Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780976494355)

Octavia Octopus and her sea-animal friends love playing camouflage games to practice how they would hide from a "big, hungry creature." Octavia, however, just cannot seem to get her colors right when she tries to shoot her purple ink cloud. What happens when the big, hungry shark shows up looking for his dinner? This creative book introduces basic colors along with the camouflage techniques of various sea animals - a great introduction to marine biology! The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes fun facts about octopuses and animal camouflage and protection. The craft uses primary colors (paint or tissue paper) to help children learn about blending colors. This fictional story includes a 3-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 27-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

Author: Donna Rathmell, Doreen Rathmell
ISBN-10: 0976494353
ISBN-13: 9780976494355
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2006
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 10.16h x 8.84w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 110230 / Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 172
Science Books & Films 11/01/2006 pg. 268
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 301 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed