Monday, February 22, 2010

Penguin





Title: Penguin

Written by: Lisa Magloff

Genre: Nonfiction


Summary

Penguins is a nonfiction picture book that contains facts and pictures about the life of a penguin. By using facts, the author tries to tell a story about how a penguin is born and what life is like once they hatch from the egg. Some things one will learn after they read this book are how penguins mate, where penguins live, what penguins eat, and much more! This is a very interesting and informative book that anyone would enjoy!

Classroom Connection
This book could be used to introduce a nonfiction unit. Students could pick out characteristics this specific book portrayed that they believed would pertain only to nonfiction books. This book would also be beneficial for students to use in a research project, specifically about animals because it is fairly simple, has several pictures, and is easy to scan through to find information.

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