Other than the obvious letter-sound correlation, the book can be a springboard for older children to falling down delightful rabbit holes of research using the internet:
* relating foods to their natural climate zones: pineapples growing on Pender would be wonderful, but...
* learning some of the obscure facts of BC Island history: one of the islands was a leper colony for afflicted Chinese Immigrants; what was their story?
* using Google Earth to find and fly over the BC islands, and "Hey! Isn't that one a lake?"
* writing haiku poetry: seventeen syllables in three lines, no exceptions!
* discerning reality from imagination: do dragons really eat dates?
Written with visions of snuggling together while perusing the images, debating facts, and searching the BC map, each letter story balances on the fantasy/reality divide, leaving questions and answers to the readers to discuss and resolve. The author offers this reading advice:
Search for the islands,
think of foods and animals,
decide true or false.
Other than the obvious letter-sound correlation, the book can be a springboard for older children to falling down delightful rabbit holes of research using the internet:
* relating foods to their natural climate zones: pineapples growing on Pender would be wonderful, but...
* learning some of the obscure facts of BC Island history: one of the islands was a leper colony for afflicted Chinese Immigrants; what was their story?
* using Google Earth to find and fly over the BC islands, and "Hey! Isn't that one a lake?"
* writing haiku poetry: seventeen syllables in three lines, no exceptions!
* discerning reality from imagination: do dragons really eat dates?
Written with visions of snuggling together while perusing the images, debating facts, and searching the BC map, each letter story balances on the fantasy/reality divide, leaving questions and answers to the readers to discuss and resolve. The author offers this reading advice:
Search for the islands,
think of foods and animals,
decide true or false.
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