Download or read book How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have written by Julius Lester and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of twelve folk tales, ten African and two Jewish.
Download or read book How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have and Other Tales written by Julius Lester and published by . This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of twelve folk tales, ten African and two Jewish.
Download or read book How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow 14 African animals as they attempt to find out how many spots their leopard friend has. This funny, and frustrating, tale is highly interactive, engaging children to count along with the characters.
Download or read book How the Leopard Got His Spots written by Rudyard Kipling and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how the leopard got his spotted coat in order to hunt the animals in the dappled shadows of the forest.
Download or read book How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have written by Christianne C. Jones and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leopard offers a special prize to the one who can count all of his beautiful spots, and is disappointed to find that many animals cannot count.
Download or read book The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards written by Kristopher Jansma and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award Honorable Mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" (The Village Voice) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man’s quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe—from the author of Why We Came to the City As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma’s hopelessly unreliable—yet hopelessly earnest—narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice.
Download or read book Why Leopard Has Spots written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa and the Tingatinga artwork of Tanzania, the Tinga Tinga Tales series of picture books features the colourful cast of animals from the television animation and glorious Tingatinga artwork. Tinga Tinga Tales airs daily on CBeebies. In this modern take on creation tales, brilliantly colourful Tingatinga artwork tells the story of Leopard's transformation from a dark, shy cat to the beautifully spotted animal we know today. You see there was a time when Leopard didn't have any spots. Her coat was as plain as plain can be, and she was very shy... So what happened when Leopard helped Puff Adder, and in return he sang her a Tinga Tinga lullaby?
Download or read book Sungura and Leopard written by and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2006-12-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small but clever hare and a fierce leopard agree to share a house, but as the hare's family grows, he realizes that he must find a way to get rid of his bad-tempered neighbor.
Download or read book How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow 14 African animals as they attempt to find out how many spots their leopard friend has. This funny, and frustrating, tale is highly interactive, engaging children to count along with the characters.
Download or read book Folktales Aloud written by Janice M. Del Negro and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good folktale triggers the imagination, connecting children to a wider world as well as increasing their vocabulary and comprehension skills. In this delightful and easy-to-use book, teacher and storyteller Del Negro gives librarians, teachers, and parents the keys to storytelling success. Including more than a dozen original adaptations of folktales from around the world, tailored specifically for library and classroom use, she Reviews storytelling basics such as selecting a tale and learning the story Offers tips for dealing with stage fright and reluctant listeners Presents a bibliography of recommended online and print resources, steering readers to more wonderful tales to tell For young listeners the folktale is a perfect gateway to the exciting worlds of culture and literature, and Del Negro’s book invites their engagement with proven techniques and original story scripts that can be used by experienced as well as beginning tellers.
Download or read book Bookpeople written by Sharron L. McElmeel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1992-06-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials. Each unit includes a full-size photograph and a brief biography containing bits of background information that will fascinate students. Activities that reinforce the multicultural theme and bibliographies of related books and films are also featured. Ideal for the media center and the integrated curriculum. Grades 1-6.
Download or read book Connecting Cultures written by Rebecca L. Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-01-30 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.
Download or read book The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook written by Rebecca Rupp and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 1998 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.
Download or read book The Art of Storytelling written by Amy E. Spaulding and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for anyone who wants to develop the skill of telling stories, this volume provides advice on choosing, learning, and presenting stories, as well as discussions on the importance of storytelling through human history and its continued significance today.
Download or read book The New York Times Parent s Guide to the Best Books for Children written by Eden Ross Lipson and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2000-11-14 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Classic Guide That Helps You Select the Books the Child You Know Will Love In this third, fully revised and updated edition of The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children, the children's book editor of The New York Times Book Review personally selects and recommends books for children of every age. The most comprehensive and authoritative book of its kind has been completely updated for the new millennium. It contains hundreds of new entries, many expanded descriptions, and notations of additional companion and related titles -- more than l,700 in all. The best-loved classics of the twentieth century are included, as well as a thoughtful selection of outstanding titles from the last decade. Six sections are organized according to reading level: Wordless, Picture, Story, Early Reading, Middle Reading, and Young Adult. In addition to a summary of the book, each entry provides the essential bibliographic information you need to find a book in your local library or bookstore, including title author and/or illustrator hardcover and/or paperback publisher and publication year major awards related titles The unique and most popular feature of the guide is its system of special indexes -- more than sixty in all. They make it easy for parents and grandparents, teachers and librarians, even children themselves, to match the right book to the right child. Browse through the indexes and find titles for every interest and mood: picture books about cats, mice, or dinosaurs for babies; funny books to read aloud to toddlers; series about family life or school or fantasy adventures for a middle-grade child; books on divorce or death; and coming-of-age novels just right for someone starting junior high school. There are also indexes for books about minorities and religion, an age-appropriate reading-level index, and much more. Lavishly decorated with more than three hundred illustrations from representative titles, the guide also features extra-wide margins for notes on which of your children liked which book, at what age, and why. Thus the guide becomes a family reading record as well as an invaluable resource you'll use again and again.
Download or read book Gerald McDermott and YOU written by Jon C. Stott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playing on the phrase, the author and you which is a commonly taught reading comprehension strategy that teaches the learner how to look at the words of an author and make inferences about what is being said, this new series will assist the teacher and teacher librarian in understanding the underlying purposes of the author as they prepare learning activities for their students. The series that will focus primarily on books for the elementary age child (K-6) will feature insights into the author's background, purposes and goals in writing his books. By furnishing an overview of the author's works, the books in the series will give teachers the big picture. Each book will feature personal information about the author, including insight into why he writes the type of books he does plus lesson plans and/or activities for each of the author's books featured. These lessons will stress the particular interest of the author and the author and you (the teacher) will build a collaborative instructional relationship using the material provided. Each book will be written by the featured author or in close collaboration with him. The first book in the series features the life and work of Gerald McDermott, Caldecott winning picture book author. It discusses his life and work and the researching, writing, and illustrating of each book. Discussion of children's reading development, including strategies and visual literacies, and lesson plans and activities for each title provide practical help. This book provides a fascinating window into the life and work of the beloved children's author and gives insight into Anansi, Arrow to the Sun, Raven, Creation and all of his wonderful tales. Grades K-6.
Download or read book Show and Tell written by Dilys Evans and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.
