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These books from Children's Book Press are all geared towards a younger audience
Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de cascabel. Told by Te Ata. Adapted by Lynn Moroney. Illustrations by Mira Reisberg.
Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita, Lunera. Story by Jorge Argueta. Illustrations by Elizabeth Gomez.
Nine-in-One, Grr! Grr! Told by Blia Xiong. Adapted by Cathy Spagnoli. Illustrations by Nancy Hom.
Books from Other Publishers
* Ancona, George. Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood, Harcourt Brace, 1998.
* Clemesha, David, and Zimmerman, Andreas. Trashy Town, HarperCollins, 1999.
Flanagan, Alice, K. Teachers, Compass Point Books, 2001.
Franchino, Vicky. Carpenters, Compass Point Books, 2000.
* Keats, Ezra Jack, My Dog Is Lost! Viking Press, 1999.
Kottke, Jan. A Day With a Doctor, Rosen Book Works, 2000.
Liebman, Dan. I Want to Be a Police Officer, Firefly Books, 2000.
Ryon Quiri, Patricia. Chefs, Compass Point Books, 2000.
*Titles from California Department of Education Website list of Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve @ http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/
Websites:
Community Helpers: This website includes information on books that deal with a lot of different professions and classroom activity ideas.
Theresa L. Macbeth has been a schoolteacher since
1973 and has taught grades K through third grades. She is
currently a kindergarten teacher at Longfellow Elementary
School in Alameda, California. She has also developed and
coordinated Longfellow’s school wide Spring Dance Performance
for the past 14 years.
Loreta Torres is a fourth grade bilingual two-way
(Spanish Immersion and Spanish as a Second Language) teacher
at Fairmount Elementary School in San Francisco. Fairmount
views all members of the community as teachers and learners,
offering many programs supporting learning for families as
well as students. Loreta is also a Bay Area Writing Project
(BAWP) teacher consultant.
Please share your own ideas for how to use Quinito's Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito 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.
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