The Aminal

by Lorna Balian and Lecia Balian

Book Overview

Patrick's friends create an increasingly larger and more fearful monster in their minds before they see what he really has found. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881772195
• ISBN13: 9781881772194
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Humbug Books
• Length: 45 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 8.3" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Favorite Children's Book

This was my favorite book growing up. I have bought numerous copies for all my friends children.

wonderful illustrations

My children loved this book. Now I use it in my classroom when we do descriptive writing. I have a couple of Aminals of my own, half the class looks at them and describes them to a partner who draws what they must look like. Just like in the story, it's amazing to compare the imaginative concept to the real aminal. This story teaches so much about human nature in such a wonderful, imaginative way.

Your childs imagination soars on overtime!

This is a great childrens book to inspire the young childs imagination. I have used this book many times in the classroom. The response on the childrens faces as they imagine what he (The Aminal) looks like, is wonderful. You can almost see their brains working on overtime in the imagination zone. One thing I usally do just before The Aminals looks are revealed is stop the story and have the children draw a picture of what they think The Aminal looks like. The response is great! They want to tell you why they think he looks like their drawing and usally about what they remember of the story. This is a great story for building comprehension skills and teaching children about rumors and gossip. An amazing surprise is awaiting you and your child at the end of The Aminal.

A great book that lets kids SEE the concept of imagination!

As a teacher I have used this book to develop skills of prediction, imagination, comparison, and just plain fun! The pictures are wonderful! As a matter of fact, I have a life size "aminal" that I introduced to the kids before reading the book to tickle their curiosity. As a teacher, I used the old copy we had at our old library. I no longer teach and have searched for a copy of the book for a very long time. It was out of print for many years. Thanks for the convenient conduit for finding and purchasing a copy!

Timeless - Wonderful "Read Aloud" for children 4-9yrs

A great message that is wonderfully sritten. It must be read aloud - which is an absolute pleasure. The words flow. The ilustrations have a timeless quality and provoke appropriate questions at appropirate times during the story. This book was a favorite for my mother, a nursery school teacher 20 years ago. I am fortunate to have had a copy for my own children - which has spanned the last 8 yrs. I will keep this book in hopes of reading it to future generations