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Parent Guide





                                                                             NOV/DEC 2020
                                                                     Teaching kindness while
                                                                       helping to instill good
                                                                    reading habits in children.





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                                      KIND TIME
                                                                                    Animal Senses:
                                        In this issue we’re                         How Animals See,
                                        celebrating the                             Hear, Taste, Smell
                                        human-animal                                and Feel
                                        bond! We’ll hear                            Written by Pamela
                                       how kids have                                 Hickman | Recommended
                                      become even closer                             for ages 7-11
                                    to their pets while at
                                  home and meet people                               Imagine that you had to
                               who have been heroes for                              taste your dinner by
           shelter animals during the COVID-19 pandemic.                             walking on it, like a
           We’ll also see how one girl has helped animals          butterfly, or use your tongue to sniff out your
           around the globe, learn how a snake senses the          next snack, like a snake. Animal Senses
           world, and hear a cool wild turkey rescue story.        reveals the extraordinary ways animals sense
                                                                   their environment. Easy-to-do experiments
                                                                   and activities show kids how to compare
           To access an interactive version of this issue online,    animal senses to their own. With stunning,
           visit KindNews.org. Check out our recommended book      realistic illustrations, this book from the
           list at RedRover.org/books.                             Animal Behavior series is an innovative
                          Looking for more ways to help your       approach to understanding animal life.
                          children build connection?  Check        BOOK SUMMARY FROM AMAZON.COM.
                          out our empathy app, The Restricted
                          Adventures of Raja. It is a bilingual,   COPYRIGHT: ANIMAL SENSES: HOW ANIMALS SEE, HEAR, TASTE,
                                                                   SMELL AND FEEL (C) 1998 PAMELA HICKMAN AND PAT STEPHENS.
                          interactive series of book and game      PUBLISHED BY KIDS CAN PRESS.
                          apps that includes questions and         ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pamela Hickman was born in Mississauga,
                          play-based learning that parents         Ontario. She has written over 35 nonfiction books about nature for
                          can use to help children understand      children. She has won awards for several of her books, including
                                                                   Animals Eating, Animals in Motion, and Nature All Around: Trees. In
                          animal behavior and practice empathy.                her books, she captures her readers’ interests by
                                                                               highlighting strange and amazing things about
           Visit RedRover.org/empathyapp for more information.                 animals and plants. She also includes hands-on
                                                                               activities to encourage readers to go out and
                                                                               experience nature for themselves.
               Did you know?

          Your local or school library can get a FREE single-copy             Where’s Raja?
          subscription simply by visiting KindNews.org, selecting the           Raja is hiding on page 4!
          individual subscription option, and entering promo code LIB2020.
          You can find more recommended books at RedRover.org/books.                    a publication of
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