Text Set & Resources

Text Set Concept Map:

This text set (above at a glance and below in detail) connects to the anchor text (A Tear in the Ocean by H.M. Bouwman) of this multimodal text set and aligns with the corresponding inquiry-based questions that guide this unit. We have curated quality children’s books across a variety of genres and formats (e.g., picture books, graphic novels, nonfiction, etc.) that present family dynamics, grief and trauma, climate justice, and children as advocates in ways that lend to critical conversations. When selecting children's books for this text set we considered:

• Visual and verbal sensitivity,
• Authenticity and accuracy,
• Ideology, and
• Cultural diversity, racial diversity, ethnic diversity and representation of diverse abilities.