{"id":7260,"date":"2014-02-01T12:36:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T17:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=7260"},"modified":"2021-08-15T10:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T14:46:26","slug":"snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Snakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The snake is almost always the bad guy. Voldemort\u2019s Nagini in the Harry Potter series, Asmodeus Poisonteeth in Redwall, Cleopatra\u2019s asp, and Satan in Milton\u2019s \u201cParadise Lost\u201d are all \u2013 well, pretty much evil. Kaa, the ancient python in Kipling\u2019s Jungle Book, helps rescue Mowgli (the \u201cman-cub\u201d) from a band of hostile monkeys \u2013 but he also tries (several times) to eat him.<\/p>\n<p>Still, to be fair, snakes can be adorable and cool. And they&#8217;re always interesting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9eb63ee16f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9eb63ee16f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/#SNAKE_STORIES\" >SNAKE STORIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/2\/#SNAKE_MYTHS_AND_LEGENDS\" >SNAKE MYTHS AND LEGENDS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/2\/#SNAKE_SCIENCE\" >SNAKE SCIENCE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/3\/#SNAKE_POEMS\" >SNAKE POEMS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/3\/#PROJECTS_AND_ACTIVITIES\" >PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/snakes\/3\/#AND_DONT_LEAVE_OUT%E2%80%A6\" >AND DON\u2019T LEAVE OUT\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SNAKE_STORIES\"><\/span><b>SNAKE STORIES<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted-1404x2048.jpg 1404w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splendid-spotted.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Colors! With a snake! In Alexander Wilensky\u2019s <i>The Splendid Spotted Snake<\/i> (Workman Publishing, 2011), the cheerful snake \u2013 which, in the book, is made from a sturdy ribbon \u2013 is born with red spots, but as he grows, he gains more and more spots in sequentially different colors. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/colors\/\">Colors<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hide-and-snake-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hide-and-snake-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hide-and-snake.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Keith Baker\u2019s <i>Hide and Snake<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995) is a gorgeously illustrated interactive picture book, in which readers try to find a colorfully patterned snake as it slithers from page to page, entangling itself in yarn, hats, baskets, cats, and shoelaces. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-count-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-count-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-count.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Ellen Stoll Walsh\u2019s <i>Mouse Count<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995), a hungry snake decides to fill a jar with ten (charming) mice to take home for dinner. He counts them as he adds them, one by one, to the jar \u2013 but the mice cleverly manage to un-count themselves again and escape. An exercise in counting forward and backward for ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theeducatorsspinonit.com\/2013\/07\/mouse-count-activities-vbc-summer-camp.html\">Mouse Count Activities<\/a> has games, activities, and printables to accompany the book. (Make adorable sewn-paper mice.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>More mouse resources! See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/nice-mice-and-awesome-rats\/\">Nice Mice and Awesome Rats<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/opposnakes-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/opposnakes-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/opposnakes-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/opposnakes.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Salina Yoon\u2019s <i>Opposnakes<\/i> (Little Simon, 2009) is an appealing lift-the-flap book about opposites, with snakes \u2013 which are variously clean and dirty, quiet and loud, hot and cold, straight and tangled, and more. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/words-word-play-and-grammar\/\">Words, Word Play, and Grammar.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker-1496x2048.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pet-named-sneaker.jpg 1826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Joan Heilbroner\u2019s <i>A Pet Named Sneaker<\/i> (Random House, 2013) is a delightful Beginner Book starring Sneaker, a pet-store snake who wants only to be adopted. Finally a little boy named Pete takes him home, and Sneaker proves to be a wonderful pet (and even a hero). For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watch-out-maneating-snake-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watch-out-maneating-snake-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watch-out-maneating-snake.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Patricia Reilly Giff\u2019s <i>Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake!<\/i> (Yearling, 1988) \u2013 one of the New Kids of Polk Street School series \u2013 it\u2019s Stacy\u2019s first day in kindergarten and she tries to make friends, but instead ends up terrifying everybody with her stories about her man-eating snake. (It\u2019s really stuffed.) Luckily big sister Emily has some helpful advice about friendship. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crictor-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crictor-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crictor-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crictor-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crictor-1125x1536.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crictor.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Tomi Ungerer\u2019s <i>Crictor<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1983) is the story of a perfectly delightful boa constrictor sent as a birthday present to Madame Bodot by her son who studies reptiles in Africa. Soon Crictor charms the entire village. