The Life Cycle of a Salmon
Bobbie Kalman
Crabtree Publishing Company (2006)
Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0778707059
A simple and well organized book explaining the five stages of salmon growth. Beautiful water photography and easy to understand text makes this book a wonderful addition to any science library or for the curious reader. This book looks into the lives of a variety of salmon species and outlines all aspects of their lives.
Discovering Salmon
Nancy Field
Dog-Eared Publications (1984)
Ages 9-12
ISBN: 0941042057
The salmon as seen from habitats, life cycles, legends, and the challenges of their environment. A view of all aspects of this interesting and unique species.
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life
Molly Cone
Sierra Club Books for Children (2001)
Ages 9-12
ISBN: 0871564890
The true story of a group of children who made a difference. The fifth graders at Jackson Elementary School from Everett, Washington worked to clean up Pigeon Creek and make it a place where the salmon would return. Full color photographs journal the progress from the dirty, trash filled creek the children originally found to the return of salmon ready to spawn. The proof that kids can make a difference.
Salmon Boy: A Legend of the Sechelt People
(Legends of the Sechelt Nation)
Donna Joe
Nightwood Publishing (2001)
Ages4-8 ISBN: 0889711662
The Sechelt Indian Band lives along the Sunshine Coast of British
Columbia. This is a legend written by a Sechelt member that
teaches all about the life cycle of the salmon and the
environmental impacts upon salmon.
Fish (Eyewitness Video)
DK Children Studios (1999)
Ages 8-12
ASIN: 075662827X
A video look at all varieties of the fish world. Learn more about how they live, eat, reproduce, and survive predators. Discover what science can learn from them and what they have found out. Find out about the strange creatures of the deep that swim upside down, male fish that give birth, and the dangerous and fascinating.
