Books with author Carolyn Simpson

By Carol Simpson. Select a "poem of the week" and then follow this book's Monday-to-Friday schedule of activities for deepening students' appreciation of that poem. Choose your own poem or use one of the 39 supplied in this book as reproducible handouts; each of the book's poems comes with half a dozen or more activities related to the poem's language and its themes, a list of related poems and children's books, and a writing assignment based on a reproducible handout. The book also describes 12 activity ideas that will work with any poem. Grades K–3. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 288 pages. ©1995. GDY496.

Creatures of the Land and Sky is a colorful board book inspired by the wildlife, natural environment and traditional cultures of the west coast of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. The book introduces toddlers and preschoolers to the real and mythical creatures of this region through the imaginative eye of children's author and illustrator Caroll Simpson. Featuring over twenty vivid images of birds, insects and mammals, and their supernatural counterparts, this book will enchant young children and instill a natural curiosity about the world around them.

This is the story of how the first beaver came to be. Young Reedee, born with hair the color of Mother Earth, is different from the rest of her people, and it isn’t just her hair that sets her apart. At night, while the village sleeps, Reedee disappears into the forest. At first her parents worry, but they soon discover their daughter has a path she must follow on her own. Putting aside their concern, they support Reedee and allow her to become her true self.

This is the tale of two wolf cubs raised as human children in a village on the Pacific coast. The two brothers, Tkope and Klale, are very different from one another. One feels most at home in the forest, while the other prefers the sea. When they undergo a supernatural transformation, the brothers soon discover how the power of their howling voices can unite to save the world from uncertain darkness.

Whale Child tells the story of a little girl who is separated from her family and village after a natural disaster. Escaping the shoreline in a canoe, she is swept far out to sea but discovers that she is not alone. A gray whale is quietly guiding her to a secluded bay where many of her kind have gathered to welcome the new generation. Here, the gray whale gives birth to a daughter, and when the baby whale draws her first breath, she absorbs the spirit of the lost little girl. As one, the whale and the girl find their way back to the girl’s village, where the girl, now strengthened by the spirit of the whale, is reunited with her family.

Meet Allie Applebee—a precocious ball of fire born on the eighth day of the eighth month at 8:08 in the morning AND weighing eight pounds, eight ounces. All those eights just gotta be lucky, right? That’s what Allie thinks as she anxiously awaits her eighth birthday—certain it will be her luckiest year ever! But will it? Things don’t start out well. Allie’s sister leaves for college. Her parents are preoccupied with the pending arrival of a new Applebee baby. Aaron, Allie’s teenage brother (who exists to torment her), gives Allie a man-eating, eight-legged tarantula for her birthday. And to top it all, Allie loses her best friend. This is not what Allie had in mind at all, and she soon discovers the meaning of the expression, “Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.”

Jungle Jack has embarked on a wild safari adventure full of chattering monkeys, screeching birds, and a thundering herd of elephants. Jack is hoping to save the mighty black panther, whose paw is caught in a rope. Will Jungle Jack find the black panther before night falls and the jungle becomes eerily silent and full of dark shadows? Join the courageous Jungle Jack on this danger-filled expedition...if you dare!