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Duckworth-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Duckworth-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Duckworth-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Duckworth-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Duckworth-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Duckworth.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Michael Sussman&#8217;s <em>Duckworth the Difficult Child <\/em>(Atheneum, 2019), Duckworth&#8217;s parents refuse to believe that a gigantic snake has crawled out of Duckworth&#8217;s closet. &#8220;It&#8217;s all in your head,&#8221; said Father. &#8220;It says here you will forget such nonsense if we give you chores to do. Please wash the dishes, Duckworth, and when you&#8217;re done with that, take out the garbage and mow the lawn.&#8221; For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa-1244x1536.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa-1659x2048.jpg 1659w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jimmys-boa.jpg 2025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Trinka Hakes Noble\u2019s <i>The Day Jimmy\u2019s Boa Ate the Wash<\/i> (Puffin, 1992) is the riotous story of the disaster-laden day when Jimmy brings his pet boa constrictor on a class trip. With illustrations by Steven Kellogg. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gruffalo-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gruffalo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gruffalo.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Julia Donaldson\u2019s <i>The Gruffalo<\/i> (Puffin, 2006), clever Mouse manages to scare off a hungry fox, owl, and snake by inventing a fearsome gruffalo (with terrible claws, terrible tusks, and terrible jaws). Mouse isn\u2019t worried, because there\u2019s no such thing as a gruffalo \u2013 until, to his horror, he actually encounters one. But it turns out that inventive Mouse has a story ready. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/verdi-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/verdi-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/verdi.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Janell Cannon\u2019s <i>Verdi<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997), Verdi is a bright-yellow little python who is determined never to grow up to be \u201clazy, boring, or green!\u201d When, to his horror, he discovers that he\u2019s developing a green stripe, he does his very best to get rid of it, which nearly leads to disaster. Eventually Verdi comes to terms with adulthood, discovering that \u2013 even though he\u2019s green \u2013 \u201cI\u2019m still me!\u201d For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-snake-blake-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-snake-blake-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-snake-blake.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Randy Siegel\u2019s <i>My Snake Blake<\/i> (Roaring Brook Press, 2012), the protagonist gets a super-long, bright green snake for his birthday as a present from his dad. (\u201cI think your father is nuts,\u201d said my mom, as she walked in, frowning. \u201cAnd proud of it,\u201d answered dad. \u201cNow let the snake out.\u201d) Luckily Blake is a very talented snake, capable of spelling words with his coils. Like \u201cRELAX.\u201d Funny and terrific for ages 4 and on up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rikki-tikki-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rikki-tikki-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rikki-tikki.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u201cRikki-Tikki-Tavi,\u201d which first appeared in Rudyard Kipling\u2019s 1894 classic <i>The Jungle Book<\/i>, is the story of a brave little mongoose who saves a British family in India from Nag and Nagaina, a pair of deadly cobras. For a picture-book version of the tale, see <i>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi<\/i> (Morrow Junior Books, 1997), with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. For ages 6 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cam-jansen-and-snake-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cam-jansen-and-snake-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cam-jansen-and-snake-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cam-jansen-and-snake-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cam-jansen-and-snake.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>David Adler\u2019s <i>Cam Jansen: The Scary Snake Mystery<\/i> (Puffin, 2005) stars young detective Cam Jansen, whose nickname (Cam is short for \u201cCamera\u201d) refers to her photographic memory. This one involves a loose snake and a stolen video camera. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/akimbo-and-snakes-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/akimbo-and-snakes-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/akimbo-and-snakes.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Alexander McCall Smith\u2019s <i>Akimbo and the Snakes<\/i> (Bloomsbury, 2006) &#8211; one of a series \u2013 ten-year-old Akimbo\u2019s father is head ranger on a game preserve in Africa. In this book, Akimbo goes to visit his uncle\u2019s snake farm, where he becomes involved in a hunt for a rare (and dangerous) green mamba. For ages 7-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf-1579x2048.jpg 1579w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-bird-snake-wolf.jpg 1927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>David Almond\u2019s <i>Mouse Bird Snake Wolf<\/i> (Candlewick, 2013) is an original creation tale in which the gods \u2013 now back in the clouds, having naps and tea \u2013 have left gaps in the world. These are filled in by three imaginative children who conjure up a mouse, bird, snake, and finally a wolf. With the wolf, things get dangerous. A thought-provoking read for ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snake-and-Lizard-cover-rough-2-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snake-and-Lizard-cover-rough-2-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snake-and-Lizard-cover-rough-2-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snake-and-Lizard-cover-rough-2-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snake-and-Lizard-cover-rough-2-1121x1536.