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Greetings!Lucy Cousins is one of today’s most acclaimed

children’s book author-illustrators. For more

than twenty-five years, her unique titles have

fascinated babies, toddlers, and preschoolers

with their childlike simplicity, bold outlines, and

bright colors. Favorites like Hooray for Fish!, I’m

the Best, Peck Peck Peck, and Yummy — and of

course her wildly popular Maisy books — engage

children with characters that reflect their own

everyday experiences and interests. Her newest

picture book, Hooray for Birds!, invites little ones

to imagine themselves as brilliant birds — per-

fect for a playful, interactive story time event!

Use this kit for a fun and colorful Lucy Cousins

book celebration in your bookstore or library.

Enclosed you’ll find reproducible activity sheets

that are certain to delight little ones. Get kids

up and moving with an energetic reading of

Hooray for Birds!, then cap off the day with a

reading of another favorite Lucy Cousins book.

Your event is sure to be as vibrant as Lucy

Cousins’s bright artwork!

HC: 978-0-7636-9265-0

HC: 978-0-7636-4684-4PB: 978-0-7636-6348-3

HC: 978-0-7636-6621-7BB: 978-0-7636-8946-9

HC: 978-0-7636-2741-6

BB: 978-0-7636-9352-7

HC: 978-0-7636-4474-1

ACTIVITY KIT

Illustrations © 2010 and 2017 by Lucy Cousins

Photo

credit

Lucy Co

usins

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Matching GameHooray for Birds! is filled with colorful flying creatures. Match the birds from column A to the birds in column B.

A B

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Can you count how

many

birds there are in this picture? C

an you name any of them

?

Ans

wer

: 29

bird

s

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Count

ing Fun

If I

Wer

e a

Bird

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Maze

START

END

In I’m the Best, Dog thinks he’s the best at everything. Is he the best at mazes? Help Dog get to his friends.

Illustrations © 2010 by Lucy Cousins

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U P Z R N U Q F M K I O S M T

P C A T Z G T D L H U K G A Z

G P P L N A Y Y V F C L O J Q

T B M R T I M O N O K L A E W

U W R A E M C E L D R I T I F

R C G Z U D G I H Z I W S N H

N B M Y F J D E N O R M O U S

I I R T R L U E I S H Y M D R

P B M E O I V U F Y T W V X W

S R G G M J T P P E V D G Q J

B Y E R A E I M R I H L T L D

P M H X U O N S D Y G V N C V

T H R E E F G A H A V F N L R

Q P C A U I F P D E M G D L J

A Y X O P H E N S E P T S S O

Word Search

Find and circle words from Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales in the word search below.

❑ GOLDILOCKS

❑ YUMMY

❑ THREE

❑ PIGS

❑ BREMEN

❑ GRUFF

❑ ENORMOUS

❑ GOATS

❑ TURNIP

❑ HEN

❑ RED

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Connect the DotsIn Peck, Peck, Peck, Little Woodpecker loves to peck, peck, peck! Connect the pecks (dots) to find a hidden picture.

Illustrations © 2013 by Lucy Cousins

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Coloring Page

Little Fish has many friends in Hooray for Fish! Color them in.

Illustrations © 2005 by Lucy Cousins