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The Nantucket sea monster : a fake news story / written by Darcy Pattison ; illustrated by Peter Willis.

Pattison, Darcy, (author.). Willis, Peter (Illustrator), (illustrator.).

Summary:

Do you believe everything you read in the newspaper? Early in August 1937, a news flash came: a sea monster had been spotted lurking off the shore of Nantucket Island. Historically, the Massachusetts island had served as port for whaling ships. Eyewitnesses swore this wasn't a whale, but some new, fearsome creature. As eyewitness account piled up, newspaper stories of the sea monster spread quickly. Across the nation, people shivered in fear. Then, footprints were found on a Nantucket beach. Photographs were sent to prominent biologists for their opinion. Discussion swirled about raising a hunting party. On August 18, news spread across the island: the sea monster had been captured. Islanders ran to the beach and couldn't believe their eyes. This nonfiction picture book is a perfect tool to discuss non-political fake news stories.

Record details

ISBN: 9781629440828
ISBN: 1629440825
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Publisher: Little Rock, AR : Mims House, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:	AD760L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.9 0.5 189821.