Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery
Written by: Kevin O'Malley
Illustrations by: Patrick O'Brien
The book I chose is called "Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery" written by Kevin O'Malley and illustrated by Patrick O'Brien.
This high fantasy book is about a dinosaur called Captain Raptor, who lives on Planet Jurrassica and is called to go figure out what exactly was the light that raced across the sky and landed on the moon called Eon. The reader is taken through the journey that Captain Raptor and his crew take to get up to Eon on their massive spaceship. Along this journey they run into some problems and have to work as a team to figure out a solution. After working as a team to safely arrive on Eon they see an object in the distance and are faced by gunpoint by 'aliens' (humans). One of the aliens gets swooped out of the air by another creature and the two crews have to work together in order to save him...do they save him? You will have to read it to find out!
As mentioned before, this book is a high fantasy book that includes believable and detailed characters, events and an outer space world within the context of the story. The writing is rich and the structures of the story are clear. In addition, although this is a high fantasy book that is impossible of actually happening in modern times now, the author and illustrator are able to create meaningful themes that cause the reader to think about life and if it could be possible by adding in human characters and using the unknown of outer space to set up the plot.
According to the Six Elements of Social Justice Curriculum, the theme that is covered in this book is respect for others because readers are able to see how teamwork helps to solve problems and also how two different groups can come together to figure out one common goal.
This book could be used in the classroom as an introduction to the importance of teamwork and a possible activity of having to work in teams to solve a problem, just as the dinosaurs and aliens had to do.
~ Samantha Kiser ~
This book seems great! It has beautiful illustrations and seems to teach a great lesson. I think your idea of using the book to have students come together to problem solve is a great activity and I could see students getting really into the idea!
ReplyDeleteI adore the fact that the illustration is very vivid in the book! There aren't any humans (except those 'aliens') in the book so Captain Raptor has a "human" personality. It looks really cool to read! Very appealing for some students in the class who aren't interested in reading boring books.
ReplyDeleteTeamwork activity is a good idea to use for the classroom because sooner or later in life they have to team up and work together even though they may or may not like each other.
I thought that the book is similar "Star War," but there are not human. The picture is very fantasy and focus on monsters or dinosaurs. I consider that the dinosaurs may live another planet... Students will learn about different planets more after they read the book. I want to read the book, too!
ReplyDeleteThis book is exactly a modern fantasy book starting for principal character -Captain Raptor, ( it is no real ) ,It is modern because the cover showed space ship and planets and your summary be focus in one story interspace.
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