8 Recent Nonfiction Science Picture Books that Ask Questions

from The Deadliest Creature in the World. 

Guiberson, Brenda Z. (2016). The Deadliest Creature in the World. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin. New York: Henry Holt. Questions and first person responses.

from Moon Bear

Guiberson, Brenda Z. (2016). Moon Bear. Illustrated by Ed Young. New York: Square Fish.

Questions and poetic answers.

Guiberson, Brenda Z. (2013). The Greatest Dinosaur Ever. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin. New York: Henry Holt. Questions and first person responses.

from Fossil by Fossil

Levine, Sarah. (2018). Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones. Illustrated by T.S Spookytooth. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press.
Rhetorical questions and direct address.

from Bone by Bone

Levine, Sarah. (2016). Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons. Illustrated by T.S Spookytooth. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press.

Rhetorical questions and direct address.

from Can an Aardvark Bark?  

Sweet, Melissa. (2017). Can an Aardvark Bark?  Illustrated by Steve Jenkins. NewYork: Beach Lane.
Question and Answer format with internal rhyme.

from If Polar Bears Disappeared

Williams, Lily. (2018 - Will be published in August). If Polar Bears Disappeared. New York: Roaring Brook Press

Poses a single question: What would happen if polar bears disappeared from the planet?

from If Sharks Disappeared

Williams, Lily. (2017). If Sharks Disappeared. New York: Roaring Brook Press

Poses a single question: What would happen if this continued and sharks disappeared completely?

Mapping Relationships with Popplet

Seedfolks Map (Reilly, 2015)

I am working on a unit of study that uses the text, Seedfolks and I have been thinking about ways to visualize text structure.  The tool, Popplet, works well for this purpose as it allows you to map associations and this brief novel is all about associations.

Here's the map I created:



The map really helps to quickly show the structure of the text--which in turn amplifies a possible theme of inter-connectedness.

If I was teaching this text, I would love to see what students created as they mapped relationships.  It would be interesting to then connect the maps.