Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge 2016 is a weekly celebration of imaginative children’s nonfiction materials hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy.
Do Fish Fart? Answers to Kids’ Questions About Lakes
My Two Cents: As a nerdy kid (who grew into a nerdy adult), this book would’ve been right up my alley. It definitely has a sense of humour, as the title might suggest, and uses a blend of photographs and cartoony illustrations to answer kids’ questions about lake ecosystems, while packing enough information in to be a valuable educational resource. .
The book includes a table of contents, a comprehensive index, a thorough listing of advisors and consultants, and a list of credits for the different photographs used throughout the text, which makes this librarian a very happy camper. Being able to point out these different features in information texts is an important part of introducing students to research methods and principles.
I also appreciate the blending of practical and wacky questions (like the question about what would happen to a fish if it drank an energy drink). That pretty much captures the essence of kids – capable of coming up with the weirdest, wackiest, and still most interesting questions!
I grew up fascinated by the natural world, and filled to the brim with questions, so a book of questions and answers like this would definitely have appealed to me, and will likely appeal to nerdy and not-so-nerdy young readers today. Informational texts can be fun and silly without skimping on the educational!
That is hysterical! Where do they come up with these things? I’m sure this is a fun book that kids enjoy.
Definitely! I love nonfiction with a sense of humour – learning really can be fun!
Looks great, Jane. My husband and I lived on a lake a long time ago. We would have loved this book!
I loved getting to see a couple of the inside spreads. In books like these, the layout is a huge part of how effective the book is. Thanks for sharing!
Haha! Oh my – my 5th and 6th graders would love this!
Definitely! The author totally gets kids. 🙂
This sounds like such fun! Thanks for sharing!
I love sharing fun nonfiction – learning can be fun! 🙂
Oh my word! This looks great. My 4th graders are suckers for anything that sounds like potty humor.
Hey, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, at least when it comes to kid-friendly potty humour. 😉
The title alone would get kids to read it! I think the wacky questions make them interesting too!
Oh yes, I’m not above grabbing kids with potty humour! 😉