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27 Animals Big and Small

Daniel Loxton
British Columbia
Margriet Ruurs
British Columbia
Daniel Loxton,  British Columbia

Daniel Loxton is the Editor of Junior Skeptic and has written for critical thinking publications including Skeptic, Skeptical Briefs, eSkeptic and the Skeptical Inquirer. He is the author of two non-fiction books for young readers, Evolução and Evolution. In a previous career, Daniel was a silvicultural shepherd for ten years (working mostly along the British Columbian side of the Alaska panhandle). His most recent book is Ankylosaur Attack. Read more

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Margriet Ruurs,  British Columbia

Margriet Ruurs is the author of numerous books for children, including Wild Babies and A Pacific Alphabet. She has a master’s degree in education and has spent many years both writing books for children and teaching them about books. She has also spent a great deal of time hiking and camping in the mountains and travelling. She has lived across North America and now makes her home on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island. Read more

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Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Waterfront Theatre
$17 / $8.50 for student groups

A feast for the eyes as well as the ears awaits you this morning with two amazing picture books that show off creatures past and present. Daniel Loxton is a writer and illustrator who has created photo-realistic, computer-generated images of the great creatures that roamed the earth in the era of the dinosaurs, pitting the ankylosaur against the tyrannosaurus rex in a battle story that brings these giants to life again. Margriet Ruurs shows a host of creatures through detailed illustrations that have captured her imagination and are sure to capture yours—such as the slug, which has three noses, and the earthworm, which lacks ears, eyes, nose and lungs but has five hearts.

Suitable for grades 3–5

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Animals Big and Small

A feast for the eyes as well as the ears awaits you this morning with two amazing picture books that show off creatures past and present. Daniel Loxton is a writer and illustrator who has created photo-realistic computer-generated images of the great creatures that roamed the earth in the era of the dinosaurs, and pitted the ankylosaur against the tyrannosaurus rex in a battle story that brings these giants to life again. Margriet Ruurs shows a host of creatures through detailed photo-realistic illustrations that have captured her imagination and are sure to capture yours—like the slug, which has three noses, and the earthworm, which lack ears, eyes, nose and lungs but has five hearts.

Curriculum connections:

  • Science
  • Descriptive writing based on observation
  • Explorative narrative

Activities:

1. Nature Journal: many scientists, such as Charles Darwin, came up with theories after close observation of nature and recording observations in a journal.

a.       Ask students to write a journal entry in which they describe a real or imagined encounter with a wild animal. Their description should include details about the appearance of the animal, its behaviour and its surroundings.

b.      Ask students to also include sketches, photos and pictures of the animals, or parts of the surrounding vegetation.

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