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Kendall Haven
ISBN: 1-59158-279-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-279-3
200 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 7/30/2005
List Price: $32.00 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This book is wide ranging and covers diverse areas, from the origins of seas through ocean tides to ocean mammals....This book is genuinely interesting both from a scientific content point of view and also because the stories from around the world are often very entertaining. If you are at all curious as to the derivation of the words hurricane or shark, then this book could be for you! The book is certainly refreshing in the way it mixes science and myth.
    —School Science Review     March 2006
  • Storytelling in the science classroom and science in the library's storytelling--this is a perfect guide to join literature with science by a master storywriter and storyteller. Highly Recommended.
    —Teacher Librarian     April 2006
Description: Renowned story teller, Kendall Haven brings his expertise as an oceanographer to the authorship of this third book in a four- book series intended for teachers to use with students in the upper elementary and middle school grades. It focuses on natural phenomena of the sea (tides, tsunamis, sea spouts, giant squid, killer whales) through the eyes of ancient myth and looks at the modern day science that explains each myth, using the interdisciplinary style of teaching. Haven, bringing his knowledge of the science of oceanography, integrates various scientific fields of oceanic study—Physical Oceanography, Geologic Oceanography, Biological and Chemical Oceanography, etc.—to further integrate science curricular areas with the study of myth. Students will not only be encouraged to appreciate the magic in myth and science, but to understand the commonality of all human experience with nature over all time. The book contains myths from several different cultures along with accompanying scientific explanations to use with students. Included are bibliographies, recommended Web sites, student projects, and discussion and activity ideas. Illustrations and diagrams enhance student interest. The book is to be used by teachers and librarians with students and by students in libraries and classrooms.

Grades 4-8.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    List of Illustrations
    Origin of the Seas
    Why the Sea is Salty
    Ocean Tides
    Ocean Waves
    Ocean Storms
    Atlantis, the Mythical Land
    Sea Monsters
    Mermaids and Mermen
    Sharks: Kings of the Sea
    Ocean Mammals
    The Origin of Fish
    Appendix: Additional Resources
About the Author: Kendall Haven is an award-winning master storyteller and the author of many books for Libraries Unlimited and Teacher Idea Press.
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