrow hidden beneath a tree. After a winter’s hibernation, the woodchuck leaves the burrow to find a new home closer to food.
A rabbit comes along and spots the empty burrow. It’s just the place she is looking for to raise her family. She makes a soft nest inside the burrow and raises five kits.
After the rabbits have grown and left home, the mother rabbit leaves the burrow to make a new home for the winter.
Along comes a salamander and crawls into the burrow. He is safe for the cold winter.
Spring comes again and the salamander moves on. A raccoon finds the burrow and makes a nest inside.
Over and over again, It’s Moving Day introduces new animals to the little burrow. Some animals use the burrow for hibernation and other animals use it for raising a family.
Charming and Energetic
It’s Moving Day is always on the go with one animal after another, moving into and out of the little burrow. Young children get to see how woodland animals live in their natural habitat as well as raise their young. This is the perfect book for reading to children before taking a walk in the woods to look for nests, burrows, and wildlife.
