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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: S is for Save the Planet

S is for Save the Planet, written by Brad Herzog and illustrated by Linda Holt Ayriss, is a How-to-be Green Alphabet that sparks students’ enthusiasm for saving our environment. Published in 2009, S is for Save the Planet includes up-to-date information on the … Continue reading

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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Animals Animals

  “Every insect(ant, fly, bee) Is divided into three: One head, one chest, one stomach part. Some have brains, All have a heart.” – Dorothy Aldis   Filled with full page illustrations by the famous writer/ illustrator Eric Carle and … Continue reading

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Teaching Civics with Children’s Literature: America is…

“And America is old towns with old names, and new towns yet to be, that tell our history, then and now.  It is a nation where fifty states meet, where we are all one.” Beautifully illustrated by Stacey Schuett and … Continue reading

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Teaching Civics with Children’s Literature: Our White House

Our White House: Looking In Looking Out, is an anthology that is a beautiful compilation of 108 renowned authors and illustrators. It was created in association with the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance (NCBLA) and the Office of First Lady Laura … Continue reading

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Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States

My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Stephen Alcorn, is a collection of 50 poems combined with beautiful art that together create a portrait of the United States. The states are broken … Continue reading

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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: 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 Life Science with Children’s Literature: Toad by the Road

Introduction Toad by the Road, written by Joanne Ryder and illustrated by Maggie Kneen, is a fun way to introduce students to the life of toads.  The books is compiled of several poems about toads.  Depending on what the topic … Continue reading

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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: This is the Tree

This is the Tree, written by Miriam Moss and illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway,  is a prose poem that centers around the ancient baobab tree in Africa. Each three line stanza starts out with the phrase, “This is the tree,” and explains … Continue reading

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Teaching Physical Science with Children’s Literature: Who Sank the Boat?

Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen is a short, repetitive, and slightly rhyming story that helps children learn about sinking and floating, as well as making assumptions and hypotheses.  Who Sank the Boat? begins with several barnyard animals who … Continue reading

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