Much Discussed Science Book by Jess Keating

Keating's Pink Is for Blobfish is a wonderful cross between the icky (weird and ugly creatures) with pink. Wonderful photos and concept, and drawings by David DeGrand are delightful.


                                                   

Great Graphic Novel for Whole Family

The Arrival by Shaun Tan has been around for ten years, but it will be a classic. A wordless graphic novel, it shows the trials and tribulations of someone escaping his/her own country and starting anew in a new land. The drawings are full of metaphor and open to great discussions and insight.



                                                  

Thoughtful Environmental Book for Kids

Where's the Elephant? by Barroux is a thoughtful book on climate change. It shows how three forest animals, used to playing hide-and-seek, find the game easier and easier as their trees disappear. Wordless, which means it give plenty of time for discussion.


                                                     

Marvelous Cornelius

Marvelous Cornelius by Phil Bidner and John Parra is a marvelous retelling itself of the Katrina disaster through the eyes of a trash collector. Drawings are delightful. All leaves much to discussion between adult and child.


                                         

Using Photography To Graph Climate Change

    James Balog, in this video, tells us how his photo-capture of how climate change is effecting the ice shelves, and his tale is riveting.


                                           


  Remember, to just let a young person watch a video is only the beginning of enhancing his/her reading skills. Discussion must occur afterwards (if not during), and follow-up -- either by searching for additional articles on the web or books in the library -- is what makes reading to the child a natural process.

NOVA and Reading #2

NOVA videos (always wonderful) that will spark further reading and research. These are on black holes, memory, space archeology, schools of the future:

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