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snake-and-Lizard-cover-rough-2.jpg 1495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Joy Cowley\u2019s\u00a0 <i>Snake and Lizard<\/i> (Kane\/Miller Books, 2008) covers \u2013 in many short chapters \u2013 the adventures of two unlikely friends, laid-back Snake and excitable Lizard. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/we-cant-all-be-rattlesnakes-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/we-cant-all-be-rattlesnakes-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/we-cant-all-be-rattlesnakes.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The narrator of Patrick Jenning\u2019s <i>We Can\u2019t All Be Rattlesnakes<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2011) is Crusher, a gopher snake, captured by \u201can oily, filthy, fleshy human child\u201d named Gunnar. (\u201cGunnar thinks I\u2019ll be his adoring pet. He\u2019s wrong.\u201d) Snarky Crusher decides to pretend to be tame while plotting to escape, but soon finds herself feeling sorry for clueless Gunnar. Clever, funny, and a great animal voice. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reptile-room-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reptile-room-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reptile-room.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In <i>The Reptile Room<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2007) \u2013 Book 2 of Lemony Snicket\u2019s A Series of Unfortunate Events series \u2013 the luckless Baudelaire orphans are living with their herpetologist Uncle Monty, owner of the Incredibly Deadly Viper. Hilariously miserable for ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mamba-point-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mamba-point-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mamba-point.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Kurtis Scaletta\u2019s <i>Mamba Point<\/i> (Yearling, 2011), 12-year-old Linus moves to Liberia where his father has a job at the American embassy.\u00a0 Linus is terrified of deadly black mambas \u2013 but somehow mambas seem to be drawn to Linus. It turns out that Linus is a kaseng \u2013 a person with a mysterious connection to certain animals, in his case, mambas. Soon he has adopted a mamba as a pet \u2013 and with the help of the snake, he eventually becomes what he wants to be: \u201ca whole new Linus.\u201d For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-book-cover-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-book-cover-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-book-cover-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-book-cover-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-book-cover.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Antoine de Saint-Exupery\u2019s <i>The Little Prince<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013), originally published in 1943, is the poetic and philosophical tale of an aviator who, as a child, drew a picture of an elephant that had been swallowed by a boa constrictor \u2013 but which all the adults around him said was a hat. Now an adult, the aviator is stranded in the desert, attempting to repair his plane, when he meets the mysterious little prince \u2013 here from his tiny distant home planet. For starts, the little prince knows the picture is of an elephant inside a snake. A wonderful story. Readers will find a lot to talk about. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>From the Teaching Children Philosophy website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org\/BookModule\/TheLittlePrince\">The Little Prince<\/a> has a long list of creative discussion questions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-movie-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-movie-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-movie-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-movie-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-little-prince-movie.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The 1974 film version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071762\/\">The Little Prince<\/a>, in which Bob Fosse plays a superb Snake, is rated G. There&#8217;s also an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1754656\/\">animated version<\/a> (2015), a sequel, in which a little girl is introduced to the world of the Little Prince by the Aviator. Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hounds-of-morrigan-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hounds-of-morrigan-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hounds-of-morrigan.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Pat O\u2019Shea\u2019s <i>The Hounds of the Morrigan<\/i> (HarperTeen, 1999), ten-year-old Pidge and his little sister Brigit find a book in a second-hand bookshop that turns out to be an ancient prison for the powerful and evil serpent Olc-Glas. The Morrigan \u2013 goddess of death and destruction \u2013 wants to use the serpent\u2019s power to take over the world, and the children soon find that they\u2019re involved in a great battle between the forces of good and evil. This is a wonderful fantasy, filled with characters and images from Celtic mythology. It\u2019s available through libraries and from used-book dealers. For fans of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, this one is well worth tracking down. Highly recommended for ages 11 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-river-godden-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-river-godden-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-river-godden.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Rumer Godden\u2019s <i>The River<\/i> (Trans-Atlantic Books, 2004) is the story of Harriet, who lives with her British family in India. There Harriet, a would-be poet, struggles with change and relationships \u2013 with her older sister, Bea; the wounded soldier, Captain John; and her little brother, who is fascinated with the cobra in the garden. A thoughtful and beautiful exploration of life and death, love, loss, and growing up. