3.+Literature+List

** Book Title: ** The Seminoles: People of the Southeast ** Author: ** Tricia Andeyszewski ** Summary ** : The history and culture of the Seminoles, who established themselves in northern Florida in the 1700’s, later moving to the Everglades where many still live today.
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** Book Title: ** Florida ** Author: ** Erik Bruun ** Summary: ** A little boy is curious as to what is there to see in Florida; so a little girl gives him a tour or the great, sunny states of Florida. It presents the history, important people, miscellaneous facts, and famous places.

** Book Title: ** Ali Gator lives in Florida ** Author: ** Nicola Esdorn ** Summary: ** Ali Gator lives on a lake in Florida. His friends want to go swimming up the lake, as they do, they find more friends. They even go waterskiing and find a nest of alligators that hatch.

** Book Title: ** Florida facts and symbols ** Author: ** Emily McAuliffe ** Summary: ** Presents information about the state of Florida, its nickname, motto, state symbols, and emblems. In the back of the book it offers useful addresses, internet sites, words to know, and other books with more information.

** Dara Fischer: ** ** Book Title: ** Daily Geography Practice, Grade 1 [Paperback] ** Author: ** Sandi Johnson ** Summary: ** This book has a whole table of contents displaying information about maps and symbols. The National Geographic makes this book and has a list of standards listed in the introduction. I really enjoyed skimming through the book and learning new information about maps, and I could really see myself using this book as a source for my classroom and using different activities listed in each section. This would also be a good way to start the day and pick different pages to use each day in the morning

** Book Title: ** The Geography Book: Activities for Exploring, Mapping, and Enjoying Your World [Paperback] **Author:** Caroline Arnold ** Summary: ** This book is a lot about geography of the world. There is a table of contents that breaks down each section talked about. If a teacher were to teach a whole unit on geography, this would be a good source to turn back to. I think there is a lot of valuable information that is presented in this book, and any questions you may have will probably be answered. It may be a little too informational for first grade, but there can definitely be parts that could be taken from the book as part of a lesson.

** Book Title: ** Florida (Rookie Read-About Geography) [Paperback] ** Author: ** Carmen Bredeson ** Summary: ** This book explains the main characteristics of Florida. This would be a good book to use as a review for a unit on geography. Florida is the state we live in, so it is important to understand the important features of the state we live in. For example, the book shows us significant symbols such as the beach, a major river, the ocean, and much more. It is a book of different subject areas and gives examples of a word and a picture to go along with it. This would be useful in the classroom and also for the students to practice prior knowledge.

** Book Title: ** Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book) [Paperback] ** Author: ** Jack Knowlton ** Summary: ** This is a fun book to teach the different parts of a map or globe. Knowlton was very intelligent when it came to making this book, because it helps students learn in a fun way. Also, it makes it easier to remember the information when it is presented in unique manner. This book is for kids around the ages of 7-10. I would love to have this book in my classroom library and also present the material to my students during a unit.

= ** Samantha Kaul: ** = ** Book Title: ** Hello, Florida ** Author: ** Heather Tomasello ** Summary: ** This book shows what Florida has to offer. It shows the beaches, The Kennedy Space Center, The Speedway, etc.

** Book Title: ** There’s a Map on My Lap! ** Author: ** Tish Rabe ** Summary: ** This book has the entire traditional Cat in the Hat characters, and takes you on an adventure around the U.S.A. It introduces map terminology such as: Cartographer, longitude, latitude, scale, a compass rose, legends, and different types of maps.

** Book Title: ** Looking at Maps and Globes ** Author: ** Carmen Bredeson ** Summary: ** This book explains how to read maps, and is designed for reader’s preschool level and up.

** Book Title: ** Maps and Globes ** Author: ** Jack Knowlton ** Summary: ** This book describes various types of maps and how to read them.

** Book Title: ** Me on the Map ** Author: ** Joan Sweeney ** Summary: ** This selection is for students in kindergarten and up. A girl uses maps to explain her surroundings and to describe herself. Some of the areas she maps are: Her room, street, house, state, town, etc.

