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A review by missbibliography
Bear Bottom by Stuart Gibbs
4.0
Summary: Teddy is getting a chance to leave FunJungle for a family (and friend) vacation at Yellowstone National Park. The McCrackens have invited Teddy’s family to visit friends at a ranch that JJ hopes to acquire and turn into a safari style attraction. However, the vacation quickly turns into another mystery when Kandace McCracken’s sapphire necklace goes missing the same night a huge bear breaks into the house. Coincidence? Teddy thinks not.
This is one of the BEST FunJungle novels in my humble opinion. While it wasn’t at FunJungle itself, there was so much information and the mystery was so tantalizing (and let’s be real, how much more drama can happen at FunJungle before it’s not believable?). From a teaching perspective, I’m really considering incorporating this book into either a social studies or science unit. The book talks about multiple Native American tribes in detail, as well as the way that they used bison to survive. This is a good lead into learning about them. It also discusses how removing a certain keystone species ca leave whole ecosystems crumbling - a great way to get kids learning about ecosystems. And even if I don’t incorporate it into teaching, kids reading this will still learn a little about these things. Absolutely need this for your kids or classroom.
This is one of the BEST FunJungle novels in my humble opinion. While it wasn’t at FunJungle itself, there was so much information and the mystery was so tantalizing (and let’s be real, how much more drama can happen at FunJungle before it’s not believable?). From a teaching perspective, I’m really considering incorporating this book into either a social studies or science unit. The book talks about multiple Native American tribes in detail, as well as the way that they used bison to survive. This is a good lead into learning about them. It also discusses how removing a certain keystone species ca leave whole ecosystems crumbling - a great way to get kids learning about ecosystems. And even if I don’t incorporate it into teaching, kids reading this will still learn a little about these things. Absolutely need this for your kids or classroom.