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-anthology-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-anthology-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-anthology.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Collected by Willee Lewis, <em>Snakes<\/em>:<i> An Anthology of Serpent Tales<\/i> (M. Evans &amp; Company, 2003) is a compendium of stories, poems, and first-person encounters with snakes, with contributions from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Emily Dickinson, Rudyard Kipling, Roald Dahl, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mark Twain. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes<\/i>, &#8220;The Speckled Band&#8221; (spoiler!) involves a snake. Read it online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/1661\/1661-h\/1661-h.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From the Brothers Grimm, \u201cThe White Snake\u201d centers around a magical (and apparently cooked) white snake that gives people the power to understand the language of animals. Read it online <a href=\"https:\/\/etc.usf.edu\/lit2go\/175\/grimms-fairy-tales\/3105\/the-white-snake\/\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From The Guardian, check out this list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2011\/jul\/08\/ten-best-snakes\">Ten Best Snakes in Literature<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robin-hood-movie-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robin-hood-movie-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robin-hood-movie-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robin-hood-movie-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robin-hood-movie-1088x1536.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robin-hood-movie.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In the Disney version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070608\/\">Robin Hood<\/a> (1973), all the characters are animated \u2013 including Sir Hiss, wicked Prince John\u2019s wicked snake sidekick. (Robin and Maid Marian are foxes.) Rated G.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>SNAKE MYTHS AND LEGENDS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-last-snake-in-ireland-a-story-about-st-patrick-original-imaeap6hdcksttat-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-last-snake-in-ireland-a-story-about-st-patrick-original-imaeap6hdcksttat-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-last-snake-in-ireland-a-story-about-st-patrick-original-imaeap6hdcksttat-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-last-snake-in-ireland-a-story-about-st-patrick-original-imaeap6hdcksttat-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-last-snake-in-ireland-a-story-about-st-patrick-original-imaeap6hdcksttat-1536x1351.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-last-snake-in-ireland-a-story-about-st-patrick-original-imaeap6hdcksttat.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Sheila MacGill-Callahan, <i>The Last Snake in Ireland<\/i> (Holiday House, 1999) is the story of (not-yet-saint) Patrick ousting the snakes from Ireland with a magic bell \u2013 all but one particularly ornery snake who persistently dogs Patrick\u2019s heels until he finally manages to banish it to the depths of Scotland\u2019s Loch Ness. When he returns, years later, to check on it, it\u2019s still there. And much bigger. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-great-snake-amazon-stories-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-great-snake-amazon-stories-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-great-snake-amazon-stories.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Sean Taylor\u2019s <i>The Great Snake: Stories from the Amazon<\/i> (Frances Lincoln Children\u2019s Books, 2008) is a collection of nine pourquoi-style folktales collected in the course of a boat trip along the Amazon, among them \u201cThe Great Snake.\u201d Illustrations are colored woodcuts. For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lady-white-snake-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lady-white-snake-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lady-white-snake.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Aaron Shepard\u2019s lavishly illustrated <i>Lady White Snake<\/i> (Pan Asian Publications, 2001) is a tale from Chinese opera in which the beautiful Lady White \u2013 a snake in human form \u2013 falls in love with a young man and marries. A monk, who discovers Lady White\u2019s true nature, finally succeeds \u2013 after a battle &#8211; in driving the lovers apart and imprisoning Lady White under a pagoda. (Though Lady White still has warrior friends who come to her aid.) Readers can also learn a handful of Chinese characters, including the one for \u201csnake.\u201d For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/perseus-mccaughrean-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/perseus-mccaughrean-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/perseus-mccaughrean.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Geraldine McCaughrean\u2019s <i>Perseus<\/i> (Cricket Books, 2005) is a 160-page retelling of the Greek myth of Perseus, who slays the snake-headed gorgon Medusa and rescues the beautiful princess Andromeda. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/serpents-tale-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/serpents-tale-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/serpents-tale.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Edited by Gregory McNamee, <i>The Serpent\u2019s Tale<\/i> (University of Georgia Press, 2000) is a collection of snakes stories and tales from around the world, including folktales from Germany, the American Southwest, China, Yugoslavia, Iceland, and India. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>SNAKE SCIENCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-are-hunters-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-are-hunters-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-are-hunters.