In first grade today we read The Blue Whale, by Jenni Desmond. This non-fiction book is full of interesting facts about blue whales that the first graders loved!
Did you know that a baby blue whale drinks 55 gallons of milk each day?! That's a lot of milk!
What makes this postmodern book a classic is the visual secondary story being told along the way using only images. We learn that the little boy loves blue whales and has books about them and whale decorations everywhere.
Did you know that you can fit 50 people inside a whale's mouth? Good thing blue whales don't eat people!
The first graders were engaged from start to..well, until we ran out of time! It's a long book. We will save the rest for next week. I want wait to see how it ends!