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African Town is a story about the last survivors from the transatlantic slave trade and would be geared towards upper elementary students to teach them about this period in history.

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Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse. Clotilda . Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desperate attempts to maintain both their culture and also fit into the place of captivity to which they'd been delivered. At the end of the Civil War, the survivors created a community for themselves they called African Town, which still exists to this day. Told in 14 distinct voices, including that of the ship that brought them to the American shores and the founder of African Town, this powerfully affecting historical novel-in-verse recreates a pivotal moment in US and world history, the impacts of which we still feel today.

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In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called

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Amazon.com: African Town: 9780593322901: Waters, Charles, Latham, Irene: Books

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This is a picture book biography that can be used to teach students about this poet's life in a lyrical way that utilizes poetry within the biography.

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exquisite: the poetry and life of gwendolyn brooks

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juvenile nonfiction / biography & autobiography / literary

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juvenile nonfiction / people & places / united states / african american

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juvenile nonfiction/biography & autobiography - literary

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juvenile nonfiction/people & places - united states - african american & black

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people & places - united states - african american & black

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gwendolyn brooks; childrens book; life story; african american poets; 20th century authors; black authors; women authors; american authors; great depression; pulitzer prize winners; love poems; depression era; loneliness; poverty; famous poets; race and gender

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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks [Slade, Suzanne, Cabrera, Cozbi A.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

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This graphic novel teaches students about the arms race and the creation of the atomic bomb and would be used with upper elementary students.

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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents.

In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb.

Shackleton and Lewis & Clark Bomb

Accessible, gripping, and educational, this new edition of Praise for Bomb

(2012): The Wall Street Journal The Bulletin Also by Steve Sheinkin:
"This superb and exciting work of nonfiction would be a fine tonic for any jaded adolescent who thinks history is 'boring.' It's also an excellent primer for adult readers who may have forgotten, or never learned, the remarkable story of how nuclear weaponry was first imagined, invented and deployed―and of how an international arms race began well before there was such a thing as an atomic bomb." ― Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

"This is edge-of-the seat material that will resonate with YAs who clamor for true spy stories, and it will undoubtedly engross a cross-market audience of adults who dozed through the World War II unit in high school." ― Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

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Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

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Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon [Sheinkin, Steve, Bertozzi, Nick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

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This graphic novel can be used in the classroom when going through a career unit with the students to showcase the life of a ballerina.

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Mark Siegel has written and illustrated several award-winning picture books and graphic novels, including the New York Times bestseller "Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson"; "To Dance," with his wife Siena Cherson Siegel; "Oskar and the Eight Blessings," with Tanya and Richard Simon; "How to Read a Story," with Kate Messner, and the "5 WORLDS" graphic novel series with Alexis Siegel, Boya Sun, Xanthe Bouma, and Matt Rockefeller.

Mark and Siena's latest work together is the YA graphic novel TINY DANCER.

The 5 Worlds series finale comes out January 18, 2002. The full graphic novel epic includes:

5W1: THE SAND WARRIOR.

5W2: THE COBALT PRINCE.

5W3: THE RED MAZE.

5W4: THE AMBER ANTHEM

5W5: THE EMERALD GATE

Follow 5 WORLDS on Social Media @5WorldsTeam

Mark is also the founder and editorial director of First Second Books, Macmillan's graphic novel house.

He lives with his family in New York.

Find out more about Mark at https://www.marksiegelbooks.com

For young artists and authors, enjoy Mark Siegel's live drawing interview on the New York Times Facebook with Maria Russo:

https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/10151016340199999/

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To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel [Siegel, Siena Cherson, Siegel, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel

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This informational text uses poetry to show how one man improved the literacy and writing systems of his people and can be used to show students the importance of being literate.

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The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea-to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nation-and the world of the 1820s-with its beauty and simplicity. James Rumford's Sequoyah is a poem to celebrate literacy, a song of a people's struggle to stand tall and proud.

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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))

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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards)) [Rumford, James] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))

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This children's book is comprised of first hand journal entries and can be used when teaching children about habitats and how penguins communicate.

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This book can be used to teach children about body and regulatory systems in an interactive way by moving flaps to discover the human body.

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What's going on inside our bodies? How do we move, eat, think, and breathe? Children will love looking inside the human body to discover the answers with this incredible interactive book. With labeled acetate diagrams of the muscular, skeletal, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, excretory, and nervous systems, this is a fantastic first look at human anatomy. From pumping blood to breathing air, The Body Book is an exciting way to explore all the amazing things our body can do.

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The Body Book [Alice, Hannah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Body Book

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This poetry collection can be used when teaching students about insects and worms in an unique fashion that can draw the attention of many younger students.

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This picture book can be used in the class to encourage female's to enter male dominated fields and to normalize female scientists.

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This book is geared towards younger students and will introduce them to the idea of DNA and why it's important for living things to have DNA.

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This book utilizes sounds and is geared towards preschoolers and in the classroom, I would assign hand motions to certain sounds to get kids moving in the classroom.

