Time of Wonder
Publication Information
Author:  McCloskey, Robert	Illustrator:  McCloskey, Robert
Title:  Time of Wonder	Date:  1977
Publisher:  Puffin Books	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-14-050201-7
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    science
Summary:
This picture book tells a factual story of a family living along the ocean in Maine and what happens to the area when a hurricane brews. It is told to a child reader, and the art is fairly primitive, and thus teachers will want to take care to present it in a context that does not allow adult readers to feel they are being treated as children. The content of the book is not childish and could easily be used to supplement science units.
Teaching Ideas:
ABE teachers may want to use the book as a read aloud followed by a discussion or study of the weather and the environment. Family literacy teachers may want to supplement the reading of the book with a map and follow with natural history lessons.
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Maine Hardships > disasters > natural disasters Geography > environment > ocean Science > meteorology > storms > hurricanes Science > meteorology > weather

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