Title: Keeping Up With Cheetah
Author: Jill Camp
Illustrator: Jill Newton
Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Year of Publication: 1993
Genre: Fable
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: 3
Summary:
This book is about a cheetah and a hippo that are good friends. The hippo always laughs at Cheetah’s jokes, even when they’re not funny. Soon enough, cheetah realized that Hippo will never be as fast as him. Cheetah decided to make new friends and Hippo felt really lonely. Hippo realized that he will never be as fast as cheetah. Cheetah then realized that his new friends wouldn’t laugh at his joke and went back to Hippo even though Hippo wasn’t as fast as him.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
PreSchool-Grade 2-Cheetah likes to tell jokes and Hippo likes laughing at them. They are very good friends. Cheetah also likes to run fast, and when Hippo can't keep up, he finds speedier companions. Hippo is at first miserable and determined to build up speed, but he realizes that he just isn't built for running. Meanwhile, Cheetah's new pals won't listen to his jokes, so back he comes to Hippo and the friendship is resumed. There are several morals that might be drawn about the nature of friendship and being true to oneself. Fortunately, Camp refrains from stating them and lets the story stand on its own. Newton's bright, splashy watercolors of stylized animals are more evocative than the text. There is a strong sense of movement in the elongated Cheetah and his running mates as they seem to flow across the page. A decorative frieze winds along the bottom of each picture reflecting, expanding, and commenting on the action. The unique illustrations help make this a palatable, even enjoyable lesson
Review by Rokaya:
This is a great book that teaches the meaning of friendship. It also teaches students that everyone is different and unique in their own ways, which means that they should never forget about friends because they are different than them.
This book would be useful when teaching…
This would be a good book to teach the meaning of friendship. The teacher can put all of the names of the students into a hat and randomly pick two at a time. These two names will be in a pair. Students will then come up with things that are different about the both of them. This lesson will teach students that they can still be friends even if they are different.
Author: Jill Camp
Illustrator: Jill Newton
Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Year of Publication: 1993
Genre: Fable
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: 3
Summary:
This book is about a cheetah and a hippo that are good friends. The hippo always laughs at Cheetah’s jokes, even when they’re not funny. Soon enough, cheetah realized that Hippo will never be as fast as him. Cheetah decided to make new friends and Hippo felt really lonely. Hippo realized that he will never be as fast as cheetah. Cheetah then realized that his new friends wouldn’t laugh at his joke and went back to Hippo even though Hippo wasn’t as fast as him.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
PreSchool-Grade 2-Cheetah likes to tell jokes and Hippo likes laughing at them. They are very good friends. Cheetah also likes to run fast, and when Hippo can't keep up, he finds speedier companions. Hippo is at first miserable and determined to build up speed, but he realizes that he just isn't built for running. Meanwhile, Cheetah's new pals won't listen to his jokes, so back he comes to Hippo and the friendship is resumed. There are several morals that might be drawn about the nature of friendship and being true to oneself. Fortunately, Camp refrains from stating them and lets the story stand on its own. Newton's bright, splashy watercolors of stylized animals are more evocative than the text. There is a strong sense of movement in the elongated Cheetah and his running mates as they seem to flow across the page. A decorative frieze winds along the bottom of each picture reflecting, expanding, and commenting on the action. The unique illustrations help make this a palatable, even enjoyable lesson
Review by Rokaya:
This is a great book that teaches the meaning of friendship. It also teaches students that everyone is different and unique in their own ways, which means that they should never forget about friends because they are different than them.
This book would be useful when teaching…
This would be a good book to teach the meaning of friendship. The teacher can put all of the names of the students into a hat and randomly pick two at a time. These two names will be in a pair. Students will then come up with things that are different about the both of them. This lesson will teach students that they can still be friends even if they are different.