Then, of course, there are the differences in their personalities and behavior. For one thing there is the jagged cut in Ling's haircut due to a sneeze while her bangs were being trimmed. Ling and Ting are Chinese American twins, but they are not exactly the same. Gr PreK-3.Īnother highly recommended easy reader. Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin.Then calculate the necessary size of the boat. Estimate the weight of each of the characters.Change the story with a new sequence of animals? Is it as funny?.Give children some toy boats or some wooden triangular wedges and some stones or weights and let them figure out if the mouse would have sunk the boat if he had gotten on in any other position than last.The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood is very close to this one although, in that case, it's a flea that does them in. The "straw that broke the camel's back" theme in this book is easily identified in others. Its predictability makes this a good early reader. The rhyming text is rollicking and as exuberant as the passengers. They enter the boat from biggest to smallest with each new entrant tipping the boat and causing it to sit lower and lower in the water. Grades PreK-2.įive friends: a donkey, a cow, a sheep, a pig, and a mouse, all decide to go for a boat ride.
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