Title: Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book (Literature for Youth Series): 3
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0810849151
ISBN 13: 9780810849150
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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This is a great resource for librarians and teachers, offering a rich and varied collection of books and other resources on discoveries and inventions for students in grades K-12. The books selected profile a wide range of inventors and discoverers, from historical to modern day, including scientists of Ancient Greece to Leonardo da Vinci, to Josephine Baker, to Esther Dyson. The fields of energy, the environment, industry, information technology, medicine, science, space, transportation, and weapons and warfare are explained through these books, making this a source for teaching topics of current events Includes: Biographies, Picture books, Fiction and nonfiction books, Reference books, Professional and electronic resources. A directory of museums, organizations, and institutions; a collection of booktalks, classroom activities, and invention contests; and a suggested list of books for building a core library curriculum round out this essential curriculum tool.

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Joy L. Lowe is a former school and public librarian who taught library science at Louisiana Tech University for twenty-six years. She is the coauthor of Colonial America in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book. Kathryn I. Matthew has worked in elementary schools in Texas and Louisiana as a classroom teacher, English as a second language specialist, and technology specialist. She has taught children's literature, reading, language arts, technology, and research classes. Kathryn is the coauthor of Colonial America in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book and Reading Comprehension: Books and Strategies for the Elementary Curriculum.

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