Kristine Spanier - Easter Island

Ideas for Parents
and Teachers

Pogo Books let children practice
reading informational text while
introducing them to nonfiction
features such as headings, labels,
sidebars, maps, and diagrams,
as well as a table of contents,
glossary, and index.

Carefully leveled text with
a strong photo match offers
early fluent readers the support
they need to succeed.

Before Reading

Walk through the book and
point out the various nonfiction
features. Ask the student what
purpose each feature serves.

Look at the glossary together.
Read and discuss the words.

Read the Book

Have the child read the book
independently.

Invite him or her to list questions
that arise from reading.

After Reading

Discuss the childs questions.
Talk about how he or she might
find answers to those questions.

Prompt the child to think
more. Ask: Did you know about
Easter Island before reading
this book? What more would
you like to learn about it?

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Spanier, Kristine, author.
Title: Easter Island / by Kristine Spanier, MLIS.
Description: Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc., [2022]
Series: Whole wide world
Includes index. | Audience: Ages 710
Identifiers: LCCN 2021025759 (print)
LCCN 2021025760 (ebook)
ISBN 9781636903071 (hardcover)
ISBN 9781636903088 (paperback)
ISBN 9781636903095 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Easter IslandHistoryJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC F3169 .S63 2022 (print)
LCC F3169 (ebook) | DDC 996.18dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021025759
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021025760

Editor: Jenna Gleisner
Designer: Molly Ballanger

Photo Credits: Vladimir Krupenkin/Shutterstock, cover;
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Printed in the United States of America at
Corporate Graphics in North Mankato, Minnesota.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

ISLAND
OF STATUES

Travel across the Pacific Ocean to
a island. Here, you will see
great stone faces rising from the
ground. This is Easter Island!

This island is about 2,300 miles
(3,700 kilometers) west of Chile.
Less than 10,000 people live here.

Easter
Island

There are spread
across the island. These stone
statues were made more than
years ago! They were made
to look like humans. Some are
kneeling. Some have carvings
on their backs.

DID YOU KNOW?

Settlers first arrived on the island around
1200. They called it Te Pito o Te Henua.
In 1722, Dutch sailors named it
Easter Island. Why? They arrived
on Easter Sunday. Today,
call it Rapa Nui.

CHAPTER

CARVED STONES

The first people to come to
the island were Polynesians.
They made stone
called ahu. Marriages and
other took
place near them.

ahu

Families made statues to their
. They called the statues moai.
They made them big. Why? It showed that
a family was powerful. They placed the
moai on the ahu.

moai

The moai were carved from
a soft stone called tuff. It is
volcanic ash that has hardened.
It came from Rano Raraku.
This is an volcano
on the island.

Rano Raraku

unfinished
moai

People carved the statues faceup
in the . They used adzes.
These tools were made of
harder rock.

Finished statues were cut
from the quarry. Then it
was time to move them.
But how? Most weighed at
least tons (12 metric tons)!
There were no animals on
the island that could help.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Are there statues where
you live? Why are they
important? Who or what
do they honor?

CHAPTER

WALKING
STATUES

People may have pulled the
statues over rolling logs.
Or they may have tied
ropes around them.
Then they could rock
them from side to side.
The moai would have
looked like they were
walking! The backs
were carved after
they were moved.

The statues farthest from the quarry
are the smallest. Why? They were easier
to move a greater distance. Almost
statues are still in the quarry or nearby.
They may have been too big to move.

quarry

Some statues have pukao on them. These look
like hats. They were placed after the statues
were moved. They are made of red lava stone.