November Picture Book Play-
A Review and So Much More
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By Laura Joffe Numeroff
What happens if you give a mouse a cookie? Relating the cycle of
requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes
the reader through a young child's day.
color pages
By Tomie de Paola
A retelling of the Comanche Indian legend of how a little girl's
sacrifice brought the flower called bluebonnet to Texas. Age 4 to 8
An
encounter between Peboan, Old Man Winter, and Seegwun, the Spirit of
Spring, marks the transition from one season to another. Age 5 to 8
A
grandfather uses a counting rope to help his blind grandson
understand the passage of time. Age 4 to 7
Little
Gopher, a Plains Indian, follows his destiny, as revealed in a
Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is
able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth. Age 4 to 8
(grade 1)
By Chief Jake Swamp
A celebration of the beauty and spirit of Mother Earth, as presented
by a contemporary Mohawk chief. Age 4 to 7
By Alice Dalgliesh
An eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to
build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness, and to stay with the
Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.
Age 6 to 9
Supplemental unit for provides activities and web resource
developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for
Educators (SCORE) Project
By Simon J. Ortiz
Traces the progress of the Indians of North America from the time of
the Creation to the present. Age 7 to 12
A young Dakota
Indian boy describes the changes that come both in nature and in the life of his people with each
new moon of the Sioux year.
Ages 4 to 8
Books By Eve Bunting
A boy travels to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with his
father to seek out his grandfather's name.
Ages 6 to 9
By Michael J. Caduto
Contains Native legends about gardening as well as projects based on
the tales.
Age
4 to 8
Age
6 to 9
An
encounter between Peboan, Old Man Winter, and Seegwun, the Spirit of
Spring, marks the transition from one season to another. Age 5 to 8
A
grandfather uses a counting rope to help his blind grandson
understand the passage of time. Age 4 to 7
Little
Gopher, a Plains Indian, follows his destiny, as revealed in a
Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is
able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth. Age 4 to 8