I am looking for some easier readers for my ds7 who just finished 1st grade. He is in love with the ocean but not quite so in love with reading. So I thought I could find some summer reads for him about the ocean. Any ideas?
The Apologia yahoo group has a book list link to supplement Zoology 2. Many of them are read-alouds, but you may find something for your son to read. Zoo 2 is Swimming Creatures of the 5th Day, so there are many ocean books.
These are non-fiction: We just picked up an easy reader level 2 about Sea Life for $1 in the Target school items found in their seasonal dollar area near the front door. The library had an easy reader called Whales: Gentle Giants my 1st grader read. We have a level 3 book from Scholastic called Sharks and Other Wild Water Animals. It is a compilation of 4 books: Chomp!, Splash!, Dive!, Chomp!
I read-aloud a great series of books written by a diver, Wayne Grover, for children called Dolphin Adventure and Dolphin Treasure. They are beginning chapter books. My kids loved these and always begged me to keep reading after the chapter was over, but I made them wait. They narrate that one through play now.
This is a non-fiction book about the life of a sea turtle from her hatching to her return 20 years later to the same beach to lay her own eggs. It’s told in a story, but with real facts about sea turtles
My kids love ALL of the Smithsonian non-fiction storybooks. The books are non-fiction with lots of “real” info about each creature, but they are told in story form in an exciting way. You can read a good review of them HERE. One of the nice things about the Smithsonian series is that most of the books are available with recordings that your son can listen to the sound effects and read along.
These two books are part of the wonderful “Science I CAN READ book” series published in the early 70’s. They are listed as K-3 and are for early readers. While they are out of print now, you may be able to find them at your library.