A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION 2018 National Council of Teacher\'s of English (NCTE) Notable Children\'s Book in Language Arts 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.
A vocabulary list defines relevant words..
A Timeline lists actual events in the order they occurred.
Quotes from Thomas Jefferson make it clear that Fake News has always been one of the costs of a free press.
Constitution.
Back matter discusses the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.
S.
This nonfiction picture book is a perfect tool to discuss non-political Fake News stories.
Islanders ran to the beach and couldn\'t believe their eyes.
On August 18, News spread across the island: the sea monster had been captured.
Discussion swirled about raising a hunting party.
Photographs were sent to prominent biologists for their opinion.
Then, footprints were found on a Nantucket beach.
Across the nation, people shivered in fear.
As eyewitness account piled up, newspaper stories of the sea monster spread quickly.
Eyewitnesses swore this wasn\'t a whale, but some new, fearsome creature.
Historically, the Massachusetts island had served as port for whaling ships.
A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION 2018 National Council of Teacher\'s of English (NCTE) Notable Children\'s Book in Language Arts 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
