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Zomo The Rabbit

Genre: Traditional Literature

Title: Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa

Author & Illustrator: Gerald McDermott

Awards: N/A

Age Range: 4-7 Years Old


Summary: Zomo the rabbit wanted wisdom, so he went to ask the Sky God to give him some. Although, the Sky God could not just give the rabbit wisdom. Zomo had to work for it by doing the three tasks the Sky God asked him to complete. Once, he completed the tasks Zomo went back to the Sky God and received wisdom.

Evaluation: I really liked this story and I would use the book in a 1st through 3rd grade class. The unit that I would teach along with this book is sequencing of events. For 1st graders we would work together as a class to do a cut and paste worksheet of the events in order. A graphic organizer would be given to 2nd and 3rd graders and they would need to write in order the events that happened using the words: first, second, third, next, after or finally. 

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