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Sail Away With Books!
This web site has answers to important life jacket questions and an online life jacket tic-
tac-toe game.
Pool Kids USA
www.poolkidsusa.com/home.html
This web site helps kids learn about water safety through games, puzzles, and activity
guides.
Red Cross
www.redcross.org/services/youth/izone/
The interactive zone of the American Red Cross web site offers online games, coloring
pages, and more. One of the coloring sheets features boating safety.
Professional Resources
Multicultural Folktales: Readers Theatre for Elementary Students by Suzanne I.
Barchers. Also available through netLibrary, a TexShare resource.
The Best Kids Book Site
w ww.thebestkidsbooksite.com
Hundreds of ideas for simple kids’ crafts are available at this site.
Books to Share
The Big Blue Ocean
If a Dolphin Were a Fish by Loran Wlodarski.
The Ocean Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta.
Octavia Octopus and Her Purple Ink Cloud by Donna and Doreen Rathmell.
I Swim an Ocean in My Sleep by Norma Farber.
Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean. By Gail Langer Karwoski.
Books to Show or Booktalk
Animals of the Oceans by Stephen Savage.
Bill Nye the Science Guy’s Big Blue Ocean by Bill Nye.
Draw 50 Sharks, Whales, and Other Sea Creatures: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw
Great White Sharks, Killer Whales, Barracudas, Seahorses, Seals, and More by Lee J.
Ames.
I Wonder Why the Sea Is Salty and Other Questions about the Ocean by Anita Ganeri.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell.
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole.
Ocean Explorer by Sue Nicholson.
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