Title: Dizzy
Author: Peter O’Donnell
Illustrator: Peter O’Donnell
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication Date: 1992
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Gr. 1

Overview: A wild story about an elephant named Dizzy and his friends who rescue a little boy in the jungle then get to go check out the city. It seems wonderful to them at first, but then they realize the city is no place for jungle animals.

Activity: Have the children draw pictures of animals found in the jungle, and how they would react to being in a city.

Reviewer’s Name: Chris O’Donovan