Book Detail

Kinderdike

Publication Information
Author:  Fisher, Leonard Everett Illustrator:  Fisher, Leonard Everett
Title:  Kinderdike Date:  1994
Publisher:  Macmillian City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-02-735365-6 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    legends, tales and myths, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
In this dramatically illustrated book, a Dutch town is flooded and mostly destroyed, although one child in a cradle and a cat are found after the flood waters recede. Together people work to rebuild and name the town Kinderdike (kinder=child in Dutch).

Teaching Ideas:
This book might provoke good research on and discussion of natural disasters, wonders of nature, and environmental issues; in particular teachers may want to tie this story in with recent floods in the United States. It may be a good springboard to geography study and study of one European culture (teachers should be sure to read the flyleaf carefully). The text is easy and lends itself to reading by ESL students and new readers, but also provides words for vocabulary expansion. Readers may want to write their own text to accompany the illustrations. For more legends, see the Legends, Tales, and Myths Matrix. For information on floods see (www.pbs.org/wgbn/nova/flood) or www.usgs.gov/themes/flood.html For information on the Netherlands see (www.emulateme.com/netherlands.htm) or travel.state.gov/netherlands.html.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Geography > locations > continents/regions > Netherlands
bullet Hardships > disasters > natural disasters > flood
bullet Geography > environment
bullet Communities > historical


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