pickRead this one over a week ago and forgot to post about it.
I was surprised by how intense the story was. I figured it the subject matter would have been toned down a ton for younger readers, but we still ended up getting the serious weight of that battle. It was a great book.
pickI found 3 “I Survived…” books I hadn‘t read. Tarshis uses a familiar formula to recount the stories of Joplin tornado of 2011, Battle of Gettysburg 1863, and Shark Attacks 1916. She usually adds Author Notes which compare the actual survivors from her extensive research to the fictional characters in her books
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This is a really good book It tells first person's view it rooks.
Him: I really love these books Mrs. B. Me: I‘m excited for you!! Him: starts screaming as he realizes I have one of the I Survived books that he‘s been wanting to read. Me: I love this job! #isurvivedgalvestonhurricane #readingroyals
so-so3✨ My ten year old niece recommended this to me. I can see how it would be popular with her age group. It is a short read and has a historic event. While this is a work of fiction it portrays the Japan tsunami along with emotion, and sounds that people would have experienced at that time. As a science teacher that teaches this I‘m not impressed on a scientific level of tsunamis, but as a story it‘s good.
Was so excited awhile ago to get to listen to the author talk about this book and then get it and a signed bookplate for it for my kid 🥰
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so-soThis graphic novel tackles very heavy subject matter with more lightness than it warrants. I‘d recommend it to fans of Alan Gratz‘s Refugee looking for a fast paced survival story set against a historical background.
Not only was I really lazy about reading to my kid last month, I've been slack about posting about what I'm reading. But reading this series is making me think about how I teach research. When I was a kid it didn't occur to me that the reports I was writing were basically nonfiction. 😅 Of course that was before good nonfiction books were produced for kids. I think there have been a few golden ages of kid lit since then. Count yourselves lucky!
pickI'm not sure my son will like the whole series. He doesn't mind true stories where people die, but gets uncomfortable when people are harmed in fiction. So complicated.
