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The Caboose Who Got Loose
Author: Bill Peet
Description: Katy Caboose is tired of being last. She finds happiness one day after a freak accident releases her from the other train cars.
Grade Level: Pre-K-K
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Freight Trains
Author: Donald Crews
Description: This entertaining book traces the journey of a colorful train as it travels through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
Grade Level: K-1
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Hot-Air Henry
Author: Mary Calhoun
Description: Henry, a sassy Siamese cat, stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking an amazing flight across the mountains.
Grade Level: 2-3
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Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Author: Vera B. Williams
Description: A little girl describes in her own words and pictures, her family's wild three- day canoe trip.
Grade Level: 2-3
Activity:
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Who Sank the Boat?
Author: Pamela Allen
Description: One day, a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a mouse decide to go rowing in a very small boat. As each one climbs into the vessel, disaster grows more imminent.
Grade Level: 2-4
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The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
Author: Joanna Cole
Description: The magic school bus takes Ms. Frizzle's class on a special field trip into outer space to visit each of the nine planets in the solar system.
Grade Level: 4
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The Wheels on the Bus
Author: Maryann Kovalski
Description: While some children and their Grandma wait for a city bus, they pass the time by singing the popular song "The Wheels on the Bus."
Grade Level: 1
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Three Ships for Columbus
Author: Eve Spencer
Description: This story brings to life Christopher Columbus' journey to the new world.
Grade Level: 1-2
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Will and Orv
Author: Walter A. Schulz
Description: This is a fictionalized account of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first successful man-powered glider flight at Kitty Hawk, NC. It is told through the eyes of young Johnny Moore, one of five witnesses to this pioneering event.
Grade Level: 1-2
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Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the 1860s
Author: Brett Harvey
Description: A young girl describes the hardships and dangers she and her family faced while traveling in a covered wagon from Illinois to California during the 1860's.
Grade Level: 2
Activity:
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
crossroads/sec3/k2/unit7/u7g2l1.htm |
