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There are two versions of the story of Owen, a baby hippo separated from his mother by the 2004 tsunami, and Mzee, a 130-year-old tortoise who befriended him: BEST FRIENDS : THE TRUE STORY OF OWEN AND MZEE by Roberta Edwards (Grosset & Dunlap, 2007) OWEN & MZEE : THE TRUE STORY OF A REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP by Isabella Hatkoff and Craig Hatkoff (Scholastic, 2006) Basya Karp, Librarian Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls Brooklyn, NY basyak10@hotmail.com > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:38:53 -0800 > From: alisong8279@YAHOO.COM > Subject: Hit: Book Recommendations > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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