Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle

 

Title: Flora and the Flamingo 

Genre: Fiction 

Author and Illustrator: Molly Idle   

Major Awards: Caldecott Honor Book 

Age group: 4 to 6 years 

 

Summary: 

This wordless picture book by Molly Idle is about a little girl and a flamingo who learn how to dance together. At first, the little girl failed to follow the flamingo’s moves but once the flamingo offers a little help, they both start dancing beautifully together. 

Evaluation: 

Appropriate grade level would be Preschool to 1^st grade. 

This book was really funny and cute at the same time. I loved the way the author was able to create this wordless story using the flip the flap concept, it was brilliant. 

I don’t think I would have this book in my classroom library because I would be afraid my students would destroy it. You can always teach them how to take care of books, but accidents are more bound to happen with this type of book. This could be a fun read aloud but I can also use this book to test my student's visual literacy since they will only be using the illustrations to understand what is happening in the story.