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This list contains Teacher Resources and all items listed in the Books section.
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| ABCs of Origami: Paper Folding for Children | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Claude Sarasas |
ISBN: 0-804-83307-9 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2002 |
| Description: Simple instructions show children how to fold paper to make animals, insects, birds, and other objects. |
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| Floating and Sinking | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Karen Bryant-Mole |
ISBN: 1-575-72627-0 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Heinemann, 1998 |
| Description: Describes why things float or sink and presents simple experiments to demonstrate the scientific principles involved. |
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| From Tree to House | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Robin Nelson |
ISBN: 0-822-51392-7 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Lerner Publishing, 2004 |
| Description: Shows the construction of a wood house, starting with the trees being cut down in the forest. When the people who live there are added, the house becomes a home! Includes color photos, a glossary, and an index. |
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| From Tree to Table | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Jill Braithwaite |
ISBN: 0-822-50947-4 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Lerner Publishing, 2004 |
| Description: Shows manufacture of a typical table, starting with a forest full of trees and ending in the table factory. Color photos accompany each simply explained step in the table-making process, and a glossary and index are included. |
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| From Wood To Paper | Level: K-2 |
| | Author: Wendy Davis |
ISBN: 1-568-01494-5 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Sundance Publishing, 1995 |
| Description: An exciting photo essay explains how trees are made into paper. This big book carefully explains papermaking so children understand the process. A teacher’s guide comes with the big book. |
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| Homes: Around The World | Level: K |
| | Author: Margaret Hall |
ISBN: 0-431-15127-X |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Heinemann Library, 2003 |
| Description: Photos from around the world help young students explore how the weather and available resources make a difference in the kinds of homes people build. The variety of wooden homes and the comparison with buildings made from other materials provides wonderful discussion starters on the properties of wood. |
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| Investigating Water | Level: K-2 |
| | Author: Delta Education |
ISBN: 1-592-42370-1 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Delta Education, 2004 |
| Description: Teaches students about the properties of water, including freezing, melting, and evaporation. |
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| The Paper Airplane Book | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Seymour Simon |
ISBN: 0-140-30925-X |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Viking Children’s Books/Penguin Putnam, 1973 |
| Description: Uses black-and-white cartoon drawings to present all kinds of paper airplane projects. Shows how each one works. |
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| The Piñata Maker / El Piñatero | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: George Anacona |
ISBN: 0-152-00060-7 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Harcourt Brace, 1994 |
| Description: Written in English and Spanish. Documents the work of Tio Rico as he assembles magical puppets, pi¤atas, and masks for the children of his village in Mexico. Included is a note on creating pi¤atas at home. |
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| | Author: Delta Education |
ISBN: 1-592-42251-9 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Delta Education, 2003 |
| Description: Details how to classify and sort objects based on their physical properties. |
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| Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Eleanor Coerr |
ISBN: 0-399-23799-2 |
| Illustrated by: Ronald Himler | Publisher: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2002 |
| Description: Hospitalized with leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold a thousand paper cranes to verify a legend that, by doing so, a sick person will become healthy. The tale is written with older readers in mind, but the dreamy pastel illustrations make it worth retelling in your own words. |
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| The Shape of Things | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Dayle Ann Dodds |
ISBN: 1-564-02698-1 |
| Illustrated by: Julie Lacome | Publisher: Candlewick Press, 1996 |
| Description: A square is just a square until it becomes a house in this clever book. A circle becomes a spinning Ferris wheel, and when some string and a tail are added, it becomes a kite flying high in the sky. With rhymes and illustrations, this book reveals that shapes are everywhere. |
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| | Author: Delta Education |
ISBN: 1-592-42525-9 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Delta Education, 2004 |
| Description: Explains solids and liquids and why some things sink and some things float. |
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| | Author: Gail Gibbons |
ISBN: 0-823-40694-6 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Holiday House, 1988 |
| Description: Simply illustrated, this book depicts all kinds of woodworking tools and how they are used in building. |
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| | Author: Ann Morris |
ISBN: 0-688-16165-0 |
| Illustrated by: Ken Heyman | Publisher: William Morrow and Company, 1998 |
| Description: Hand tools of all types, from chopsticks to saws, are photographed in use all over the world and accompanied by kindergarten-friendly text. |
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| Trees to Paper (How Things Are Made) | Level: K-2 |
| | Author: Inez Snyder |
ISBN: 0-516-24356-X |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Scholastic Library, 2003 |
| Description: Simple words and photographs show the steps involved in making paper. |
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| What Is A Scientist? | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Barbara Lehn |
ISBN: 0-761-31298-6 |
| Illustrated by: Carol Krauss, photographer | Publisher: Millbrook Press, 1999 |
| Description: Photos of first graders at work illustrate the scientific thinking processes and skills employed by scientists of all ages. Simple, large-print text makes this appropriate for kindergarten classes. |
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| Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House | Level: K-3 |
| | Author: Cynthia Rylant, Sucie Stevenson |
ISBN: 0-689-83445-4 |
| Illustrated by: Carolyn Bracken | Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2003 |
| Description: Henry is excited when his Uncle Jake builds him a tree house but worries that his dog, Mudge, will not be able to enjoy it with him. |
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| | Author: Dick Gackenbach |
ISBN: 0-152-01013-0 |
| Illustrated by: Picture Book | Publisher: Sandpiper, 1996 |
| Description: Three seeds grow into three beautiful trees, all the same kind. One tree is cut and used for many useful things, the second becomes a Christmas tree, and the third still stands in the woods, where it is home and shelter for living things. |
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| | Author: Margaret Hilert |
ISBN: 0-813-65603-6 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press, 1981 |
| Description: After Gepetto carves a table leg into a puppet, Pinocchio, he finds that it can walk and talk just like a real boy. In fact, Pinocchio is a scamp with terrible behavior and a nose that grows whenever he tells a lie. (There are many versions of this story: choose your favorite.) |
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| The Amazing Paper Book | Level: K-6 |
| | Author: Linda Glaser, Elisa Kleven |
ISBN: 761316507 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Millbrook Press, 2000 |
| Description: A wonderful resource for the school, as older students will find it useful for independent projects and research. This book covers it all; how paper is made at home or in paper mills, animals that make paper, paper tricks, origami, and tales of foresters and loggers. Kindergarteners will enjoy the illustrations. |
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| Math In Motion: Origami in the Classroom | Level: K-6 |
| | Author: Barbara Pearl |
ISBN: 0-964-79243-5 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Crane Publications, 2002 |
| Description: A unique resource that provides proven teaching techniques, ways to integrate origami to enhance mathematical and language skills, and simple origami projects appropriate for kindergarten. |
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| Papermaking For Kids | Level: K-6 |
| | Author: Beth Wilkinson |
ISBN: 879058277 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Peregrine Smith Books, 1997 |
| Description: Simple steps to making your own paper, with ideas for embossing, making fancy papers, and making your own envelopes. |
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| Papier-mache For Kids | Level: K-6 |
| | Author: Sheila McGraw |
ISBN: 833596640 |
| Illustrated by: --- | Publisher: Econo-Clad Books, 1999 |
| Description: Step by step, easy instructions show how to make eight papier-mache projects with household ingredients. |
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| Science Experiments for Young Learners | Level: --- |
| | Author: Jill Norris |
ISBN: 1-557-99779-9 |
| Illustrated by: Cindy Davis | Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2000 |
| Description: The 122 experiments in this comprehensive, hands-on science resource address the National Science Education Standards appropriate for young learners. Experiments are organized by physical science, life science, earth and space science, and science and technology. |
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