Module 5: Pinduli

Pinduli

Written and illustrated by Janell Cannon

ISBN: 9780152046682

Publisher: Harcourt, 2004

Price: $16.00

Winsome illustrations of Pinduli help soften the image of an animal not well loved by most. Pinduli uses her wits to outsmart her bullies into leaving food for her. Children of all ages will identify with the struggles Pinduli goes through. Janell Cannon has woven in bits of facts with her folktale-like story of an unusual animal we come to love.

Reviews:

Teaching Pre-K -8: Katherine Pierpoint writes, "Now, as a hugely successful author and illustrator, Janell Cannon just can't keep herself from bringing unloved and sometimes misunderstood animal friends to our doorsteps. With her latest offering for children, Pinduli (Harcourt, 2004), Janell has shed light on yet another oft-maligned creature - the hyena.

Pierpoint, Katherine. "Janell Cannon: Mysteries of the Misunderstood." Teaching Pre K - 8 35, no. 7 (2005): 42-44. http://ezproxy.twu.edu:2052/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=16489100&site=ehost-live.

Library Media Connection, Nancy Keating writes, " This picture book is great to use for science lessons about animals with younger children. The information contained in the book, however, would make it of interest to older children."

Keating, Nancy. "Pinduli." Library Media Connection 23, no. 7 (2005): 72. http://ezproxy.twu.edu:2052/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=16602966&site=ehost-live.