Bill Peet - Teachers Page


We wanted to include some ideas for teachers of how they can use Bill Peet books in their classrooms.  If you have other ideas, please e-mail us or make a note in our guestbook and let us know.  We will add the best ideas to the web site!

Using the books to emphasize a theme Many times in a classroom a teacher might want to use a book to emphasize a theme that they are teaching.  Bill Peet books are very useful for this.  We divided his books into certain themes where they can be used:

Friendship:
Eli
Fly Homer Fly
The Ant and the Elephant
Jennifer and Josephine

Cooperation/Sharing:
The Gnats of Knotty Pine
The Ant and the Elephant
Kermit the Hermit

Environment: 
The Wumpworld
Farewell to Shady Glade
Buford the Little Bighorn

Understanding/Tolerance/Acceptance:
The Whingdingdilly
The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg
Big Bad Bruce
Huge Harold
The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock

Being Happy with Who You Are/Self Esteem:
The Caboose Who Got Loose
Chester the Worldly Pig
Huge Harold
Smokey
Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent
The Whingdingdilly
The Luckiest One of All
The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock

Perseverance/Courage:
Merle the Flying Squirrel
Cowardly Clyde
Encore for Eleanor

Making the Right Choices:
Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent

 Cause and Effect:
Smokey