Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Picture This



Coral Reefs by Jason Chin
The title page shows a young girl taking a book called Coral Reefs off the library shelf. Beginning to read about the structure of corals, the girl wanders around the library while coral reefs spring up behind her leaving pools of water on the table. Soon ocean water is pouring in the windows and the girl is swimming in the reef. At the end of the book, the girl leaves the library. With wet hair and dripping flip-flops, she runs over to share the book with her friends.

Titanic: Eyewitness Books by Simon Adams
We only have Mary Pope Osborne to blame. After listening to Tonight on the Titanic, the kids had a million more questions about the great ship. This book has plenty of graphics, photographs, and informative captions to read multiple times. Days later, E. is still reminding us that the ship was the length of 22 buses. And he is convinced that he would have definitely had one of the first-class tickets.

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