HIT: (ELEM) Books about communities

[Jan Sullivan <JanNws@AOL.COM>]

Thanks to Marjie, Anne, Jeanne, Virginia, and Debbie for their help on my
request for current resources about communities (living in the city, in the
suburbs, on a farm) on a grades 2/3 level.   Here are their ideas:

**Walter Dean Myers has a picture book about HARLEM that I think you would
find interesting.  It is available in paperback.


**How communities are alike and different. -- Orangevale, CA : 100% Educ.
Videos, 1997.
    gr. K-3.
    vt/col/15min.
    1. Communities. 2. Primary.

Primary
Community Workers Kid Pix Activity Kit

**Old Henry by Blos
Aurora Means Dawn by Sanders
In coal country by Hendershot
Letting Swift RIver Go by Yolen
Garden of Happiness by Tamar
Adventures of Taxi Dog by Barracca
Green Truck Garden Giveaway by Martin
Shaker Lane by Provensen
Wake Up, City by Tresselt
Big Green Pocketbook by Ransom
Last Dragon by Nunes
The Rain Came Down by Shannon
Little House by Burton
Uncle Jed's Barber Shop by Mitchell
Weslandia by Fleischman

**Have you tried Gareth Stevens Publications?  This
company has many books about communities, cities, etc.
 I've ordered from them many times and have always
been pleased.


Final note:  Some things that I have recently purchased include:

_What is a Community?_  Bobbie Kalman  (Crabtree, c2000)
_Communities_ Lisa Trumbauer (Capstone, c2001)
_I Live in a City_ Stasia Ward Kehoe (PowerKids Press, c1999)
_I Live in a Town_
_I Live on a Farm_



Again, thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to respond.
Your help was greatly appreciated!

Jan Sullivan, SLMS
Brooks Hill Elementary
Fairport, NY
JanNWS@aol.com

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