Review (PDF) Bubble Homes And Fish FaRTs (Junior Library Guild Selection)
Bubbles are for popping, fishing, finding food—and for sailing, playing, and shooting hoops! Who knew animals used bubbles for so many different things? Learn about how the water spider builds a bubble home underneath the water, how snapping shrimp use bubbles to talk to each other, or how dolphins play with bubbles as if it’s a game. Whether they are riding, breathing, or making bubbles, one thing is for sure—animals use bubbles in amazing ways.
Lexile Measure: 0920 (What's this?)
Series: Junior Library Guild Selection
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge (February 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1570916705
ISBN-13: 978-1570916700
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.2 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #296,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #21 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Hunting & Fishing #104 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Oceans & Seas #129 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Water
Age Range: 6 - 9 years
Grade Level: 2 - 4
When someone goes about writing a non-fiction picture book for kids they have two choices before them. They can either write a book that they know will be used strictly for curriculum use, or they can write a book about a fun and funny topic that no one has ever tackled in a picture book format before. So while Fiona Bayrock could have written yet another ocean book / fish book / sea life book / animal life book / zzzzzz, she instead decided to go a different route. A bubble route. The premise? Bubbles have far reaching applications in the natural world, above and beyond their usual uses and ramifications. And somehow or other she has managed to find not one, not two, not three or four or five but SIXTEEN examples in the wild where animals and insects have used bubbles to save, play, help, and harm. A unique idea in a singular format.Your average bubble has a whole host of applications you've probably never considered before. For creatures in the wild, however, bubbles aren't just for fun. They have practical applications ranging from the useful to the downright weird. Systematically author Fiona Bayrock introduces readers to animals like the star-nosed mole, who blows bubbles out its nose, then sucks them back in to smell for food. Or consider the rattlebox moth whose bad-tasting bubbles are so nasty even spiders will cut them free from their webs. One by one, Bayrock introduces us to bubble utilizers, ending with the only creature that uses bubbles to save other species: humans. Illustrator Carolyn Conahan provides light-hearted commentary and watercolors to complement Bayrock's text. The end of the book contains additional facts about each of these "bubble makers", including size, location, and "Amazing Facts". There is also a Glossary/Index.
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