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children’s / teenage fiction: general fiction

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children’s / teenage fiction: nature and animal stories

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children’s / teenage general interest: city and town life

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children’s / teenage general interest: rocks

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juvenile fiction / science & nature / weather

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juvenile fiction/lifestyles - city & town life

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juvenile fiction/science & nature - weather

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teenage fiction: nature and animal stories

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teenage general interest: city and town life

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children's book; picture book; paperback; rhyme; rhythm; weather; thunderstorm; sound; noise; city; subway; friends; tap tap boom boom; community; making friends; preschool books; childrens books by age 3-5; books for 3 year old boys; books for 5 year old boys; books for 4 year old boys; seasons; books for 4 year old girls; toddler books ages 2-4; childrens books by age 5-8; realistic fiction; books for kids 5-7; books for 7 year old boys; books for 7 year old girls; books for 6 year old boys; books for 3 year old girls

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children's book;picture book;paperback;rhyme;rhythm;weather;thunderstorm;sound;noise;city;subway;friends;tap tap boom boom;community;making friends;seasons;realistic fiction;preschool books;childrens books by age 3-5;books for 7 year old boys;toddler books ages 2-4;books for 7 year old girls;books for 5 year old boys;books for 4 year old boys;books for 3 year old boys;books for kids 5-7;childrens books by age 5-8;books for 6 year old boys;books for 5 year old girls;books for 3 year old girls

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juvenile fiction / science & nature / weather

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juvenile fiction/lifestyles - city & town life

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juvenile fiction/science & nature - weather

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children’s / teenage fiction: general fiction

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children’s / teenage fiction: nature and animal stories

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children’s / teenage general interest: city and town life

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children’s / teenage general interest: rocks

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Tap Tap Boom Boom [Bluemle, Elizabeth, Karas, G. Brian] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tap Tap Boom Boom

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I would utilize this book with Pre-K-1st graders when teaching rhyme in the classroom to get students engaged in the topic.

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A hilarious twist on the classic song from the bestselling There Was an Old Lady series for kids! You'll never guess what she'll swallow next!

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I don't know why she swallowed the fly.

She won't say why.

The old lady is swallowing a fly, a spider, a bird, and more....to create a home full of lovable pets! With rhyming text and hilarious illustrations, this is the original song young readers know and love with a wacky twist. The perfect story to read all year long!

Also in the There Was an Old Lady series:

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly!

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! [Colandro, Lucille, Lee, Jared] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly!

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This children's book utilizes a patchwork elephant in an artistic fashion to teach students to be their own selves and I would teach this to lower elementary students.

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"McKee's gentle humor and love of irony are in full force in this celebration of individuality and laughter." - Publishers Weekly

Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him!

If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. That would make Elmer feel better, wouldn't it? David McKee's comical fable about everyone's favorite patchwork elephant teaches readers to be themselves and celebrates the power of laughter.

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Elmer (Elmer Books) [Mckee, David, Mckee, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Elmer (Elmer Books)

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This book utilizes rhyme and demonstration to teach children about Vincent Van Gogh's work and I would read this book to students in lower elementary to teach them about this famous artist.

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Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləm vɑn ˈɣɔx] ( listen);[note 1] (30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work had far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His paintings include portraits, self portraits, landscapes, still lifes, olive trees and cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers. He was largely ignored by critics until after his early death in 1890. The only substantial exhibitions held during his lifetime were showcases in Paris and Brussels. The first published full-length article came in 1890, when Albert Aurier described him as a Symbolist. The widespread and popular realisation of his significance in the history of modern art did not begin until his adoption by the Fauves and German Expressionists in the mid-1910s.

Vincent van Gogh was born to upper middle class parents and spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers before travelling to The Hague, London and Paris, after which he taught in England at Isleworth and Ramsgate. Although he drew as a child, he did not paint until his late twenties; most of his best-known works were completed during the last two years of his life. He was deeply religious as a younger man and aspired to be a pastor and from 1879 worked as a missionary in a mining region in Belgium where he sketched people from the local community. His first major work was 1885's The Potato Eaters, from a time when his palette mainly consisted of sombre earth tones and showed no sign of the vivid colouration that distinguished his later paintings. In March 1886, he relocated to Paris and discovered the French Impressionists.

Later, he moved to the south of France and was influenced by the region's strong sunlight. His paintings grew brighter in colour, and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style that became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolours, drawings, sketches and prints.

After years of anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness he died aged 37 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The extent to which his mental health affected his painting has been widely debated. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize his ill health, art historians see an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence wrought through illness. His late paintings show an artist at the height of his abilities, completely in control, and according to art critic Robert Hughes, "longing for concision and grace".

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "Self Portrait" by Vincent van Gogh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Vincent's Colors (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books)

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Vincent's Colors (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) [van Gogh, Vincent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Vincent's Colors (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books)

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This picture book can be used to teach children to be their own individuals and brightly painted fish are used to relay this message to lower and middle elementary students.

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" When our children were born I began to appreciate so many wonderful children's books. Oh, how books have changed since my childhood. Treasured books that I have on my bookshelf still have a special meaning to me although the art isn't anywhere near as vibrant as art in children's books today."

