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Mystery On The Docks
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MSRP: $29.95
Price: $23.95
You Save: $6.00 (20 %)
Order Number: 126.0019
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Theme:A good mystery sparks the imagination and encourages appreciation of the unexplained marvels of life.
Ralph, a short order cook, rescues a kidnapped opera singer from Big Al and his gang of nasty rats.
LeVar takes a trip to the docks to find out about “Big Momma Blue,” a crane that loads and unloads freighters, and then goes for a spin on a tugboat to find out how they are used.
Author: Thacher Hurd
Publisher: HarperCollins
Field Trip Segments
What Would You Do? - Kids on the street answer the question "What would you sing about?"
Big Mama Blue - LeVar visits "Big Mama Blue", a crane in the Charleston, SC harbor that is used to unload freighters such as the Freighter Ship Leisa Maersk.
Meet a Tugboat Captain - LeVar introduces us to tugboat Captain Robert Mazeke. Captain Mazeke talks about his tugs, the Hinton and the South Carolina, and LeVar learns what tugboats are used for.
Review Books: Big City Port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio; The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg; Nate the Great (series) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat.
Rights granted with purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use and b) public performance.
Ideal for Grades: K - 4
Duration: 30 minutes
Closed Captioned
©GPN / WNED-TV
Series #126
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