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Families in children's literature: a resource guide, grades by Nancy Lee Cecil, Patricia Roberts

By Nancy Lee Cecil, Patricia Roberts

Utilizing caliber kid's literature that provides households definitely and promotes appreciation of relatives variety, this publication provides you with a distinct option to support scholars comprehend the typical complexities of modern-day households. Books are grouped into 4 significant categories-diverse family members teams, kin background and culture, relationships inside of households, and family members conflicts. inside of those components books are selected for particular issues, starting from "Death within the family members" to "Homelessness." for every identify there are questions for mirrored image and dialogue and a aim task that enhances the strategies offered within the booklet.

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J. McGraw) 83 A Place to Claim as Home (Patricia Willis) 83 Fly Like an Eagle (Barbara B. Murphy) 84 Caught in the Act (Joan Lowery Nixon) 85 Page viii Conflicts Within Families 87 Family Adversity 87 Lisa's War (Carol Matas) 87 Dandelions (Eve Bunting) 88 This Proud Land: The Story of a Mexican American Family (Bernard Wolf) 88 Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves (Peter Roop and Connie Roop) 89 Tales for Hard Times: A Story About Charles Dickens (David R. Collins) 90 Beethoven (Alan Blackwood) 91 Fear the Condor (David Nelson Blair) 91 The Bread Winner (Arvella Whitmore) 92 Journey Home (Yoshiko Uchida) 93 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred Taylor) 94 Sounder (William Armstrong) 94 Louis Armstrong (James Lincoln Collier) 95 Divorce 96 Back Home (Michelle Magorian) 96 Carol Burnett: The Sound of Laughter (James Howe) 97 Lost Summer (Elizabeth Feuer) 97 Family Conflict 99 Heads You Win, Tails I Lose (Irene Holland) 99 Shabanu (Suzanne Fisher Staples) 99 The Final Tide (Norma Cole) 100 And Condors Danced (Zilpha Keatley Snyder) 101 The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth Speare) 101 The Crane Wife (Sumiko Yagawa) 102 Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear (Lensey Namioka) 103 The Ballad of Belle Dorcas (William H.

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