Patricia MacCarthy

A group of crows is called a murder! This book was very informative for me, I had not heard of of few of these group names for animals before. The intro in the front cover leaf is a bit deep for kids "Pride and murder are heinous sins- unless it's a peaceful pride of lions in the jungle or a chattering murder of crows up in the treetops." I get her point, but just kind of heavy for younger children. The book itself was simple and informative and the illustrations are beautiful. A great story to introduce higher level vocabulary and spark discussion about animal groups, for further learning, a class could do a lesson researching more names of animal groups. My preschool students loved the simple text and colorful illustrations.… (more)