Here Come the Humpbacks: A Whale Migration Game for Classrooms, Libraries & Other Mammal Loving Locales

Best Users: Public Children’s Librarians, Play Groups, School Librarians, Bookstores, Aquariums, Nature Centers, Whale Watches
Best Audience: Grades PreK-4

ABOUT THE EVENT & GAME

Photo by Greta Rybus

Recreate the perils and delights of being a baby humpback on its first Atlantic migration for your readers. After a reading of the picture book, Here Come the Humpbacks!, your readers will be given a game card that sends them searching for the first station, encourages them to do an action, and asks them to take the next card to lead them to the next station. Moving through the stations, your readers will swim through the scenes in the non-fiction book. At the end of their journey, they get a card telling them how they can help humpback whales.

The Kit includes:
— B&W Illustrated Game Cards
— B&W Illustrated Station Posters
— Preparation Instructions
— Game Instructions
— Suggested Script
— Event Poster

DOWNLOAD Here Come the Humpbacks: A Whale Migration Game (PDF)

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Here Come the Humpbacks!
By April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by Jamie Hogan
Published by Charlesbridge Publishers
Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781580894050
Paperback ISBN-13: 9781580894067
E-book ISBN-13: 9781607345862

In the new non-fiction picture book by acclaimed science writer April Pulley Sayre, young readers follow along as a mother humpback whale and her calf make their annual trek from the warm waters of the Caribbean to their summer feeding grounds off the coast of New England and back again. Within this extraordinary story of migration, Sayre provides information about how humpback whales breathe, sing, and how they got their name—a secondary layer of text expands upon the more intricate details. Jamie Hogan’s stunning, rich pastel illustrations complement Sayre’s text beautifully, and make this book a great choice for a read-aloud in the classroom, library, or at home.

“…Sayre balances informative text with polished prose that lightly personifies the animals…Hogan’s charcoal and pastel illustrations subtly vary texture, light, and shades of blue to convey the changes in the submarine environment as the whales travel.”
—Publishers Weekly
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“This picture book about a year in the life of a humpback mother and calf is beautifully illustrated in soft charcoal pencil and pastel on sanded paper. A varying perspective-from eye level, below, and above the water level-places the whales in context with their environment and other wildlife….The stunning art and well-presented information make this an attractive addition to any collection.”
—School Library Journal
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“…The primary text features fairly short sentences, onomatopoeia and simple vocabulary to engage younger readers. Italicized asides interspersed throughout go into greater depth for older children and their grown-ups, discussing whale songs, food sources and survival challenges to name just a few. Deep blues and greens highlighted with white crests are rendered in charcoal and pastel on sanded paper, providing a textural immediacy that plunges readers into the ocean…There’s plenty of drama and appeal in this primary-grade introduction.”
—Kirkus Reviews