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Hi, Can anyone recommend a non fiction book about an animal in the form of a story for 2nd grade? Prefirably a picture book. We are discussing different ways non fiction books can be portrayed. Thank you for your help! Alison Thanks again everyone! Urban Roosts by Barbara Bash Is this a House for Hermit Crab? By Megan McDonald. I pair is with Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab which is fiction. My students love Chameleon, Chameleon, by Joy Cowley. It has amazing photographs of chameleons changing colors, finding new homes, and eating. The best photo is a two page spread of the chameleon zapping his tongue out to grab a caterpillar. The story is fairly simple--he looks around for food, doesn't see any, leaves his tree to find some, encounters other animals along the way, finds food, and makes a friend. But it's the photography that really makes this book popular. Here are three that came immediately to mind: 598.8 CHE Cherry, Lynne. Flute's journey : the life of a wood thrush. 1st ed. San Diego:Harcourt Brace & Co, [1997]. Note: A young wood thrush makes his first migration from his nesting ground in a forest preserve in Maryland to his winter home in Costa Rica and back again. 577.69 KUR Kurtz, Kevin and Powell, Consie. A day in the salt marsh. SylvanDell, [2007]. Note: Rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide comes and goes. 598.8 WIL Willis, Nancy Carol. The robins in your backyard. Montchanin, DE: Cucumber Island Storytellers, [1996]. Note: Describes a year in the life of a pair of robins as they build a nest, lay eggs, and care for their young. Try the Mazee book about the hippo and turtle Runt by Marion Dane Bauer bears in the wild and captivity. The Koko books are absoluely wonderful, especially Koko's Kitten. Koko was the great ape that was taught to talk using sign language. At some point, Koko, using sign, asked for a kitten. Worried that she would accidentally hurt the kitten, they first tried to give her a stuffed kitten. She kept insisting she wanted a kitten, and finally they did get her a fuzzy grey kitten, which Koko herself named "All Ball". The stories about Koko and her kitten are in picture book format, and make wonderful reading, while being true. Also, there are many stories of Jame Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian who published the best seller "All Creatures, Great and Small" that have been turned into picture books. They are also excellent. Mama : a true story in which a baby hippo loses his mama during the tsunami, but finds a new home, and a new mama / Jeanette Winter. Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship / told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; with photographs by Peter Greste. Balto... or The Great Serum Race (with the Iditarod coming up they might be good choices Brave Norman a true story The Bravest Cat the true story of Scarlett A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman (Black History) The bravest Dog Ever the story of Balto The Story of Ruby Bridges (Black History) Freedom River (Black History) There's a lot of good factual books told through narratives- for a while they were calling them faction )fiction and facts). John Himmelman is a CT author who does a nice job with it. Most anything by Steve Jenkins should work. I See a Kookabura is one of my favorites. Animals in their habitats Sam the Sea Cow by Francine Jacobs Red-eyed Tree frog Rickie and Henri by Jane Goodall Hero Cat by Eileen Spinelli Owne and Mzee by Isabella Hatkoff Knut by Isabella Hatkoff Looking for Miza by Isabella Hatkoff Cactus Hotel is about many animals in a desert habitat. It always holds the attention of my 1st and 2nd graders. Another Title is Rhinoceros Mother. Just two off the top of my head. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------