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Jan 1, 2001 · So: Nim's Island. Category: Oceanic-adventure unschooling. Summary: Nim Rusoe lives with her scientist father Jack on a secret island. They have all the technology they need to make them happy and keep them in touch with the rest of the world when necessary.
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Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea with her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica and a satellite dish for her e-mail. No one else in the world lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn’t swap places with anyone. But when Jack disappears in his sailing boat, and disaster threate...
“A fantasy tale as welcome as a breath of fresh tropical air.” (Starred review in Publishers Weekly, USA, Feb 19, 2001) “Appealingly offbeat tale… Nim, with her unusual associates and just-right mix of self-reliance and vulnerability, makes a character young readers won’t soon tire of.”(Kirkus Reviews, USA, Dec 15, 2000) “Teachers can springboard m...
Named one of the Best Books for Children of 2001 by the L.A. Times.Shortlisted, The West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) 2001Families Just Like Us: The One Parent Families good book guide, UK, 2000New York Public Library’s “Children’s Books, 2001 – 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing” A Parent’s Guide 2001Discussion points
Nim and her dad live all alone on their island. Do you think this would be a fun way to live? What might be some of the problems? Think of all the different things you could make out of coconuts if you lived on an island like Nim’s. What else could you make out of things you could find on the island? Could a whale really have swallowed Nim’s mother? What do you think happened? Would you like to have Nim as a friend? What could you learn from her? What could she learn from you? Alex Rover does...
Research on the net – (like Alex Rover):
Marine iguanas – how are they different from other iguanas and lizards? Where do they live? Find out more about the Galapagos Islands. If they are only supposed to live on the Galapagos Islands, why might they also live on Nim’s Island? Sea lions – how are sea lions different from dolphins? Find out more about sea mammals. Sea turtles – how are they different from land turtles? Can they retract (pull in) their head and flippers? If not, can you guess why it wouldn’t be as useful for them as l...
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Nim’s Island: Excellent Stuff to Make, Cook, Read, Do – Recipes, activities and study guide based on Nim’s Island and Nim at Sea. (All proceeds to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.) http://www.homeschoolshare.com/nims_island.php http://libertyhillhouse.blogspot.com/2009/07/nims-island-lessons-chapter-2.html For more Nim’s Island activity ideas: https://au.pinterest.com/wendyorr1/nims-island-ideas-for-teaching-groups/ To see all the different Nim’s Island covers: https://au.pinterest.com/wen...
What was your inspiration for this book? Nim’s Island was inspired partly by two letters from girls asking me to write a book about them. I said that I couldn’t do that, but I started playing the writer’s game of “What if?” (two very important words in finding stories). “What if a girl wrote to an author and said “Could you please write a book abou...
Nim’s Island is currently in print in several editions and many translations: Australia: Allen & Unwin USA: Random House/Knopf UK: Puffin Brazil: A Iilha de Nim; Brinque Books China: (Simplified Chinese) by Dolphin Media Co France: L’ille de Nim; Flammarion Germany as Wie versteckt man eine Insel? ; DTV Junior Greece Israel: Iguana (info@iguana-boo...
Nim is a young girl who lives on a tropical island with her father and three animal friends. When her father goes missing, she must rely on her courage and ingenuity to survive and find help. Learn more about the book, the movie, the author and the activities on this web page.
Lighthearted, satisfying survival story. Read Common Sense Media's Nim's Island review, age rating, and parents guide.
Plot. 11-year-old Nim ( Abigail Breslin) lives with her widower marine biologist father Jack Rusoe ( Gerard Butler) on a South Pacific island. Jack has told Nim that her mother Emily died when she was swallowed by a blue whale after it was scared by a ship called The Buccaneer.
Allen & Unwin, 1999 - Juvenile Fiction - 119 pages. A playful fantasy for 7-10 year olds about Nim - a young girl alone on a tropical island except for her three amazing friends: an iguana, a...
IN A PALM TREE, on an island, in the middle of the wide blue sea, was a girl. Nim’s hair was wild, her eyes were bright, and around her neck she wore three cords. One was for a spyglass, one for a whirly, whistling shell and the other a fat, red pocket-knife in a sheath. With the spyglass at her eye, she watched her father’s boat.
Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island.
