Monday 1 June 2009

Book Sharing Monday

Before I start my sharing today, I wanted to say a huge WELCOME to everyone that has signed up for Book Sharing Monday over the last few weeks! Please make sure to visit all these wonderful families and read about their book choices, the list is on the left side of my blog. Again Welcome everyone!

Today I am sharing with you a beautiful and very interesting book called "Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale" written and illustrated by Peter Malone.

Francis Beaufort developed the thirteen-point wind scale called the Beaufort Scale which is used still today to describe the force of the wind. The book shares the diary of a young boy on a ship in the 19th century, and his reactions to the weather. At the top of each double page, you can see the Beaufort scale level, from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), along with how the sea surface looks, the effects on land, and man-of-war (which the glossary taught me meant warship).


Here is a small section of the boy's diary during a storm:


"The master, who's sailed these waters many times, says it's a hurricane, and that we haven't felt the worst of it yet. There is now no chance of reaching Jamaica, and our best course is to run South-East before the wind, and get ourselves as far as we can from the storm's center."
Peter Malone.







If you would like to participate in Book Sharing Monday, it's easy, just follow the link below for the instructions:

3 comments:

  1. How Fascinating! I would love to add this book to our collection. You all have the greatest books :)

    www.luvnharmony.wordpress.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Close to the Wind looks wonderful. We'll be studying weather soon so I'll be certain to add this to our list of 'must reads'. Thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Interesting book! thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete

I ♥ comments! Thank you for stopping by.

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Labels

Fun home learning book sharing monday family books wordless wednesday nature journey north art wrap-up weekly report Reading nature study holidays photography science geography sketch tuesday canada homeschool report Me pets quilting cooking for our earth DPP Movies outdoor challenge sewing exploring get outdoors Fairy outdoor hour Iditarod birthday challenge math summer celeste journey north 2009 100books Dragon Lego music Princess animals halloween home journey north 2010 lapbook NaNoWriMo author fiesta field trip public school wreck this journal poetry 12 secrets baking birds blogs journey north 2011 spring city curriculum fitness gardening moving black history month bugs earth hour journey north 2012 planning reading my library shutter sisters sled dogs this moment travel unschooling December board games calendar quilt lego quest swap air cadets feeding my family food revolution hockey library recipes what works air show author study award backyard bird count camping dr seuss father's day pirates roald dahl space sports what my children are reading year 5 Ballet DQS6 St Patrick's Day TED talks arnosky basketball biographies eating clean for others geocaching happiness mail medical memory monday orion poems science rendezvous scree-free week 2011 skating spelling winter solstice winterfest youtube 2010 olympics Charlottetown PEI Patricia Polacco Rant appreciation book collecting good deeds helping others hooping hunger games jamie oliver maze nat orchestra peace quilt-along screen-free week snail stamps the next chapter book club video games wilderness wednesday wish wednesday world news writing