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Patricia Lauber\u2019s <i>Snakes Are Hunters<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2002) \u2013 one of the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series \u2013 is a nicely presented picture-book overview of the natural history of snakes, variously covering anatomy, senses, predators, food, and egg-laying. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/garter-snake-at-willow-creek-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/garter-snake-at-willow-creek-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/garter-snake-at-willow-creek-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/garter-snake-at-willow-creek-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/garter-snake-at-willow-creek-1536x1134.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/garter-snake-at-willow-creek-2048x1511.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Janet Halfman, <i>Garter Snake at Willow Creek Lane<\/i> (First Edition, 2011) \u2013 one of the Smithsonian\u2019s Backyard series &#8211; is the story of a young garter snake, on her own since she was a two-day-old snakeling, learning how to survive and, as winter approaches, searching for a safe place to spend the coming cold months. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amazing-snakes-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amazing-snakes-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amazing-snakes-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amazing-snakes-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/amazing-snakes.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Sarah L. Thomson\u2019s <i>Amazing Snakes<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2006) \u2013 one of the I Can Read series \u2013 is a nicely done introduction to snakes for beginning readers. (\u201cThere are more than 2000 different kinds of snakes. Some are shorter than a pencil. Some are almost as long as a school bus.\u201d) For nonfiction lovers ages 5-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/i-wonder-why-snakes-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/i-wonder-why-snakes-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/i-wonder-why-snakes-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/i-wonder-why-snakes-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/i-wonder-why-snakes-1242x1536.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/i-wonder-why-snakes.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Amanda O\u2019Neill\u2019s <i>I Wonder Why Snakes Shed Their Skin<\/i> (Kingfisher, 2011) is an engaging overview of reptiles, organized in question-and-answer format for a great interactive read. Which is the biggest reptile? Which is the biggest snake? Why do snakes stare? Illustrated with color photos and cartoons. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-salamanders-lizards-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-salamanders-lizards-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-salamanders-lizards-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-salamanders-lizards.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Diane Burns, <i>Snakes, Salamanders, and Lizards<\/i> (Cooper Square Publishing, 1995) is one of the Take Along Guides, with background information, identification helps, note pages, and three simple craft projects (make a dried-bean picture of a snake, for example). For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katie-1-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katie-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katie-1-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katie-1.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Kate Jackson\u2019s <i>Katie of the Sonoran Desert<\/i> (Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum Press, 2009), Katie is a diamondback rattlesnake. Told from the point of view of Katie as she hunts for food, fights predators, and protects her young, this is a good introduction to snake science for ages 7 and up. In both English and Spanish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-seymour-simon-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-seymour-simon-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-seymour-simon-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-seymour-simon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Seymour Simon\u2019s 32-page <i>Snakes<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2007), illustrated with terrific color photographs, is an excellent introduction to snake anatomy, behavior, and taxonomy for ages\u00a0 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-snake-sci-CRP-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-snake-sci-CRP-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-snake-sci-CRP.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Cindy Blobaum\u2019s <i>Awesome Snake Science<\/i> (Chicago Review Press, 2012) is packed with information, photos, diagrams, and \u201c40 Activities for Learning About Snakes.\u201d Subsections include Snake Study, Body Basics, Awesome Adaptations, Super Senses, On the Offense (make virtual viper venom), and Definitely Defense (make a color-changing snake). A great resource for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like-1010x1536.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like-1346x2048.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/what-if-humans-were-like.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Marianne Taylor, <i>What If Humans Were Like Animals?<\/i> (Readers Digest, 2013), in icky science mode, details \u201cThe Amazing and Disgusting Life You\u2019d Lead as a Snake, Bird, Fish or Worm.\u201d For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snake-scientist-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snake-scientist-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snake-scientist.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Sy Montgomery with photographer Nic Bishop, <i>The Snake Scientist<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001) \u2013 one of the Scientists in the Field series \u2013 follows the research of herpetologist Robert Mason on the red-sided garter snake. Find out what snake scientists do. