The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2008
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2008 Nominee: Honey...Honey...Lion! : A story from AfricaWhen Greedy Badger decides to keep the honeycomb all to himself, instead of sharing it with Honeyguide Bird, he is chased through a pond, over an anthill and through a landscape of many exotic animals where something waits to teach Badger a valuable lesson.
Author/Illustrator: Jan Brett
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: Do you like honey? How many ways
can you think of to eat honey? What animals like honey?
- Language arts: Invite a beekeeper to share his/her
activties.
- Writing:
- Math: Honeycombs are hexagonal. Study shapes in nature.
- Science: Learn about other animal partners, symbiosis.
Research bees and how they make honey.
- Social Studies: Locate Botswana on a map of Africa.
- Drama: Make masks for the animals and act out the story.
- Cooking/Food: Taste honey or something made with honey.
- Art: Compare the art in this book to other Jan Brett
books.
- Music:
- Movement:
Related Books
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
A Taste of Honey by Nancy Wallace
The Lion and the Mouse by Gail Herman
Websites
2008 Nominee Resources