Book Detail

Winter Across America

Publication Information
Author:  Simon, Seymour Illustrator:  Simon, Seymour
Title:  Winter Across America Date:  1994
Publisher:  Hyperion City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-7868-0019-4 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, photographic essay

HSE Descriptor(s):    science

Summary:
Part of a series on the seasons, Winter Across America is loosely structured around the photographs and packs a huge amount of natural history and scientific information about animals, migration, and weather. The strength of the book is in its gorgeous photos, and thus teachers may want to use excerpts or supplement the text with specific informational books that allow the students to study the various concepts in greater depth.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to use a large U.S. map and plot out the various weather patterns, migratory patterns, and settings mentioned in the book. This book may serve as a good model for students to compile their own photography books on winter in their region (either taking their own photos or collecting those they like from newspapers and magazines). Students may want to choose one topic mentioned in the book (brook trout, or maple syrup, or chickadees, for example) and study how it is affected by the weather. Students may also want to find a winter poem that fits one of the photographs.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Art and Photography > photography
bullet Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > winter
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior > migration
bullet Science > meteorology > weather
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animals
bullet Science > nature
bullet Geography > environment > nature


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