Reviews and Endorsements

Feathered Quill Book Reviews-February 2012
The author wrote a truly uplifting story about how everyone has a gift. Just because your siblings may be able to do things better or quicker than you, doesn’t mean you can’t do something better than them. It just takes a little time to find out what you’re best at. And the ‘fun’ extras in the back of the book teach everything from beaver facts to building dams with your hands!

Quill Says: Another 'star' that shines in the Sylvan Dell catalog. A great story that will help kids tremendously while having a fun time!
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Kids Book Review - April 2012
I would give this book ten stars! This book is about three little beavers that eat wood – they get trapped in cages! I think this is a story. There are some facts about beavers in this book that are interesting to read. It’s an exciting book! The girl beaver doesn’t think she’s good at anything, so she swims away and pretends to be a floating log to get by a boat with people in it. She learns to be useful and helps save her family, at the end when they have a sort of adventure.

I liked it so much because it was about beavers, and had cute pictures of beavers. It would be interesting to kids because I’m sure all little kids like beavers because they’re cute! I think other people should read the book. You could save beavers by learning about them in this book, like the people in the book learned about beavers to help them. It’s important to save beavers cause they’re cool I guess. Beavers are an important part of nature and help with the food chain. - Karissa Age 7
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Tif Talks Books - April 2012
Sylvan Dell Publishing is known for their motto, "Science and Math through Literature;" however, author Jean Heilprin Diehl takes the motto further to include a theme so important for a child's social-emotional intelligence.  Three Little Beavers highlights differences and the strengths found within them.  Combine this lesson with the fun facts about nature's architects, and you have a winner on multiple levels.
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Learning Tree Online - May 2012
This charmingly detailed book is a special favorite of ours because we encounter beavers so often where we live.  We live near two lakes, with a creek side nature trail in our neighborhood.
Teachers can discuss this issue with kids and reinforce the idea that we should care for nature and show respect and kindness for all living things.

The Creative Minds section at the end of the book provides additional resources for extending the learning of the story, with activities about adaptations, beaver anatomy, lodges and dams, and environmental engineering.  The Sylvan Dell website also contains a 39 page resource guide with activities for language arts, science, math, and geography.  This book is a great example of cross-curricular learning, and it makes a nice bedtime reader as well.  Kids might even like to use the pictures in the book as models for their own nature journal drawings.  Highly recommended!
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Home School Book Review-March 2012
Author Jean Heilprin Diehl’s cute story, accompanied by Cathy Morrison’s lovable illustrations, will not only acquaint children with the habits of beavers but also encourage them to discover their own special talents.  Four pages of “For Creative Minds” learning activities include fun facts about beavers and their adaptations, a hands-on craft making lodges and dams, and thought questions concerning whether beavers are pests or environmental engineers.  After reading Three Little Beavers, youngsters will be “as eager as a beaver” to know more about nature’s dam-builders.
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Book Loons-March 2012
You'll not only discover how the beavers and humans end up co-existing without problems in this picture book, but at the end of the story there is also a special section for Creative Minds. Here you'll discover Beaver Fun Facts and Adaptations and some hands-on activities on constructing beaver lodges and dams. There' also a page discussing whether beavers are pests or helpful environmental engineers.

There's lots of informative material and plenty of fun activities in this book that will teach children four years of age and older why beavers are an important part of the forest ecosystem.
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Macaroni Kid-March 2012
This is a great book for ages 4-8. My son and I really liked the story and also the For Creative Minds section at the back of the book. It was interesting to learn the Beaver Fun Facts and Adaptations!
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Over a Steaming Cup of Tea-April 2012
This is a lovely little story. The pictures are bright and beautiful, and little tidbits of beaver facts are sprinkled throughout. Children will enjoy this simple story but learn some important truths as well. I especially appreciated how the story reminds readers that removing animals is not the only option when animals are perceived as pesky. Sometimes a little creativity is all it takes to allow animals and people to live together successfully.
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Mymc's Book Blog-March 2012
This book is prefect for children teaching them that it is okay to be an individual.
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Heck of a Bunch-February 2012
Three Little Beavers has two clear story lines.  One is that your talents can be used for good, no matter what they are, even if those talents aren't outwardly superb.  The other storyline tells of how beavers find a way to have a peaceful co-existence with humans.  The Creative Minds section of the book is fun for furthering education on Beaver Fun Facts and Adaptations, information on Lodges and Dams, and a detailed explanation on the debate of beavers being pests or environmental engineers.
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Taking Time for Mommy-February 2012
Our thoughts – First I want to tell you how much we adore the Sylvan Dell Publishing books.  Not only do they have awesome stories but they are VERY educational. I even learn things!
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