HOLIDAY BOXES FOR GLIDING INTO THE

NEW YEAR !

A variety of materials have been distributed to the various grade levels for the month of January. Please see the various listings for each grade level and check with the keeper of the basket. For your info, Chinese New Year  is January 29, 2009. It will be the Year of the Ox.

KINDERGARTEN( box to  Kozak)

Mc-KT-522  Happy Birthday Martin Luther King   Big Book
Mc-VT-142   Martin Luther King, Jr. Peaceful Warrior
Mc-KT-07    Winter Study prints
Mc-VT-138    Polar Bear video
Mc-VT-140   Penguin Video
Mc-VT-769   Polar Prowl
Mc-KT-167   Here Comes Jack Frost (Big book kit)
Mc-KT-516   Polar Bear, Polar Bear (Big Book Kit)
Mc-KT-555   Follow That Polar Bear (Big Book Kit
Mc-VT-914   Antarctic Antics
Mc-VT-1063  Penguins in Paradise

An assortment of books about  polar animals including the Penguins, Polar Animals, Who Grows Up in the Snow; The Emperor's Egg, See How They Grow-Penguins; a group of winter books such as Get Set Go-Winter, Snowballs, Snow Day, It's Winter, The First Day of Winter,  Also Martin Luther King Jr Day and Martin’s Big Words.

And for Chinese New  Year :
Mc-VT-123 Big Bird in China
Daisy Comes Home-Brett
Five Chinese Brothers- Bishop

FIRST GRADE ( box to 1A)

Mc-KT-503   The Mitten (Big Book Kit)
Mc-VT-385     Snowy Day Stories
Mc-VT-304    Ezra Jack Keats
Mc-VT-676    Snowy Day and Other Ezra Jack Keats Stories
Mc-VT-680    50 Below Zero
Mc-VT-991   Wind in Willows- Winter Tale( out to   4A)
Mc-VT-1103  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Also books including:

Our Martin Luther King Book- McKissack
Young Martin's Promise- Myers 
Martin’s Big Words
Its Winter
Other books include Animals in Winter, Winter, Jacket I Wear in the Snow, Missing Mitten Mystery,  Three Snow Bears, Snow Dance; It's Groundhog's Day

Available Novels:

Land of Many Colors - novel set of 15.  This is a very good book for tying into the Martin Luther King theme of brotherhood and the Bully theme of Individuality.

Other novel sets (not in the basket) good for this time of year are The Snowy Day and Chicken Soup with Rice.  Don't forget the  author video of Ezra  Jack Keats as well as the video Snowy Day and Other Keats Stories.( VT-676)  There is a book/cassette kit for Chicken Soup with Rice as well as the novels and big book.

And for Chinese New  Year :
Mc-VT-703B Chinese New Year
Story About Ping-Flack
The Nightingale- Dolan

SECOND GRADE ( to 2A)

Mc-VT-816 Balto the sled dog (with novel set)
Mc-VT-827 Stories from the Black Tradition
Mc-VT-828 How the Stories Came to Be   
Mc-VT-1126 Follow the Drinking Gourd
Mc-VT-1263 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mc-VT-520 Story of Punxatawney Phil

Books include:

What is Martin Luther King Day- Parker
 Martin Luther King Jr. Day– Aasang
It’s Snowing, It’s Snowing– Prelutsky
The Snow Walker- Wetterer
Nate the Great & Snowy Trail
Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan
Rooting Tooting Bugle Boy
Story of Punxatawney Phil

Novel sets for this time of year ( not in the basket)-

If You Lived in the Days of Martin Luther King (36 copies available)
Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail;
Balto the Greatest Dog Ever ( also video) ,
In the Dinosaur's  Paw ( happens in Jan)   
Also The Trouble with Trolls  is good for winter theme.

Aunt Flossie's Hats; Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters; Song and Dance Man; and Why Mosquitoes Buzz are good  for black history and diversity  tie-ins.

The Hundred Dresses can lead to a good discussion of differences and respecting  individuality.

And for Chinese New  Year :
Mc-VT-880 Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Chinese Fables- Demi
Lion Dancer- Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year ( Big book and novel set also available)

THIRD GRADE ( to 3A)

Mc-VT-06 Happy Birthday Dr. King
Mc- Vt-293 Winter of the Witch
Mc-VT-404 East of the Sun ,West of the Moon -A winter folktale from Norway
Mc-VT-768  Afro-American Life
Mc-VT– 520  Spirit of Punxatwaney Phil

Books include :

 A Picture Book of Martin Luther King- Adler
Let Freedom Ring– Livingston
This is the Dream- Shore
Mr. Lincoln’s Way– Polacco ( a story about tolerance, diversity, and respect)
Axle Annie– Pulver
 Will Spring Ever Come to Gobbler’s Knob ?

And for Chinese New  Year :
Mc-VT-703 B Chinese New Year
China's Bravest Girl- the Legend of Mulan

 FOURTH GRADE ( to 4A)

 Mc-VT-960 Our Friend Martin
Mc-VT-303 Black Americans- Jackie Robinson
Mc-VT-519  Harriet Tubman, Quest  to be Free
Mc-KT-97  Harriet Tubman ( 6 books, 1 cass)
Mc-VT-468 Mr. Popper's Penguins- ( a good story for this time of year- this    Newbery winner is also available as a  novel set)

Books include :

You Can Make A Difference- Bailey ( a Choose Your Own Adventure based on King's story)
Learning about Dignity Through the Life of MLK
My Brother Martin
Legend of Freedom Hill- Altman
The Gold Cadillac - a short novel by Mildred Taylor that explore ideas about prejudice, civil rights, etc
Crossing Jordan-  good story about friendship  and diversity

And for Chinese New  Year :
Mc-VT-870 Chinese-American Heritage

FIFTH GRADE ( to 5A)

Mc-VT-961 A.J. Time Traveler ( goes back in time to meet Dr. King and Jackie Robinson)
Mc-VT-963 Biography: Jackie Robinson
Mc-VT-445 Brother Future
Mc-VT-990 Winter of the Red Snow– Valley Forge

Books include :

 Mississippi Bridge-a short novels by Mildred Taylor that explore ideas about prejudice, civil rights, etc
Jip His Story-Patterson,  Rebellion’s Song and Brighter Tomorrows– short biographical sketches,
Journey to Freedom- Wright, and 2 great stories to explore the topic of civil rights
and prejudice– Team Mates and Pink and Say.

Though not in the basket, novel sets that fit this time of year   include Freedom  Train; Thank You, Jackie Robinson; In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.