Mr. King's Castle (Mr. King #2)
by Geneviève Côté (Author) Geneviève Côté (Illustrator)
Mr. King, a lion in a gold crown, "lives on top of a BIG hill. He wants to build himself a BIG castle. Mr. King likes BIG things." But in order to make such a big castle, Mr. King needs lots of material. So he decides to use blocks he chops up with abandon from all over his hill, not noticing the giant holes he's leaving behind. Once he's done, Mr. King is proud of his enormous new castle. But when his animal friends begin to wonder what happened to their favorite places, Mr. King realizes the harm he has done to the once-beautiful hill.
"Everyone is staring at Mr. King, and suddenly he feels very small." Is there anything Mr. King can do to feel big again? This picture book is part of an environmentally themed series created by award-winning author-illustrator Geneviève Côté. With gentle humor, it offers an age-appropriate message to young children about how each of us needs to tread lightly on the earth. It makes a wonderful book for a primary science lesson on environmental stewardship. It also works well for discussions about friendship and could be used for a character education lesson about fairness, responsibility or cooperation. For a hands-on experience, there are visual puzzles in which the pieces chopped out of the hill can be matched directly to the pieces that make up the castle.
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PreS-K--Mr. King (a lion?) likes big things and decides to build a big castle on top of the hill where he lives. As it gets bigger and bigger, and he cuts more and more pieces out of the ground to make blocks for it, his animal friends come running, dismayed that they can no longer find the flowers, their favorite napping spots, the grass, and the hill itself. Mr. King looks out of his gigantic home and realizes that he has made "a BIG mistake." His friends help him restore the pieces to the hill, but they have one piece left over-and a surprise for Mr. King. The multimedia illustrations, mostly in bright green with touches of light yellows and browns, show the places where geometrical blocks of different shapes and sizes have been cut out of the hill in white. A simple lesson about preserving the environment and a sweet story as well, the book is not a necessary purchase, but it's a charming one nevertheless.--Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA
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Geneviève Côté is a Montreal artist whose illustrations have graced the pages of publications such as the New York Times and the Boston Globe. Her books have received three nominations for the Governor General's Award for Illustration, one of which went on to win, and she has also won the Elisabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award.
JUV002050 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Cats
Friendship
Forest animals
Friendship in children
Kings, queens, rulers, etc
Kings and rulers
Castles
