- Fits national reading standards by linking images to the text to provide picture clues and introducing age-appropriate vocabulary.- The repetitive language, structure, and rhyming patterns help children decipher words.- Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies.CurriculumGrades K-4 Social Studies StandardsI- Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in a particular culture.Individual Development and IV- Explore factors that contribute to one's personal identity such as interests, capabilities, and perceptions.
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Hester Bass is the author of THE SECRET WORLD OF WALTER ANDERSON, winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, and SEEDS OF FREEDOM: THE PEACEFUL INTEGRATION OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, a Junior Library Guild Selection.
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