Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934359969)

What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb. What if Mary had a little . . . clam? Those questions -- and more -- are gleefully answered in Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls. This collection retells Mother Goose rhymes and celebrates America's coastlines and waterways -- from sea to shining sea. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes: Poem related fun facts and a Map activity. This fictional story with rhyming text includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 68-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Mother Osprey is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

Author: Lucy Nolan
ISBN-10: 1934359963
ISBN-13: 9781934359969
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.70w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 132918 / Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2009 pg. 61
School Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 145