by Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger
This book is about a penguin named Tacky that never followed the pack. Tacky is known as the odd bird, but he is a nice bird. All the other birds love having Tacky around even with his crazy singing. Now lets do a sequencing activity to see what happened first to the end of the story. Lexile Level:...
Reading level and Leveling System: Guided Reading: L Lexile Measure: AD810L Tacky's an odd penguin who likes to do splashy cannonballs and greet his companions with a loud “What's happening?” Tacky's fellow penguins find somewhat bothersome until his odd behaviors save the day. I love how this bo...
Tacky the Penguin is an odd bird to say the least. All the other penguins are perfect and similar, but Tacky doesn't follow them. One day some hunters come along to catch some pretty penguins. All the penguins hide, except Tacky. He greets them and marches, dives, and sings for them. The hunters can...
Tacky the penguin is very different from his penguin friends and doesn't really fit in. But in the end they are thankful that he is who he is. I would use this book to compare and contrast Tacky from the pretty penguins. This would also be a great book if a bully problem presents itself.
Tacky is a little odd, but his peculiarities become useful to the more "normal" penguins.
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