Storytime: Wonders of Nature

I'm doing storytime for Parks and Rec this summer (older kids, grades 3-5).  This week they requested "The Wonders of Nature", which is very vague.  So, I kind of went for animals and crazy weather.

 
Is A Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? 
by Robert E. Wells
(Not a hit in the park in the summer. So I switched it for the second group to my next book.)




Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judith Barrett and pictures by Ron Barrett
(For being so long, they listened really well.)


 
Actual Size
by Steve Jenkins


 
A Frog in the Bog
by Karma Wilson and pictures by Joan Rankin
(One kid rolled his eyes, "Not a rhyming book!" But they were all attentive once I got into it.)


 
A Zooful of Animals 
edited by William E. Cole and pictures by Lynn Munsinger
(Excerpts from this one. Not nearly enough time for the whole thing.)