Children's Book Press - My First Book of Proverbs / Mi Primer Libro de Dichos

WEBSITES
Proverbs

	Commonly-Used Proverbs (Familiar English proverbs are shown with key words missing. Completing them might be an interesting activity for students.)
	American Others (this site includes proverbs from all over the world)
	Bibliography of Mexican-American Proverbs and Proverbs in the Mexican-American Tradition (includes information and resources on proverbs from around the world, including Mexico)

Surrealist Art

	Frida Kahlo, Little Deer
	Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory
	René Magritte, The Son of Man

Bees and Such

	The “waggle” and “round” dances of bees
	Insect proverbs

Weather

Accurate weather related proverbs

Women Scientists

	Biographical information on women in science
	Information on historical women in science

Books About Proverbs

	Bryan, Ashley. The Night has Ears: African Proverbs, Atheneum, 1999.
	Carbonell Basset, Delfin. Dictionary of Proverbs, Sayings, Maxims, Adages, English and Spanish: Diccionario De Refranes, Proverbios, Dichos, Adagios, Castellano e Ingles, Barrons Educational Series, 1998.
	Chen P., Berta Alicia. Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings: Diccionario de Proverbios y Refranes, Management Development Corporation (also available through http://www.proverbios.com), 1999.
	Flonta, Teodor. A Dictionary of English and Spanish Equivalent Proverbs (available in e-book and paperback formats), DeProverbio.com, 2001.
	Strauss, Ruby G. If Grandma Had Wheels: Jewish Proverbs, Atheneum, 1985.

Books containing Aesop's fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare”

	McAllister, Angela. The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop's Fable, Frances Lincoln Limited, 2002.
	Retold and illustrated by Helen Ward. The Hare and the Tortoise: A Fable from Aesop, Millbrook Press, 1999.

Alexandra Freidus, former Director of Community Partnerships at Children's Book Press, teaches integrated Language Arts and Social Studies to secondary students at Berkeley High School. Alexandra was a consultant for this Teacher's Guide.

Please share your own ideas for how to use My First Book of Proverbs / Mi Primer Libro de Dichos in the classroom. We'll be pleased to post your work on the website for other teachers to use. Email us your lesson plans at educators@childrensbookpress.org.