This soothing bedtime story explains how ten different marine mammals—animals that live in water but breathe air—sleep in the ocean. Based on up-to-date scientific research, the brief portraits are explained in simple, poetic language. <i>Water Beds</i> invites children to drift into sleep on gentle waves of imagination. The “For Creative Minds” educational section includes fun facts about marine mammal adaptations, and a “Design Your Own Marine Mammal” craft.<br>
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4 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back<br>
Aligned to State Standards / Lexile, Guided Reading, AR, Reading Counts, and Fountas & Pinnell<br>
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Educator Keywords: marine mammals, sleep, adaptations, get oxygen, life science, mammal classification, craft<br>
