School: Park Lane
Month/Year: January 2008
Recommended Read-a-loud or Book-talk books:
Title: The Gold Miner’s Daughter, A Melodramatic Fairy Tale
Author: Jackie Mims Hopkins
Topic: “fractured” fairy tale
Grades: 3-6
Comments: This is a great book for class participation. Clues are given about where to “boo” the villain , etc. Lots of fun.
Title: Henry’s Freedom Box
Author: Ellen Levine
Topic: Slavery and the underground railroad
Grades: 5 - 6
Comments: Based on a true story, Henry Brown escapes slavery by shipping himself in a wooden crate to Philadelphia.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment