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Uses Caldecott Award-winning picture books as a springboard to activities that will enhance social studies learning. The activities promote the integration of multiple intelligence theory and focus on student-centered experiential learning. Titles: Arrow To the Sun; The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses; The Glorious Flight; Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot; Grandfather's Journey; Hey, Al; Jumanji; The Little House; May I Bring a Friend?; Nine Days To Christmas; Officer Buckle and Gloria; Ox-Cart Man; and Where the Wild Things Are. Provides background information on the illustrations, book summary, award year, and curriculum connections (deserts, Native Americans, family, biomes, Mexico, pioneer life, communication, etc). | |