Bridges to Understanding

Bridges to Understanding
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 535
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ISBN-10 : 9780810881068
ISBN-13 : 0810881063
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Bridges to Understanding by : Linda Pavonetti

This is the fourth volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People, following Children's Books from Other Countries (1998), The World Through Children's Books (2002), and Crossing Boundaries (2006). This latest volume, edited by Linda M. Pavonetti, includes books published between 2005 and 2009. This annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, with descriptions of nearly 700 books representing more than 70 countries, is a valuableresource for librarians, teachers, and anyone else seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. Like its predecessors, it will be an important tool for providing stories that will help children understand our differences while simultaneously demonstrating our common humanity.

A to Zoo

A to Zoo
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 3583
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ISBN-10 : 9798216041344
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis A to Zoo by : Rebecca L. Thomas

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards

Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 141564022X
ISBN-13 : 9781415640227
Rating : 4/5 (2X Downloads)

Synopsis Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards by : Kevin Major

Reading the World with Picture Books

Reading the World with Picture Books
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9781598845884
ISBN-13 : 1598845888
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Reading the World with Picture Books by : Nancy J. Polette

This valuable reference guide provides suggestions of picture books set in more than 70 countries in each continent of the world, along with standards-based activities. Reading the World with Picture Books presents an exhaustive collection of booktalk options with picture books that are set in the major countries of each continent. Hundreds of children's books with an international flavor are organized by continent and then by country, and suggested activities accompany the titles, encouraging students to interpret information related to historical or geographic concepts and use problem-solving skills. Activities range from those appropriate for beginners to experienced researchers/writers. All call for high-level thinking and most provide opportunities to respond in creative ways. In addition, all of the activities are keyed to selected national standards in language arts and social studies. The picture books suggested are not only excellent choices to capture a booktalk audience's attention and educate young readers about world culture, but also to demonstrate how human beings have adapted to the various environments of the world.

School Library Journal

School Library Journal
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 622
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015064837928
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis School Library Journal by :

Memorabilia and Memories Shared

Memorabilia and Memories Shared
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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Total Pages : 107
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ISBN-10 : 9781426954115
ISBN-13 : 1426954115
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Memorabilia and Memories Shared by : Will Kalinke

Grandparents want to leave some memories for their grandchildren, but may have a difficult time reading or writing. Memorabilia and Memories Shared offers assistance to them and to their grandchildren. Intended to be read together, it seeks to job important memories of times gone by. Guided questions will help grandparents and grandchildren to collaborate in creating a verbal or written account of those precious memories. In an example of this method, author Will Kalinke has written his fondest memories in Memorabilia and Memories Shared with the hope that others will do the same thing. After you've dabbled with this book, you should be ready to try to write your own treasured memories for your loved ones. Record your memories for the generations to come. Focus on exploring, creating, expanding, and recording important memories to offer a bit of yourself, a true legacy, for posterity. It is more important to capture memorabilia and memories and that of loved ones-today, before it is too late.

The Publishers Weekly

The Publishers Weekly
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 806
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822034363259
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

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Fall Guys

Fall Guys
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Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 080932069X
ISBN-13 : 9780809320691
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Fall Guys by : Jim Fisher

Too young to prosecute, Charlie Zubryd was adopted after his confession and a brief stay in a mental ward. A childless couple gave Zubryd a new name and identity. It would be twenty years before Charlie Zubryd - now going by the name Chuck Duffy - would have any contact with his blood family. When Zubyrd/Duffy made an effort to get his real family back, he was rejected because his relatives still believed he had murdered his mother. Until Fisher began to investigate the case in 1989, Chuck Duffy was not sure he had not killed his mother during some kind of mental blackout.