Nancy J. Polette

Using quality literature to introduce younger students to economic terms and concepts is an engaging and effective teaching method. This book demonstrates how. • Supplies an appealing and highly effective way to enrich the social studies curriculum • Presents discussion questions applicable to public library storytimes • Provides grade-level appropriate activities and reproducibles in a ready-to-use format that saves teachers and librarians time • Recommends titles that are easily available

Teaching Economic Concepts with Picture Books and Junior Novels

This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even "holidays" you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles and activities that could inspire your students to become life-long readers. • Includes more than 365 recommended picture books selected for their genuine worth as well as for their diversity • Offers fun, quick, and easily completed activities coordinated to daily holidays throughout the year • Provides a useful resource for anyone who works with young children in schools, public libraries, or in the home, for those new to picture books and experienced veterans alike • Helps educators to stress the joy of reading and enable students to learn new and interesting things every day of the year

The Picture Book Almanac: Picture Books and Activities to Celebrate 365 Familiar and Unusual Holidays

This valuable reference guide provides suggestions of picture books set in more than 70 countries in each continent of the world, along with standards-based activities. • Features original booktalk activities and a bibliography of books from around the world that exceeds 400 titles, spanning over 70 countries • Each section begins with a list of the countries within that continent and provides basic information about the continent • Provides fun mnemonics to help young students remember countries and continents • Includes indexes by title, author, and illustrator

Reading the World with Picture Books

Celebrated author Nancy Polette offers a complete mystery literature guide for primary, intermediate, and middle school mysteries. • Offers step-by-step guides for using mysteries in the classroom, including more than 200 mystery booktalks • Provides lists of the Edgar Allan Poe Junior Mystery Award winners from 1979 to 2008 • Ties to the National Standards in Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies

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