Flash and Fancy: An Otter Adventure on the Waccamaw River
By: Tom Doran and Christine Thomas Doran
Illustrator: Nancy Van Buren
Read by: Richard Cohn, ETV Commission Chairman At-Large
A tale of rescue, survival, and the unlikely friendship that develops between two young river otters, Flash and Fancy. The story is told in the gorgeous setting on Sandy Island along the Waccamaw River of coastal South Carolina. Not only is this an adventure story that includes an exciting rescue, but it also brings awareness to the importance of protecting our rivers and waterways and encourages conservation stewardship.
Flash and Fancy: An Otter Adventure on the Waccamaw River
By: Tom Doran and Christine Thomas Doran
Illustrator: Nancy Van Buren
Read by: Richard Cohn, ETV Commission Chairman At-Large
A tale of rescue, survival, and the unlikely friendship that develops between two young river otters, Flash and Fancy. The story is told in the gorgeous setting on Sandy Island along the Waccamaw River of coastal South Carolina. Not only is this an adventure story that includes an exciting rescue, but it also brings awareness to the importance of protecting our rivers and waterways and encourages conservation stewardship.
Standards
- 2-LDC-8o Listen to and discuss increasingly complex storybooks, information books, and poetry.
- 2-LDC-8m Engage in reading behaviors independently with increased focus for longer periods of time.
- ELA.K.OE.3 Make inferences to support comprehension.
- K-ESS2-2. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs
- ELA.AOR.1 Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts.
- ELA.AOR.6 Summarize and paraphrase text to support comprehension and understanding.
- 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare patterns of diversity within different habitats.
- 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can thrive, struggle to survive, or fail to survive.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy andexpression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
