Best Selling Books by Christy Hale

A collection of illustrations, concrete poetry, and photographs that shows how young children''s constructions, created as they play, are reflected in notable works of architecture from around the world.

A lake turns into an island. A cozy bay into a secluded cape. A gulf with sea turtles transforms into a peninsula surrounded by pirate ships. This unique information book for the very young switches between bodies of water and corresponding land masses with the simple turn of a page. Readers will delight as the story of Water Land unfolds and will see just how connected the earth and the water really are. This book has Common Core connections.

Follow a girl through her day in a busy city as she travels to school and back again in this inviting book that teaches directional concepts like over, under, and through. Out the door, down the stoop, past the neighbors, along the block ... Through tree-lined streets, onto a crowded subway car, into the classroom with friends, and finally, retracing her steps back home again. There''s so much to see in Christy Hale''s warm, richly textured collage artwork and simple, evocative text set in a busy Brooklyn cityscape. Out the Door is the perfect back-to-school book for young kids learning to find their way around a city. Parents and teachers can use this read-aloud to familiarize kids with a host of directional words to describe their first school days. A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

"A collection of tanka poems, illustrations, and photographs explore biomimicry and show how plants, animals, and objects in the natural world have inspired human-made inventions. Includes additional backmatter information about biomimicry, tanka and the natural and human-made objects featured"--

A Roberto Álvarez le encantaba la escuala. Junto con otros niños mexicoamericanos, asistió a la escuela de Lemon Grove, donde todos los estudiantes, mexicoamericanos y angloamericanos estudiaban juntos como iguales. En el verano de 1930, las familias mexicanas se enteraron de un plan para segregar a sus hijos en una escuela pequeña e inferior. Negándose a dejar que esto sucediera, los padres se organizaron. Presentaron una demanda contra el consejo escolar, con Roberto, de doce años, como demandante. El 12 de marzo de 1931, el juez anunció su fallo, apoyando el derecho de los niño a la igualdad de educación. Los estudiantes mexicoamericanos fueron reincoporados de inmediato en la escuela de Lemon Grove para aprender una vez más como iguales. Con ilustraciones fascinantes inspiradas en las antiguas etiquetas en las cajas de cítricos, Christy Hale le da vida a la historia poco conocida del primer caso exitoso de desgregación escolar en los Estados Unidos. Es un testimonio conmovedor de una comunidad de inmigrantes y su tenacidad en la lucha por la igualdad educativa. =

Provides a variety of lessons and art projects that help students develop reading and writing skills.

"A biography of Isamu Noguchi, Japanese American artist, sculptor, and landscape architect, focusing on his boyhood in Japan, his mixed heritage, and his participation in designing and building a home that fused Eastern and Western influences.

"A look at the multidisciplinary creative work of Charles and Ray Eames, which was driven by play, curiosity, and experimentation"--

These engaging art activities inspire self-expression and encourage children to explore feelings, abilities, experiences, relationships, and their own uniqueness. Step-by step directions incorporate discussion prompts that help boost vocabulary, build classroom community, and reinforce children''s awareness of the world around them. Includes book links to enhance and expand children''s explorations and a full-color insert that features each completed project. Ideal to use with kids just entering school and as getting-to-know-you activities! For use with Grades PreKÐ1.

Teachers can build class community—and key skills—with these beautiful collaborative quilts! Each child contributes to a whole-class work of art, while developing basic concepts like shapes, patterns, colors, and sizes. Projects require little setup and use easy-to-find, recyclable materials. Plus, resource lists, management tips, display ideas, and reproducible templates. Includes full-color insert! For use with Grades K-2.

"This informative STEAM offering celebrates bridges from around the world, highlighting global community, human innovation, and the science of engineering"-- Provided by publisher.