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Category Archives: book review
Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: A World of Wonders
Geography can be an overwhelming subject to teach. Don’t be alarmed! J.Patrick Lewis’s book of poetry, A World of Wonders, illustrated by Alison Jay, covers a wide variety of geographical concepts through different types of poems that your students will … Continue reading
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Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: The Scrambled States of America, Talent Show
Have you ever been playing with your friends and all of the sudden someone shouts out, “Lets put on a talent show!!!” as loud as they can? Well, that is exactly what happens in, The Scrambled States of America, Talent … Continue reading
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Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: Earthshake (Poems from the Ground Up)
The book Earthshake, poems from the ground up, is an accumulation of several poems that are related to the earth. Summary This book is a fun and interesting way to look at the earth. Some of the poems are just … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: Start Saving, Henry!
Start Saving, Henry! is a fun book about a seven-year old mouse who learns the lesson about saving his allowance money to buy a toy he wants, and, he learns how hard it can be to not buy everything you … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: The Top Job
The Top Job, by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel and illustrated by Robert Neubecker is a book that tells the story of a class who tells stories about what jobs their parents have. The children start by telling of the amazing jobs … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: The Beloved Dearly
The Beloved Dearly written by Doug Cooney and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi is a book about a boy names Ernie who can always in of a way to make money. Most of the ideas he dream up get him interviews with the … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: Goods and Services
The basics of economics–goods, services, producers, and consumers–are presented in Goods and Services by Janeen R. Adil. The simple text provides kid-friendly examples of goods and services: an eye doctor provides a service when she checks a child’s vision; she … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty
The book How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty, written by Nathan Zimelman, provides and fun and kid friendly introduction into the topic of economics. Summary This book is extremely fun and witty as … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: Follow the Money!
Loreen Leedy's "Follow the Money", is a humorous book that teaches children the various uses of currency. Told from the point-of-view of a twenty-five cent quarter, the book starts by describing how money is produced and distributed in the … Continue reading
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Teaching Economics With Children’s Literature: Sally Gets A Job
Sally Gets a Jobwritten and illustrated by Stephen Huneck, is a book that will appeal to most children. This book is about an adorable black dog who watches its family leave for work and school each day. One day she wonders if maybe … Continue reading
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