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Posted: Jan 20 2006 at 5:00am | IP Logged Quote Dawn
I am looking for living book suggestions to go along with our life science study this year. Particularly stories about frogs, toads, turtles and birds. I'll bet there is a list of these out there, I'm just not sure where to look.

I ask because I find that science for my 1st grader is wholly shaped by interesting living books. If the information is presented in a story form, he'll really pay attention and absorb it, comment on it and explore it.

For example, we've been enjoying a book called Martha by Gennady Spirin about how the author's family found and rehabilitated an injured crow. Because of our new "crow awareness" we have begun watching for them (especially on trash day!), scheming ways to get them to come to our backyard, reading about them in our bird guide, coloring pictures of them, etc. I am even considering buying some black fabric this weekend in order to make up some crow "costumes" for the younger two!

Thanks for any suggestions.

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Posted: Jan 20 2006 at 5:40am | IP Logged Quote Donna
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Posted: Jan 20 2006 at 5:52am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Dawn,

When dh used to teach middle school science he would have the kids read Cry of the Crow by Jean Craighead George. Any of her books are great.

For a lower reading level, try any of the Thornton Burgess books -- we've really enjoyed The Burgess Animal Book, The Burgess Bird Book, Old Mother West Wind, and The Burgess Book of Nature Lore. All of these are great reads but you can also pull out a specific chapter to read about a particular animal -- wolf or squirrel or whatever.

The James Herriot books are great too -- especially James Herriot's Treasury for Children.

Hope this helps!

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Jim Arnosky has one on frogs and one on turtles that I know of. Also, a good one on sea turtles that I just found is One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies.

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Posted: Jan 20 2006 at 8:39am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
Dawn, I do have several lists of living books, especially in the Wild Monthly pages. Look there for turtles and some birds. The newsletter is brief, with a few books listed, but you can follow the links for more ideas, too.

Donna, I took the liberty of changing the link you put for me (thanks for the plug!). MacBeth's Opinion now has its own domain name:   www.macbethsopinion.com, and the page is updated and neater, I think.

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Posted: Jan 20 2006 at 5:39pm | IP Logged Quote Dawn
Thank you everyone for the ideas !

I have started a list for myself, covering the next several months -- animals we find interesting and the books that would support each creature. I'll add to the list as I discover more titles through online searches and word of mouth.

MacBeth, your list helped me remember Holling's Minn of the Mississippi -- a perfect book for learning about turtles. Thank you (and wonderful site!!!)





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