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-by-badger-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-by-badger-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-by-badger-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-by-badger.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>David Badger\u2019s 144-page <i>Snakes<\/i> (Crestline Books, 2011) has information on the history of humans and snakes, nonfiction accounts of various aspects of snake biology, and over 100 spectacular color photographs of snakes. For snake-lovers of all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-gower-and-garrett-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-gower-and-garrett-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-gower-and-garrett-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-gower-and-garrett-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-gower-and-garrett.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see the similarly authoritative <i>Snakes<\/i> (Firefly Books, 2012) by David Gower, Katherine Garrett, and Peter Stafford.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From the California Academy of Science, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/educators\/lesson-plans\/snakes-and-lizards-structure-and-function\">Snakes and Lizards: Structure and Function<\/a> is a hands-on activity in which kids measure and research a range of snakes and lizards. Find out what a squamate is. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From the Smithsonian, read about the 40-foot-long <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/how-titanoboa-the-40-foot-long-snake-was-found-115791429\/\">Titanboa<\/a>, the largest snake ever.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read all about the biggest living snake, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extremescience.com\/biggest-snake.htm\">Giant Anaconda<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/zoology\/reptiles-amphibians\/snake.htm\">How Snakes Work<\/a> covers snake anatomy and senses, growth, movement, digestion, and sex. Plus a note on flying snakes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Scientists believe that snakes probably evolved from a lizard. Find out about it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-snakes-lost-their-legs\/\">How Snakes Lost Their Legs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Learn about the animals at the National Zoo&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalzoo.si.edu\/animals\/exhibits\/reptile-discovery-center\">Reptile Discovery Center<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>The Snake Conservation Center hosts an annual citizen science project called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snakeconservation.org\/snake-count\">Snake Count<\/a>. Help map and track snake distributions across North America.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>SNAKE POEMS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lizards-frogs-by-florian-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lizards-frogs-by-florian-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lizards-frogs-by-florian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lizards-frogs-by-florian.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Douglas Florian\u2019s <i>lizards, frogs, and polliwogs<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005) is a collection of 21 illustrated poems about reptiles and amphibians. Featured: the diamondback rattlesnake, cobra, and python. For ages 5-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Practically everybody loves Shel\u2019s Silverstein\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/419186-oh-i-m-being-eaten-by-a-boa-constrictor-a-boa\">I\u2019m Being Eaten by a Boa Constrictor<\/a>. (Oh, gee\/It\u2019s up to my knee.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/peter-paul-mommy-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/peter-paul-mommy-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/peter-paul-mommy-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/peter-paul-mommy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Put to music, it\u2019s on Peter, Paul, and Mary\u2019s 1990 CD <em>Peter, Paul and Mommy<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>By the irrepressible Ogden Nash, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reptileforums.co.uk\/forums\/general-herp-chat\/450006-few-old-nash-poems-about.html\">The Python<\/a> begins \u201cThe python has, and I fib no fibs\/318 pairs of ribs\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Emily Dickinson\u2019s poem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/49909\/a-narrow-fellow-in-the-grass-1096\">A narrow fellow in the grass<\/a> ends &#8220;But never met this fellow\/Attended or alone\/Without a tighter breathing,\/And zero at the bone.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read D.H. Lawrence\u2019s poem \u201cSnake\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetsgraves.co.uk\/Classic%20Poems\/Lawrence\/snake.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>KidZone\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidzone.ws\/lw\/snakes\/activities.htm\">Snake Activities<\/a> has printable snake books and worksheets, a snake life cycle sheet, snake puzzles and coloring pages, and a recipe for chocolate snakes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rainbow-bubble-snakes-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rainbow-bubble-snakes-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rainbow-bubble-snakes.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingaforest.com\/rainbow-bubble-snakes\/\">Rainbow Bubble Snakes<\/a>. You\u2019ll need plastic water bottles, old socks, duct tape, dish soap, and food coloring.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>What to do with those hopeless single socks? <a href=\"http:\/\/lollyjane.com\/kid-craft-sock-snakes\/\">Make Sock Snakes<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"http:\/\/zitzmanfam.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/fun-with-kids-fridays-snake-ocups.html\">Cup Snake<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/may4th-041-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/may4th-041-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/may4th-041.