Fishing (America at Work) - Hardcover

Love, Ann; Drake, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1550744577 ISBN 13: 9781550744576

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 1997

Synopsis

Part of the America at Work series, Fishing explains how fish farmers in Maine raise salmon and halibut, and traces the fascinating life journey of a wild salmon in Alaska. Combining fact and fiction with colorful illustrations, this book delivers an early lesson in appreciating and protecting our natural resources. Fishing introduces young children to the people, machines and environmental concerns involved in some of America's leading resource-based industries.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Drake and Ann Love are sisters and co-authors of many bestselling books for children, including Kids and Grandparents: An Activity Book and The Kids Summer Cottage Book. They live in southern Ontario.

From Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-In Mining, Trish and Jamie's upcoming hockey tournament prompts their parents to show them how the steel blades for ice skates are made. First they take a tour of mom's workplace, an underground mine shaft, and then of the steel mill where dad works. There, the children see how ore is changed into various usable metals, including stainless steel. The processes used to mine ore and fuels are discussed, as is what is being done to reclaim mining wastelands. In Fishing, Grandpa takes his granddaughter to his fish farm on the Maine coast. Readers learn about large trawlers that use underwater nets to catch fish as well as how they are hatched, grown, and sold. The girl then travels back to the West coast where her father, a fish and wildlife officer, describes his job and gives her a tour of nearby streams and rivers. Environmental issues such as overfishing are also discussed. While Drake and Love have chosen subjects and a format reminiscent of those by Gail Gibbons, the smaller text size, detailed explanations, and terminology in these two books are better suited to slightly older readers. The labeled pictures help younger children to follow along. These entries are colorful, descriptive, and detailed; the cheerful watercolor illustrations make otherwise dry subjects interesting.
Kit Vaughan, J. B. Watkins Elementary School, Midlothian, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1550744577
• ISBN 13: 9781550744576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cupples Pat