Other great books by Leo Lionni include:


A Color of His Own

An Extraordinary Egg

The Alphabet Tree

 Inch By Inch By Leo Lionni


Questions To Ask

Talk about the birds in the book. Why do they want to eat the worm?

Ask the children what they think will happen next, will the worm get away? See if they guess correctly

The book has lots of examples of size ask children to show you how big an inch is.

 
Things To Do

Use the measuring and math in the book and give children rulers to measure things on their own

Measure out sizes in the book and show children how big and small things are

The book has many beautiful illustrations of nature take children outside and try to find the various birds in the book