Children’s Book School & Library Visit Information
About the Book
Let your imagination run free – create your own
menagerie! Enter a world where real animals are joined together in wondrous combinations. Inspired by ancient mythology, these hybrid animals are sure to dazzle your eyes, tickle your funny bone, and maybe lead you to some amazing creations of your own!
About the Author/Illustrator
Keith DuQuette was an impressionable child who at various times wanted to be a pet-shop owner, an architect, a painter, an anthropologist, a cartoonist, a naturalist, and a center fielder for the New York Yankees. He is now none of those things. But he draws on all these early influences in creating picture books.
Presentation Flashcards
Student Worksheet
My Presentation
A reading of the book is supplemented with a discussion using flashcard images featuring wild and wonderful animal combinations found in myths and legends from around the world. A question and answer segment is followed by an opportunity for the children to create an animal combination of their own. With the guidance of a worksheet featuring drawings of a diverse group of real animals students are asked to draw their own animal combination, put it in a setting, and give it a made-up name. At the conclusion of the visit, the children will have an opportunity to share their wondrous animal creation with the group.
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My presentation length is 45-60 minutes per session.
New York tri-State area (in-person or remote visits)
All other locations (remote visits only)
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