This uplifting, charmingly told story, tells what happens when well-meaning humans knit sweaters for penguins who've encountered an oil spill. You may have seen the cute pictures of penguins wearing sweaters--but did you know why they were wearing them? Debut author Marikka Tamura answers this question in this colorful, kid-friendly book that is told simply and charmingly. Penguins love the sea. Happy in the dark blue water. But what is this? One day something is floating in the water. Dark. Gooey. Oily . . . When the penguins become coated in an oil spill, many Big Boots arrive. The humans want to help the cold, greasy penguins, so they knit sweaters to keep them warm. The Big Boots mean well, but . . . penguins don't wear sweaters! So after a good, soapy scrub, the penguins dive back into the deep blue sea, happily dressed only in their own penguin feathers.
From Ice to Steam is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.7 and Literacy.L.1.1. Large, detailed photographs show the forms of water, from liquid to ice to steam while a fun narrative explains. A graphic organizer illustrates relationships between ice and steam. This book should be paired with Our Water Experiment" (9781448890316) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
"Alana O'Brien has just been nominated to represent her school at a STEAM Expo, but with seventh grade hockey tryouts and a family legacy to uphold, Alana will try any zany experiment she can think of to win the expo and give her an advantage of the ice.
What happens when you try to make an ice cream cake, but add too much stuff? You end up with ice cream soup! This original Level 1 reader with rhyming text is perfect for beginning readers.