Book Detail

Dandelions

Publication Information
Author:  Bunting, Eve Illustrator:  Shed, Greg
Title:  Dandelions Date:  1995
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace City:  San Diego
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-200050-X ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
As her family struggles to establish a sod home on the Nebraska prairie, Emma finds a way to cheer up her mother.

Teaching Ideas:
This book is a welcome easy reading addition to the text set on the Westward Expansion in American history that includes Dakota Dugout, Aurora Means Dawn, Warm As Wool, Log Cabin Quilt, The Divide, and Mississippi Mud. Predictive strategies would work well e.g., What will happen when the baby comes? Winter comes? Readers may want to compare and contrast personal experiences of hardship or moving with those in the story.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal
bullet Family > parent > daughters
bullet Hardships > adversity
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion
bullet Geography > environment > prairie
bullet Work


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