Linda was born in Georgia and moved many times when she was growing up. "I have always loved art and journaling. Being creative kept me grounded. As young child I would draw and color for hours. As a teen I painted on canvas or blank walls and I wrote.

"Since my husband and I have been married, we've spent a lot of time outdoors, hiking and enjoying the natural world. It seems to me that when you are an artist you notice opportunities to create. Years and years ago I came across a rock that was perfect for painting."

"My love for art and children's books is what inspires me to write and illustrate books. This is a great quote, "If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~ Toni Morrison.

We all have stories inside us waiting to be released. It is a joy to bring a story to life. Set aside time to read your favorite book today or discover a new book. I know you will smile and be inspired."

Linda has written 12 books. Eight journals with guided prompts that are combined with various artists' illustrations, unique graphics or beautiful photography which encourages the writer to fill up the empty pages with their own life stories, Let's Rock: Rock Painting for Kids which won a Children's Choices award and Only One You which focuses on the love between parents and their child, Adri. You Be You continues on where Only One You left off and now Adri is discovering the world for himself. These books speak to readers of all ages.

Introducing Love You When a story that reassures a child that they are indeed thought of through out the course of our busy day. The end sheets offer more examples of times when thoughts of your child come to mind. Readers have said that the message in this book spans not only to the special love between a parent and a child, the message also speaks to adults. Read this book for yourself and see who you think of as you turn the pages. Life passes in the blink of an eye ~ therefore we must express our love.

Please visit my website www.lindakranz.com

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There's only one you in this great big world. Make it a better place. Adri's mama and papa share some of the wisdom they have gained through the years with their eager son. Their words, simple and powerful, are meant to comfort and guide him as he goes about exploring the world.

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This children's book uses math in relation to the stars to tell about the trillions of stars, but that there is only one "you" and this is something I would use with upper elementary students to show them how unique each one of them are.

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A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars - Mathical Book Prize

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Here is a book for story time, for science time, for math time, for bedtime, and all the times in between.

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Math concepts such as counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and subtracting by 10s are discussed and I would use this book with K-2 grade students to introduce them to these math concepts.

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This comical math skills book contains a cast of colorful woolly animals.

Clarissa is flabbergasted. Ten of the sheep she was counting while trying to doze off have barged into her bedroom. The bossy ewes tell her to count pairs of alpacas, herds of llamas, and sets of yaks. Pretty soon baaing, bleating, and snorting animals have overrun the room. Luckily Clarissa can use subtraction to literally unravel her problem in this whimsical story that introduces children to counting by twos, fives, and tens and subtracting by tens.

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Clarissa is flabbergasted. Ten of the sheep she was counting while trying to doze off have barged into her bedroom. Pretty soon baaing, bleating, and snorting animals have overrun the room. Luckily Clarissa can use subtraction to literally unravel her problem.

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This children's book would be used in a Pre-K classroom to introduce the idea of number concepts and I could read this book to the students and then model the food concepts presented by adding food items to a basket and taking them away.

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This book directly aligns to a fourth grade math standard about geometry and in my classroom, I would use this book to teach symmetry and visually show students what symmetry looks like.

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I've been writing and illustrating picture books for children for over twenty-five years. Though I majored in art in college, at the time I wasn't sure what kind of artist to be. Fortunately, it turned out that combining words and art to create picture books was a perfect career for me. Most of my books center around a particular topic such as fractions, the solar system, writing, and other math, science, and language arts curriculum content. The characters and story lines help to put the subject matter into a meaningful context for young readers.

After growing up mostly in Delaware, I moved to central Florida in the mid 1980s and currently live with my husband Andy on a three acre property with hawks, herons, and horses (the horses live next door.) We love the rustle of the pine needles in the breeze, the screeching of sandhill cranes flying overhead, and the chattering of many small birds that come and go as they please.

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This book is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for fourth-grade mathematics in geometry: (4.G.3).Once you start looking, you can find symmetry all around you. Symmetry is when one shape looks the same if you flip, slide, or turn it. It's in words and even letters. It's in both nature a...

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This picture book geared towards Pre-K and Kindergarten grades that talks about measuring, but uses the scale of marine animals to suggest the actual size of items and is a way to introduce measurement to students in a way that they can understand.

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This perfect follow-up to How Much Does a Ladybug Weigh? gives kids a fun introduction to the concept of length and the size of underwater creatures. 10 sea otters are as long as . . . 9 yellowfin tuna, which are as long as . . . 8 California sea lions, which are as long as . . .

Have you ever wondered how long a whale is? What about a shark? Or a dolphin? Alison Limentani's extraordinary and original picture book introduces children to a fascinating world of numbers, length, and underwater wildlife.

And the largest animal of all-the blue whale-gets a big gatefold!

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How Long Is a Whale? (Wild Facts & Amazing Math)

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How Long Is a Whale? (Wild Facts & Amazing Math) [Limentani, Alison] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How Long Is a Whale? (Wild Facts & Amazing Math)