The Wakame Gatherers

About the Book

Author Holly Thompson's website

http://www.hatbooks.com/

Holly Thompson's blog

http://hatbooks.blogspot.com

Illustrator Kazumi Wilds' website

https://wildskazumi-picturebook.jimdo.com/

Kazumi Wilds' profile on SCBWI

https://www.scbwi.org/members-public/kazumi-wilds-3

Review of The Wakame Gatherers on Diverse Kids Books

https://diversekidsbooks.org/2014/08/31/the-wakame-gatherers-by-holly-thompson/

Review of The Wakame Gatherers on Worlds of Words

http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/wow-review-volume-6-issue-1/14/

Art

Make and use natural wakame paint:

https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/painting/plantdye

Science/Nature

They Might Be Giants' official video for “Photosynthesis”

https://youtu.be/LgYPeeABoUs

Wakame is an invasive species in Australia; read more about the species on Atlas of Living Australia:

https://www.ala.org.au/blogs-news/have-you-seen-this-seaweed-in-victoria)/

"Seaweed is Good Goo"

Article on other types of seaweed and how they are used.

https://www.kidsdiscover.com/teacherresources/seaweed/

Teaching Activities

Teacher's Guide for The Wakame Gatherers from Lee and Low Books

https://www.leeandlow.com/uploads/loaded_document/385/The_Wakame_Gatherers_FINAL_Teacher_s_Guide_2017.pdf

"Two Homes: Living in Two Cultures" curriculum for The Wakame Gatherers from The Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado at Boulder

https://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/curriculum/texts-and-contexts/two.html

The Smithsonian Learning Lab is an online tool to create your own shareable digital collections using the Smithsonian's resources.

https://learninglab.si.edu/create