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  " Snow White " is a German  f airy tale , first written down in the early 19th Century, and now known widely across the world.  The Brothers Grimm  published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection. You could do a compare and contrast with about good vs. evil.

  "The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build their houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses which are made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house which is made of bricks.  The Three Little Pigs is known as Fable. The printed version of this fable dates back to 1840, but the story is much older. This fable has many versions of it.  An activity you could do with this fable would be to divide your students into groups they could do a play about what you just read to them. I know my Kinder and 1st-grade students love this.

From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new dragon story, a great Chinese New Year book for kids! Do you have what it takes to snag a dragon? The How to Catch kids are off again, chasing a   dragon as they chase through Chinese New Year celebrations! Set in China during the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, red lunar envelopes, fireworks, and more! An activity I have done as we study Chinese New Year is making dragon puppets, which my kindergartner class loves making.

Originally published:  March 14, 2017 Author:   Asia Citro   In the first book of this series, Zoey discovers a glowing photo and learns an amazing secret. Injured magical animals come to their backyard barn for help!  With magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure -- the brand-new series Zoey and Sassafras has something for everyone! Easy-to-read language and illustrations on nearly every page make this series perfect for a wide range of ages. An activity I would do with this book even the series of books this author has made would be a book club. You could meet with your students once a week and they read a chapter or so many pages then after you could have them answer questions or even have a good meeting where the discuss what they read.

       ALL PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL By: Vincent Kelly was originally published on November 23, 2020. This is a great read for your young students, as they are starting to recognize that people are different. It has bright illustrations along with great rhymes. Students will be delighted on finding ways to honor how human brings us together as one family in the classroom. GENRE: Fiction You could do an activity at the beginning of the year and have students bring in a family picture and make a family tree to show that we are all one family.    

                                                                                     Talking Like The Rain was originally published in 1992. Genre: Poetry I would give this book 5 stars. This fine collection has over one hundred classic children's poems, all divided into familiar subjects such as "Birds and Beast," " Wind and Weather," and " Just for Fun." With soft, cheery watercolors illustration. Talking Like the Rain is the perfect way to introduce even your youngest readers to poetry.  t