** Book Title: ** Our World ** Author: ** National Geographic Society ** Summary: ** A picture atlas for children preschool level and up.

** Book Title: ** Mapping Penny’s World ** Author: ** Loreen Leedy ** Summary: ** A little girl named Lisa learns all about maps in school. She then decides to put her new skills to use by mapping her dog Penny’s favorite places.

** Book Title: ** The Astonishing Journey of Teddy Bodain ** Author: ** Melissa Forney ** Summary: ** This book depicts the move of Teddy Bodain from Mississippi to Florida. Her family joins a wagon trail. Teddy keeps in contact with her friend, Martha, by writing letters of things she sees, etc. The story takes place in 1892

** Book Title: ** Kat’s Maps ** Author: ** Jon Scieszka ** Summary: ** Kat loves maps and has Jack follow her directions all through Trucktown.

** Kimberly Mogerman: ** ** Book Title: ** The Kids’ Book of Weather Forecasting (Kid’s Can!) ** Author: ** Mark Breen ** Summary ** : This book is very informative to children on how to predict the weather each day and the science behind doing so. It includes knowledge about the changing of the seasons, projects, hands-on experiments, and cartoons for entertainment. There are instructions to building weather instruments and will help children become young meteorologists.

** Book Title: ** Dangerous Environments ** Author: ** Missy Allen ** Summary: ** A colorful book with pictures, maps, and illustrations of 25 different dangerous environments to be careful around and avoid. It explains each areas description, their climate zone, and the danger of being there. It will be helpful to teach the students of different physical environments from their own.

** Book Title: ** Living with the Physical Environment (Understanding Applied Geography) ** Author: ** Sue Richards ** Summary: ** This book allows students to examine different environments and environmental systems in which people live. The main focus is on how physical features and occurrences such as tornados or earthquakes effect humans or how humans effect the physical processes. This shows how people living in an area can have a huge impact on the environment and how they need to carefully avoid doing so. It also shows how people must live when dealing with physical dangers such as earthquakes.

** Book Title: ** Children Around the World ** Author: ** Donata Montanari ** Summary: ** This book shows 12 children from 12 different places and defines how they live. The book shows how people in different areas must live different from one another. This helps explain the way location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live. The children will grasp a better understanding of how people from other places live when they read of each child’s families, food, language, school, transportation, and religion. It also includes a world map to show where each child is from.

 =**Kelli Wilder**=
 * Book Title: ** Florida
 * Written by: ** Carmen Bredeson
 * Summary: ** This book is part of a series titled: Rookie Read-About Geography. The book has an interest level of K- 2nd grade. The book has several colorful photographs along with basic geographic facts about Florida. This book is nonfiction and includes an index, maps, words you know section, and a pronunciation guide. The text in this book is rather larger allowing it easy for all students to read. This book is also available in Spanish.
 * Book Title: ** Me on the Map
 * Written by: ** Joan Sweeney
 * Illustrated by: ** Annette Cable
 * Summary: ** This story is fun and colorful; perfect for independent reading or a read- aloud during the introduction to a lesson. The book focuses on maps and geography. It begins with a girl showing herself on a map in her room, it then shows her room on a map of her house, a house on a map of her street, and continues all the way to her country on a map of the world. This is a great and fun story for kids.
 * Book Title: ** Maps and Journeys
 * Written by: ** Kate Petty
 * Summary: ** This book is part of the series: Around and About. The story is about a boy names Harry and his dog and their mapping adventure. It tells all about how maps are made and how you can even make your own map! At the end of the book there are suggestions for mapping activities. This can be a great read aloud with follow up activities.


 * Text Title: ** How Maps Came to Be
 * Author: ** Linda Cernak
 * Summary: ** This book is more of an informative text. It discusses how maps are made, how they have changed over time, and how and why people today use maps. The book has an interest level of K through 2nd grade.