More Than Anything Else Booker T. Washington
Marie Bradby Illus. Chris Soentpiet
What did he want more than anything else? Booker at nine years of age hungered to learn to read. Although he had to work all day long in the salt mines, his desire to read was greater than sleep or rest or food. The author says she wrote this book when her son was five and was learning to read. Bradby writes beautifully and her words combine with Soentpiet's watercolor illustrations with a harmonious effect.
You might like to visit the websites of illustrators. You can view good layouts of their work and discover other books by artists you come to like. On this website I discovered the fact that Soentpiet and Marie Bradby won many awards for More Than Anything Else. The list goes all the way down the page!
http://www.soentpiet.com/more.htm
I hesitate to assign grade or age levels. These levels are general suggestions due to the fact that younger children probably would not have the stamina to listen to the longer books. Also not all content is suitable for younger children. But all ages would enjoy hearing or reading the stories on the list marked for PreK-4.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Thomas Alva Edison, Great Inventor
Thomas Alva Edison, Great Inventor
David A. Adler
When Edison was a little boy, he constantly asked questions. That's one huge tip to take from his childhood for our own children. His curiosity and determination led him to invent many useful things. From his experience concerning the usefulness of mistakes came his memorable quote: "genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." He knew that to get the results you want you just have to keep trying over and over and over.
David Adler wrote other biographies for this age too. His books relate facts but he couches them in a pleasant narrative.
I hesitate to assign grade or age levels. These levels are general suggestions due to the fact that younger children probably would not have the stamina to listen to the longer books. Also not all content is suitable for younger children. But all ages would enjoy hearing or reading the stories on the list marked for PreK-4.
David A. Adler
When Edison was a little boy, he constantly asked questions. That's one huge tip to take from his childhood for our own children. His curiosity and determination led him to invent many useful things. From his experience concerning the usefulness of mistakes came his memorable quote: "genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." He knew that to get the results you want you just have to keep trying over and over and over.
David Adler wrote other biographies for this age too. His books relate facts but he couches them in a pleasant narrative.
I hesitate to assign grade or age levels. These levels are general suggestions due to the fact that younger children probably would not have the stamina to listen to the longer books. Also not all content is suitable for younger children. But all ages would enjoy hearing or reading the stories on the list marked for PreK-4.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Buttons for General Washington
Buttons for General Washington
Peter and Connie Roop
This is just one episode from the Revolutionary War retold in story form in which a boy delivers a message to General Washington hidden in his buttons. Exciting! He needs to summon his courage in order to carry out a big responsibility. Technically, reconstructed historical narratives are classified as historical fiction. However, I have tagged them as biographies because they are also true stories of real people. Inspiring anecdotes from the lives of ordinary people can leave the same imprints on a child's mind as those of famous people. A good story narrative engages the listener and dramatizes the virtue in action. Washington is in the background in this one, but children can become intimate with the lives of heroes over time by reading many many stories in which they are present.
You can trust anything written by the Roops! They will show up in this blog a few more times.
I hesitate to assign grade or age levels. These levels are general suggestions due to the fact that younger children probably would not have the stamina to listen to the longer books. Also not all content is suitable for younger children. But all ages would enjoy hearing or reading the stories on the list marked for PreK-4.
Peter and Connie Roop
This is just one episode from the Revolutionary War retold in story form in which a boy delivers a message to General Washington hidden in his buttons. Exciting! He needs to summon his courage in order to carry out a big responsibility. Technically, reconstructed historical narratives are classified as historical fiction. However, I have tagged them as biographies because they are also true stories of real people. Inspiring anecdotes from the lives of ordinary people can leave the same imprints on a child's mind as those of famous people. A good story narrative engages the listener and dramatizes the virtue in action. Washington is in the background in this one, but children can become intimate with the lives of heroes over time by reading many many stories in which they are present.
You can trust anything written by the Roops! They will show up in this blog a few more times.
I hesitate to assign grade or age levels. These levels are general suggestions due to the fact that younger children probably would not have the stamina to listen to the longer books. Also not all content is suitable for younger children. But all ages would enjoy hearing or reading the stories on the list marked for PreK-4.
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