Look Where We Live!: A First Book of Community Building

Look Where We Live!: A First Book of Community Building (Exploring Our Community)

In this engaging nonfiction picture book, five young friends --- Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin --- spend the day traveling around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn about the people and places that make up their community and what it means to be a part of one. A map opens the story, with each of the places the children will be visiting labeled, including the gas station, retirement home, school, police station, soccer field, community garden and, of course, the library! Then each of the following spreads features a different location, detailed in a bright, busy illustration. Illustration captions expand the locations' connections to the concept of community. For example, when they stop at a yard sale, the caption reads, ?Donating means you give something to help a good cause. You can donate money, things or your time.? In some cases, readers are asked to find things or people within the illustrations, which adds an interactive experience.

Author and illustrator Scot Ritchie has created a rich resource for social studies lessons on places, roles and jobs within a community, and what it takes to be a responsible citizen. But there is also the potential here for even broader classroom discussions, including about the economy of a community, geography and mapping, and how the character education concepts of cooperation, responsibility and teamwork apply. The author has also included step-by-step instructions for a puzzle-making project.
Country USA
Brand Kids Can Press
Manufacturer Kids Can Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-04-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
UPCs 884144703313
EANs 9781771381024

Country	USA
Brand	Kids Can Press
Manufacturer	Kids Can Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-04-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
UPCs	884144703313
EANs	9781771381024

Look Where We Live!: A First Book of Community Building (Exploring Our Community)

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