Fiction Selection Title: “Please Play Safe: A Penguin’s Guide to Playground Safety” Author: Margery Cuyler Publisher: Scholastic (8/28/2006) Description: A fun interactive story that goes through different situations that can be fixed by focusing on safety. Showcases the rights and wrongs of playground safety. I think this isn’t necessarily the best for my grade level, … Continue reading 6th Grade Recess Safety Fiction Resource
A Book of Sleep This book is by Il Sung Na. Originally published in 2007 with the name Zzzzzzzz A Book of Sleep. Now, published January 11, 2011, by Knopf Books for Young Readers. I think this is a PERFECT book for kindergarteners. I chose this book because it is a simple read with great … Continue reading Fiction book for Kindergarteners about Sleep
Eat Healthy, Feel Great By William Sears Published by Little (Brown Books for Young Readers) in 2002 This non-fiction book provides students with tools, information, and resources to make healthy decisions about eating. The book categorizes foods into “red light”, “yellow light” and “green light” groups, depending on how much and how often kids should … Continue reading Nonfiction Book for Nutrition
Peddling Poison: The Tobacco Industry and Kids (Criminal Justice, Delinquency, and Corrections,) by Clete Snell. First published in 2005 by Praeger Publishers. This book seeks to explain why so many of our youth are engaged in smoking. It looks at the social, psychological and cultural aspects that affect a youths decision to smoke. This book … Continue reading Tobacco: non-fiction book