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Who Sank the Boat?
by
Pamela Allen
Beside the sea, there once lived a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny little mouse. One warm, sunny morning--for no particular reason--they decided to go for a row in the bay. Do you know who sank the boat? "Funny . . . just right for the very young".--The New Yorker. An American Bookseller Pick of the List Book. Library of Congress Books for Children. Full color.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
April 16th 1996
by Puffin
(first published 1982)
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Book 2, Day 2 - Mini Family Classics from News Limited.
First published in 1982.
32 pages
Pamela Allen is both author and illustrator.
"Who Sank the Boat" won the Gaelyn Gordon Award in 2001, an annual award for a work of fiction by a living author, that is still in print, and is "generally recongnised as a successful, enduring children's book". Pamela Allen herself received the Margaret Mahy Award in 2004 as "a person who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of children's literatu...more
First published in 1982.
32 pages
Pamela Allen is both author and illustrator.
"Who Sank the Boat" won the Gaelyn Gordon Award in 2001, an annual award for a work of fiction by a living author, that is still in print, and is "generally recongnised as a successful, enduring children's book". Pamela Allen herself received the Margaret Mahy Award in 2004 as "a person who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of children's literatu...more
Pushes students to start predicting measurements from the beginning of the book. Students are actively modifying previous predictions and generating new ones as the story is read. This book would be suitable for kindergarten through fifth. Students in kindergarten could compare the animals in the book by putting them order them based on weight after the read aloud. This book could be used as an introduction for a "Stay Afloat" lesson, using a balance scale and base ten cubes to measure objects i...more
Who sank the boat, is one of my personal all-time favourite children’s book. The book tells the story of a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig and tiny little mouse who decide to go for a row in the bay. The end question being, who sank the boat? This book is illustrated beautifully throughout the story and allows children to make predictions on who they believe sank the boat. The book also uses poetry which I found to really engage the children and this gives the book a unique edge. I would highly re...more
I came up with a science activity for this book which was to bring in a plastic boat in a tub of water to class and test how many objects you could fit in the boat before it began to sink. Then they could collect data to decide why they think the boat sank and discuss the weight of all the objects once the boat sank. This could a linking on content areas by bringing in math they could measure all the objects weight and add all the objects together to find the total weight that would make the boa...more
This is a funny book for students to discover the concepts of weight and balance and the difference between a heavy object and a light object. Students can also make predictions as to which animals they think "sank the boat." In class, students can work with a balancer and have fun with an activity where they'll weight different objects against one another and test to see which objects will cause a boat-like structure they made to sink.
Who Sank the Boat? is an adorable rhyming book that talks about weight with children. As different animals board the boat the children are asked which animal is going to sink the boat if a goat or a cow get on the boat for example. Children will love this book because it is like a game for children by guessing which animal will sink the boat. I would recommend this book for pre-k or kindergarten children.
This small volume challenges our assumptions. As a line of animals get ready to board a rowboat, we're asked which one will tip it over. Will it be the cow, the donkey, the sheep, the pig, or the mouse? A new rhyme each time the question is posed keeps the tale from becoming stale.
This would be good for a primary grades unit on sink/float.
This would be good for a primary grades unit on sink/float.
This would be a great book for reception/year one for a science topic based on water. Lots of animals from large to small get into a rowing boat without sinking it, until the last one gets in...Would be great for talking about forces, objects that float or sink and lead on to some fun practical sessions. It was also a favourite with my daughter.
I bought this book for my nieces. They've asked me to read it about twice a week since then - and we have so many books, that's quite significant!
What I loved about it, more than the fact that the kid can really see how *everybody* sank the boat (very clearly illustrated), is the fact that it clearly presents a common narrative form - the most unlikely person is the one who sinks the boat.
The first time I read it, I paused to ask the older niece if she knew who sank the boat (the question is rep...more
What I loved about it, more than the fact that the kid can really see how *everybody* sank the boat (very clearly illustrated), is the fact that it clearly presents a common narrative form - the most unlikely person is the one who sinks the boat.
The first time I read it, I paused to ask the older niece if she knew who sank the boat (the question is rep...more
This is a great book to read to your class when you are talking about things that sink or float. I saw it implemented actually in my pre-k placement and the students definitely understood what was going on and had so much fun with the book and later on doing an actual activity later with colored water!!!
I enjoyed this book and how it uses a boat sinking to introduce weight distrubition and balancing. I believe this book could also be used as a way to introduce and talk about word stories and the information in both the text and pictures give us important information to solve "who sank the boat."
I love this book. Can be used for literacy, math, and science. Got me thinking about how the mouse sank the boat even though he/she only weighs a pound or so. Can get children to critically analyze how the boat sank and measurement.
Who sank the boat is a brilliant book. Pamela Allen's story teaches children mathematic and scientific principles with a fun story. I've used this book in many lesson plans. Pamela Allen books never fail to impress.
One of my top 5 Australian children's picture books. Read about it (and the other four) at:
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This book is good because it talks about several cross curriculum topics. It can be used for science or math. It discusses the different concepts that can be used for lessons on weight, balance, density, force.
The perfect book combining fact, fiction, estimating, anticipation and humor. A homerun for children. I always like to share stories that make learning fun without the listener/reader even knowing.
This book addresses predicting, weight, and measurement. This book could easily be used with younger grades to encourage them to make predictions about which animal would sink the boat based on weight.
Funny book that deals with problem solving and measurement. The students will laugh and have to follow along to keep up with the characters. Useful in teaching measurement, weight and problem solving.
Fun book. Discovered that a lot of the kids I read to don't know what "row" actually means. Also have to explain that "bow" means the front of the boat. Pretty good vocabulary for a book with limited text.
This is a good book for integrating math, science and literature. Its a great read for introducing a lesson on testing how many objects you could fit in the boat or something else before it began to sink.
This book was read in my pre-k. They loved it. We had a tub of water with a cup floating on the top of the water. We weighted different pictures of animals from the story and put them in the cup.
Who Sank the Boat would be a good book with teaching your students about weight and measurement. Would be great to read before an activity on things that sink and float as well (science).
Who Sank the Boat? is a good book for measurement and predicting. The students will find themselves thinking about the animals' weight and predicting who will sink the boat. The students could then go and explore weight using a balance or a see saw.
Creative and funny. I loved the story because it is a short book but interesting. The illustrations were really good and funny because you knew it couldn't be true.
This is a good book to teach children about comparing weight. It also gives them a chance to think about which object is heavier, lighter, or if they are balanced.
I love when I'm just randomly poking around Goodreads, and I stumble across a book I read/had read to me as a child that I had totally forgotten the existance of! :D
Jul 14, 2010
Dee-Ann
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My children loved this one, especially the first time they had it read to them, because they never guess who sank the boat. It is fun and easy to read to them.
Nice book that can relate to some science standards. Students would find this book amusing and the book is interactive because it ask the reader questions.
Read-aloud kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade. Talk about comparing measurements, size of the animals, their weight, how much the boat is sinking.
This is a hilarious book that just highlights that when teaching measurement and weight everything counts. And who could have thought... For grades 2-5
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Pamela Allen, born in April 1934, in Devonport, New Zealand[1] is a children's writer and illustrator. She has published over 30 picture books since 1980, when she moved to Australia. Eight of her books have been adapted for the stage by The Patch Theatre Company and performed at the Sydney Opera House. Pamela currently lives in Auckland.
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