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notimeforflashcards.com\/2009\/05\/slither-in-the-grass.html\">Shape Snake<\/a> with cut-out shapes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-in-grass-deep-space-spark-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-in-grass-deep-space-spark-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-in-grass-deep-space-spark.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Deep Space Sparkle, check out this wonderful project for making glittery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deepspacesparkle.com\/2011\/01\/12\/snakes-in-the-grass\/\">Snakes in the Grass<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From DLTK\u2019s Crafts for Kids, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/animals\/snakes.htm\">Snake Activities<\/a> has a list of cool snake crafts, including shape snakes, egg-carton snakes, fingerprint snakes, paper-chain snakes, and a boingy spiral snake.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Artists Helping Children, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artistshelpingchildren.org\/snakescraftsideasactivitieskids.html\">Snake Crafts for Kids<\/a> include alphabet snakes, a snake tie (yes, tie; think Father\u2019s Day), a crocheted snake, an origami snake, and even a pumpkin snake.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Got bubble wrap? Make this terrific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellesplace.com\/html\/snakecrafts.html\">Bubble Wrap Snake<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4229edit-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4229edit-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4229edit.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From eighteen25, particularly adorable painted <a href=\"http:\/\/eighteen25.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/arts-crafts-tp-roll-snakes.html\">TP Roll Snakes<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Dick Blick, see instructions for making a polymer clay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/lesson-plans\/snake-basket\/\">Snake Basket<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snakes-Ladders-Board-Game-Ages\/dp\/B087W5MBRJ\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SWGP1729cobR10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SWGP1729cobR10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SWGP1729cobR10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SWGP1729cobR10.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flexible-Wooden-Snake-Craft-Kit\/dp\/B07666FHG8\">Wooden Snakes Craft Kit<\/a> has 12 ready-to-paint wiggly wooden snakes. All supplies included.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-and-ladders-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-and-ladders-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-and-ladders.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snakes-Ladders-Board-Game-Ages\/dp\/B087W5MBRJ\/\">Snakes and Ladders<\/a> (or Chutes and Ladders) is a classic board game that originated in ancient India. (The aim: maneuver your game piece across the board, while being helped by ladders and hindered by snakes.) See the classic board game and the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ir.Hadiware.Snake_Ladder&amp;hl=en_US\">Snakes and Ladders app<\/a> from Google Play. Or play for free at various sites online. (For example, see <a href=\"https:\/\/toytheater.com\/snakes-and-ladders\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-of-world-coloring-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-of-world-coloring-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/snakes-of-world-coloring.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Jan Sovak\u2019s <i>Snakes of the World Coloring Book<\/i> (Dover Publications, 1995) has brief information and black-line, ready-to-color portraits of some 40 different snakes, among them the anaconda, king cobra, cottonmouth, puff adder, and garter snake.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>AND DON\u2019T LEAVE OUT\u2026<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ouroboros-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ouroboros-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ouroboros.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ouroboros\">Ouroboros<\/a>, the ancient symbol of a snake swallowing its own tail, represents the cycle of life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/albertis-window.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/snakes-in-ancient-art-hiss-tory.html\">Snakes in Ancient Art Hiss-tory<\/a> is a brief illustrated overview. Ideas for research projects for older kids?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/escher-snakes-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/escher-snakes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/escher-snakes-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/escher-snakes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/escher-snakes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/escher-snakes.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Check out M.C. Escher\u2019s woodcut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcescher.com\/gallery\/recognition-success\/snakes\/\">Snakes<\/a>. (Count the snakes?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gadsden-flag-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gadsden-flag-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gadsden-flag-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gadsden-flag-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gadsden-flag.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The famous <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gadsden_flag\">Gadsden flag<\/a> \u2013 named for its designer Christopher Gadsden \u2013 was created during the American Revolution and pictures a coiled rattlesnake with the motto \u201cDon\u2019t Tread on Me.\u201d This article has interesting information on historical snake flags and snake symbolism.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The snake is almost always the bad guy. 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