Waddle Giggle Gargle
Read4Nature – Picture Books about our native wildlife – which may also be found on farms.
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| Book name |
Waddle Giggle Gargle! |
| Author/ Illustrator |
Pamela Allen |
| Thumbs up! |
One of my favourite books! A very short story, with a caring creative solution to a common magpie problem. A great example of “Living in Harmony with nature” (the UNDB slogan) |
| Main theme |
Co-existing with magpies (wildlife). |
| Living things in this book |
Magpies |
| things to talk about in the illustrations |
- { Characteristics of magpies
- { Colour of adults and young
- { Body shape
- { Speckles on the eggs
- { behaviours to protect its young
- { links into the environment
- { nest in the fork of tree
- { the magpies gum tree is the only one in the street
- { the part of the tree magpies use
- { other aspects in the environment
- { the difference in the shape of the native (gum) and introduced (garden) trees
- { the evidence for changes in what would have been bush at this place (town and hills) in the past.
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| things to notice in the text |
- { Characteristics of magpies
- { song
- { spring time for nesting and laying eggs
- { behaviours to protect its young
- { people choose to do things that care for the magpies young too
- { Big eye shapes
- { Noises
- { Head protection
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| Now to observe |
- { Look for native and introduced trees around you and
- { how they differ by shapes and colours
- { how many native ones are left for native creatures locally
- { What birds live around you?
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| And to record |
- { Make your own magpie protection bike helmet
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| Science notes |
At the front. Very brief note about their colour, song and protective behaviours. |
| Publisher |
Puffin Books, Penguin Books, Ringwood. |
| Year |
1996 |
| ISBN |
0 14 055991 4 |
| Publisher’s suggested age |
Juvenile fiction |
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