Informational

I'm Trying to Love Garbage

Author: Bethany Barton

Publisher Info: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2021

Description: Is it possible to LOVE garbage? This informational book gives us all of the information on why we should! Readers will learn about natural garbage collectors and how humans must play an important role too. 

Evaluation: This story provides the perfect balance of informational text with a twist of fun for young readers. Students will enjoy the gross facts about detritivores, decomposers, and other "trash" topics. The book also offers insightful knowledge on recycling and details on how to keep our Earth clean. 

Usage: This resource would be great to use with students in preschool through third grade (ages 4-8). The story would go well paired with an Earth Day project or research. Students could do activities like picking up trash around campus, using recyclable materials to make something new, or creating school-wide posters to promote a cleaner planet. 

Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don't Eat Friends

Author: Ame Dyckman

Illustrator: Scott Magoon

Publisher Info: Orchard Books, 2019

Description: In this story, Shark eats his friend, Bob, and the event is told through an underwater podcast. The story takes readers through a comical rendition of what happens in a shark's digestive system, and what happens when friends eat friends!

Evaluation: This is an absolutely funny, humorous, and engaging story! Young readers love learning about the drama between Bob the Jellyfish and Shark, and they also love learning new facts about underwater life.

Usage: This could be used to teach about shark digestive systems and underwater life with young readers. The graphics could be used to teach how illustrations can provide information and facts through narrative means.