Oak Hollow

In September we welcomed the classes to "A World of Reading" .

We used the following books:

World Atlas for Young Explorers   912 NAT

People by P. Spier               155.2 SPI

Chronicle of the Olympics 796.48 CHR

How I learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz         E SHU

We introduced this as our Theme for the library this year.  Our book talks this year will challenge students to explore the world through books.  The map of the world shows us many countries and there are many people with different languages, foods and cultures to learn about.  We talked about the Olympics and how countries parade their flag during the opening ceremonies.  We had a flag displayed that older grades had fun trying to identify the country it represented. (Hungary). An especially relevant picture book is by Uri Shulevitz called How I learned Geography.  I showed only a couple pages from this book and told how this small boy was able to dream about the world and explore places simply by studying a large, colorful map of the world that his father brought into his home when he was a small child.  I point out that the book is autobiographical – about the life of the author/illustrator. We find the places on the map where this author was born (Poland) and lived in poverty during the war (Kazakhstan) and lives today (NewYork City).