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All in Picture Books
In this book, a young Patricia is put into an advanced writing class with Miss Keller. Miss Keller has a reputation for expecting excellence from her students and stops at nothing to pull that excellence from her students. In short, Miss Keller is tough.
There are a lot of fabulous books about this time and the rise of equality, but this book is one of the best ever! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was asking for people to march to peacefully protest the inequality and racial injustice. The Mommas had to work and the Daddy had to work, so the children volunteered to march. About 1,000
Yuki’s father governor in ancient Japan. Every Governor must travel between Edo and Kyoto, about 300 miles, twice a year. It is time for Yuki and her family to travel to Kyoto. This story tells of their journey and highlights the haikus that Yuki writes every day.
This book talks about taking hardships and turning them into giant steps toward making the world a better place. For example, it talks about not having enough food to eat, but then it talks about the people who willingly and freely help those people. It encourages children to take their hardships and continuing stepping away from fear and toward their dreams.
This book gives a short history of the making and using of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal runs east and west across New York state.
Clouds of War follows the story of the famous book, The Martyrs Mirror. A few men that lived at the Ephrata Cloister had painstakingly translated The Martyrs Mirror from Dutch into German, a language that was more commonly used.
Good ole Harry is back with a wonderful gift from Grandma, or maybe not so wonderful. Grandma knitted Harry a new sweater for his birthday. Harry likes how cozy and warm his new sweater is, but he does not like the roses that adorn the sweater.
Wonderful story! This story is about two families and two little girls. Hope loves to go to church and sing songs during worship. One day at church, their offering was for the Habib family. This family had just come from Syria and lived at the Chen Houses.
In the early 1900’s a Mennonite Church in Lancaster County asked Amanda Musselman and her friend Mary Denlinger to move to the nearby city of Philadelphia. Philadelphia had parts of the city where the many people in need lived.
The Arrowhead is a story of an arrowhead, little boy and how the Lord provides for his own. This story is told from the perspective of a Grandfather telling the story to his granddaughter.
Sometimes, it is hard to make friends. Sometimes, we do silly things and are mean. Other times, it’s other people who tease and make bad choices. Animals never do that, so often it’s easier to be friends with animals.
This book was recommended to me by an ESL teacher because of the integration of Spanish words into an English book. I like how the author uses the storyline of Skippyjon Jones going to Mexico to introduce Spanish words. Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese Cat
This is the sweet story of a simple object, a needle. A needle like any other tool if used by a skilled workman can yield great results. In this story, a ten-year old girl is sent to buy a needle. She doesn’t seem to have enough money, so the storekeeper offers her a rusty needle.
Okay, I have trouble integrating poetry into my reading curriculum. I instantly fell in love with Koo, the panda. This book’s illustrations are absolutely darling. The content and introduction of Haiku have made this book invaluable for teaching Haiku and poetry.
This story is about a little girl named Sarah. Sarah is deaf, so she can’t hear many sounds. Her parents and siblings talk with their hands. They are using a language called American Sign Language. It’s Sarah’s birthday, and now she is six. For her birthday gift, her parents give Sarah a kitten.
Dinosaurs excite my second-grade students right now since we are learning about them in Science class. They love this book and enjoyed not only drawing but learning the facts included in the book.
This book follows the story of Mr. Tiffin’s class as they travel to museums to view dinosaurs. They travel through many different kinds of dinosaurs, and Kimmy knows each one. Kimmy loves to learn about dinosaurs, but her classmate doesn’t think that girls are scientists.
Follow Ava as she explains her life as a Deaf child. She introduces you to her parents who are also Deaf. She talks about her life, her hobbies,
What a better to help boys learn emotional intelligence than by learning from a Dinosaur? Really, you can’t find a better way! :-)
Another awesome book in the Tales that Tell the Truth Series. This story highlights the story of the man whose son was deathly ill, and Jesus healed him just by speaking the words.
